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Originally Posted by look 171
John, be careful with that contractor unless engineering has been done for that specific work and approved by the city. Do not allow some contractor to just come in his home and start installing steel beams to hold up the house. If something should happen, who's at fault? the owner, of course.
I am sure the house will hold up just fine from what he described or want to do, but get it singed off by the city. Replacing that foundation shouldn't be 300k unless its on a hill side. Again, I haven't seen the house and the condition, but 300k is a lot of money just to replace the foundation. No need to lift the house completely off the ground, usually.
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Maybe he's overstating. But the problem is the PO finished the whole basement, so nothing is accessible, they'd have to rip out multiple rooms down there to re-pour.