House Raising & Restumping prices in Sunshine Coast
These are regional guide bands derived from published South East Queensland cost guides, not quoted Sunshine Coast job prices. Restumping and raising are two separate jobs at two different price bands, so they are bracketed separately below, and everything the bands leave out is listed in its own table rather than buried in a paragraph.
Call (07) 5227 8232What house restumping and raising costs in Sunshine Coast
| Job | What it covers | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Restumping — whole house | Replacing every stump under a typical three-bedroom home. Queensland average. | A$8,500–20,000 |
| House raising — one/two bedroom cottage | Around 6m × 8m, lifted up to approximately three metres. | A$18,000–22,500 |
| House raising — three/four bedroom | Around 10m × 15m, lifted up to approximately three metres. | A$33,000–45,000 |
| House raising — larger three/four bedroom | Around 12m × 18m, lifted up to approximately three metres. | A$37,500–57,000 |
Ranges reflect typical Sunshine Coast jobs and vary with access, site conditions and scope. Every figure on this page is a regional guide band from published South East Queensland cost guides, not a quoted Sunshine Coast job price, and not a figure this site has measured. House raising bands assume a lift of up to approximately three metres. Prices exclude the items in the exclusions table. Your quote comes from the QBCC-licensed contractor after a site visit. A firm price comes from a site visit — call (07) 5227 8232 or use the quote form.
What moves the number
Four things, in roughly this order. Access — whether a truck and jacks can get to all four sides, which is the single biggest variable on tight coastal blocks and steep hinterland ones alike. Stump count and condition, which is not knowable until someone is under there. Height, because raising is priced against a lift of up to approximately three metres and going higher changes the engineering. And ground, because a footing on the coastal sand plain and a footing on hinterland basalt soil are not the same footing. A published band tells you the order of magnitude; only a site visit produces a price.
How you get a real number
A firm price needs someone standing on the site, with access under the floor. What a phone call cannot establish: whether the stumps are original or already replaced once, whether the bearers and joists above them are sound, how the ground falls, whether a truck can reach the low side, and whether the property sits in a designated flood hazard area — which on the Sunshine Coast means a council flood information search before building work, returning the defined flood level and finished floor level for that specific address. Call the number on this page and a QBCC-licensed local contractor will arrange the visit.
Priced by service
- Restumping
- House Raising
- House Sliding
- Re-levelling
- Underpinning
- Screw Piers
- Structural Steel
- Under-house Excavation
- Retaining Walls
- Concrete Slabs
Restumping is bracketed by whole-house average and by individual stump type. House raising is bracketed by house footprint, on the same basis published South East Queensland guides use, because that is the variable that actually drives the cost. The two do not add up to a single figure — a raise-and-restump project is quoted as both.