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My business partners and I acquired a small 2 story platform framed home via a tax sale. It's a basic rectangle, about 34x20. Once inside (after the sale of course) we found the entire first floor only has a six and half foot high wall to the ceiling. Before I go talk to the architect we use (and the local inspector) I'd like to get a little smarter about options and would like to know what ya'll think about this:
If we got really crazy, (and felt rich), we might like to raise the entire house, build a new floor on the existing foundation, add a short stick built wall with top plate under the raised-up existing structure, and then set the whole thing back down on the new short wall. We'd re-use the hardwood floor and save the old salvagable joists for re-use in an addition, which we're thinking of adding onto the back.
We know this would cost a bunch, but we'll be tearing into the walls under several windows to deal with some moisture problems anyway. What do ya'll think of the concept?
Thanks for the thoughts...
If we got really crazy, (and felt rich), we might like to raise the entire house, build a new floor on the existing foundation, add a short stick built wall with top plate under the raised-up existing structure, and then set the whole thing back down on the new short wall. We'd re-use the hardwood floor and save the old salvagable joists for re-use in an addition, which we're thinking of adding onto the back.
We know this would cost a bunch, but we'll be tearing into the walls under several windows to deal with some moisture problems anyway. What do ya'll think of the concept?
Thanks for the thoughts...