WHAT IT TAKES TO JACK A HOUSE 
“Adam Bakir, a Houston builder and remodeler, does one or two home elevations a year. The job is akin to major surgery. Workers tunnel under the house, Bakir said, then raise the whole thing on jacks—the slab and the house that rests on it. Since Harvey, Bakir has received more than 20 inquiries about home elevation. If potential customers ask for a cost estimate, he’ll tell them: between about $75 and $100 per square foot. ‘If you have a 2,500-square-foot house, which is typical,’ he said, ‘the upper end of it would be about $250,000. The lower end, around $180,000.‘” [CityLab] Photo: Arkitektura Development
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I was quoted $7000 a few years back to raise my house about 8 inches…it’s a block & beam though…slabs are a bit more apparently (gag).
Pier and beam / Block and beam are the Best :-)
holyshit that’s expensive. You’d think other people would get in on that action as I’d assume there is a LOT of margin in that price
The margin is likely replacement value of the house. Guess if you have the money, are really in love with your house and don’t want to wait the time it takes to rebuild it makes sense.
Sell that SOB before even considering jacking it up…….nothing but nightmares!
@Ted Nugent, what are the issues you experienced jacking it up?
That sounds like an absolutely brutal process. Sucks for the homeowners! Oh the joys of homeownership!
Ted is busy hunting elk.