House Raising & Restumping prices on the Sunshine Coast

This site does not publish job prices, because a restump or raise is priced at a site visit. What is public is the framework around the price, set out below with the source and date for each figure: Council's flood information search is A$132.00 for 2026–27, QBCC requires a licence above A$3,300, and the deposit cap falls from 10% to 5% of the contract price above A$20,000.

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Restumping rules

Type the job's value and the rules that apply to it are highlighted. Each is the Queensland Building and Construction Commission's own line, with the page it comes from and the date it was read, and every rule is listed below whether or not you type anything.

Queensland rules for a house raising or restumping job
Rule	Applies when the job is valued at	Source
The contractor must hold a QBCC licence for building work valued over A$3,300. Ask to see it before you sign or hand over money.About house restumping and raising	over A$3,300	QBCC, Who must hold a QBCC licence · read 25 Sep 2026
Home warranty insurance is compulsory for residential construction work valued at more than A$3,300, counting materials, labour and GST.About house restumping and raising	over A$3,300	QBCC, What is home warranty insurance · read 25 Sep 2026
The contract must be written, dated and signed by both parties before work begins. The regulator says a contract is not required for work valued at less than A$3,300.About house restumping and raising	A$3,300 or more	QBCC, Contracts and agreement types · read 25 Sep 2026
The maximum deposit is 20%.About house restumping and raising	A$3,300 or less	QBCC, Deposits and progress payments · read 25 Sep 2026
The maximum deposit is 10% of the contract price.About house restumping and raising	more than A$3,300 and less than A$20,000	Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991, schedule 1B section 33 · read 26 Sep 2026 Queensland Building and Construction Commission Regulation 2018 section 45 · read 26 Sep 2026
The maximum deposit is 5% of the contract price.About house restumping and raising	A$20,000 or more	Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991, schedule 1B section 33 · read 26 Sep 2026 Queensland Building and Construction Commission Regulation 2018 section 45 · read 26 Sep 2026
The contract must include advice about your right to a cooling-off period. You can generally withdraw within five business days; withdrawing usually costs A$100 plus the contractor's reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.About house restumping and raising	over A$3,300	QBCC, Cooling-off period · read 26 Sep 2026 QBCC, Cooling-off period · read 25 Sep 2026
The cooling-off period starts only once you also hold a copy of the QBCC Consumer Building Guide.About house restumping and raising	A$20,000 or more	QBCC, Cooling-off period · read 26 Sep 2026

This lists each source's own lines as read; it is not legal advice, and it sets no price. The value that counts is the value of the work, including materials, labour and GST.

What moves the number

A price comes from a site visit, and QBCC says why: seeing the location first-hand lets a contractor understand the scope, identify potential challenges and provide an accurate, informed quote. On digging and footings it is blunter. It notes a report that some builders have been charging excessively for earthworks and footings, says a builder must provide a soil test and contour survey to justify those costs, and tells owners to check who is responsible for removing excess soil, as this can be an expensive addition.

Three local instruments add or remove work before anyone quotes. Council's flood hazard area for building regulation purposes map, designated on 21 September 2023, triggers a flood information search, and where the planning scheme's flood code reaches a house it asks for habitable floors at least 500mm above the defined flood event. On land mapped as steep, slopes of 15% or greater, the landslide code, where it applies, names a competent person's slope analysis or a geotechnical investigation among its acceptable outcomes. And low coastal ground can sit on the acid sulfate soils overlay, which maps land at or below 5 metres AHD and asks that those soils be left undisturbed or treated if they are dug.

The public fees and thresholds that sit around a quote are below, each read from the government's own page. QBCC's A$3,300 warranty threshold counts materials, labour and GST.

Public fees and thresholds around a Sunshine Coast restumping or raising quote
Item	What it is	Amount
Flood information search	Council fee, 2026–27 register, for the search that returns the defined flood level, flow velocity, freeboard and finished floor level	A$132.00
Building records search	Council fee, Development Services register 2026–27, simple search of a property's building records	A$240
Building certificate of occupancy	Council fee for a copy, Development Services register 2026–27	A$100
Building work, dwelling house	Council fee for a concurrence agency referral or building work associated with a dwelling house, where one applies	A$980
Certifier lodgement	Council fee for online lodgement of a private certifier's documents, all classes of building	A$145
Waste facility, construction and demolition waste	Council charge for construction and demolition waste of up to approximately 1m3	A$80.00
Waste facility, concrete and brick	Council charge, pro rata per tonne or cubic metre, for clean concrete and brick sent for recycling	A$37.00
Licence and warranty threshold	QBCC: a licence is needed above this value, and most residential building work above it needs Queensland Home Warranty cover	A$3,300
Maximum deposit, smaller contracts	QBCC: work valued at A$3,301 to A$19,999	10% of the contract price
Maximum deposit, larger contracts	QBCC: work valued at more than A$20,000	5% of the contract price
Cooling-off right	QBCC: generally 5 business days for building work valued over A$3,300; withdrawing usually costs A$100 plus out-of-pocket expenses	5 business days

Council adopted its 2026–27 fees on 1 June 2026 and its page gives no separate start date for them, so the 2026–27 column is the one used here. Re-check the register before you rely on any figure, because Council re-adopts its fees every year.

How you get a real number, and what to check in it

A firm price needs a licensed contractor on the site with access under the floor. QBCC recommends getting more than one quote, making sure each covers the same scope of work, and asking whether the price includes all required certifications, inspections and fees and whether contingencies are included and for how much. It also warns that a quote below fair market value can reduce the compensation you receive if you later claim under the Queensland Home Warranty Scheme. Domestic building contracts must be written, dated and signed by both parties and agreed before work begins. Call the number on this page and a QBCC-licensed local contractor will arrange the visit.

Costs and fees by service

Each service page carries the council and licence rules that bear on that job, with the figures it uses and the date each was read listed at the foot of the page. No page publishes a job price.