Restumping Mount Eliza
Restumping Mount Eliza homes starts with a licensed restumper checking the stumps under your floor.
Houses here range from 1860s homes to 1950s postwar houses and timber beach houses. Each age of house has its own wear underneath. Use the quote form and the restumper calls you back. There is no cost and no obligation.
House ages across the hill and the coast
Early surviving houses include Sunnyside (1870), Trawalla (1871) and Manyung from the 1860s. Floors this old are where a restumper looks first for sinking or loose stumps.
Some houses in the Ranelagh Estate were built in the late 1920s and 1930s. The estate was designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin in 1924.
Postwar and timber beach houses
The Shire's heritage citations include postwar houses. One example on Rannoch Avenue was built in 1954 in the Postwar Period (1945-1965) style.
Ramsay House on Rendlesham Avenue is a timber beach house in the Modernist International style. Timber houses on stumps (or piers) need checking as the floor ages.
A renovation (or remodel), or an extension (or addition), often shows up stump problems. Doors that stick and floors that slope are the usual signs.
Ground changes from the foreshore to inland
Peninsula soil runs from sandy coastal ground near the foreshore to reactive clay inland. The restumper checks which kind your house sits on before quoting.
Restumping (or reblocking) means replacing failed stumps and relevelling the floor. We also quote underpinning and stump replacement.
Council, overlays and trees
Mornington Peninsula Shire is the council for building and planning rules. Private building surveyors issue building permits, and the Shire says a permit is most probably needed for building work.
Overlays can apply to a property. One Dendron Place property is listed with a Heritage Overlay (HO252), Design and Development Overlay Schedule 3 and Vegetation Protection Overlay Schedule 1.
The Planning Scheme protects native and exotic vegetation. Check trees near the house or the access path before any work starts.
Before you call
Heritage: the Ranelagh Estate is on the National Trust register, so check your overlay first.
Rules: private building surveyors issue permits, and the restumper who quotes tells you what applies.
Houses: older timber floors and beach houses are worth having checked.
Trees: vegetation protection can affect access.
Mount Eliza: the suburbs we cover
Mount Eliza: Mount Eliza
We also cover Seaford and Hastings nearby.
Questions from Mount Eliza
Do heritage listings affect restumping here?
They can. The Ranelagh Estate is on the National Trust register, and the Shire lists a Heritage Overlay on at least one property. Check your property's overlays before work, and the restumper who quotes can point out what to ask the Shire.
Who approves building work on a Mount Eliza house?
Private building surveyors issue building permits. The Shire says a permit is most probably needed for building work. The restumper who quotes will tell you whether your job needs one.
Does the ground near the beaches change the job?
It can. Peninsula soil runs from sandy coastal ground near the foreshore to reactive clay inland. The restumper checks the ground under your house before quoting.
Do trees on my block matter for restumping?
They can. The Planning Scheme protects native and exotic vegetation, and the Peninsula has less than 10% of its original native vegetation. Check before removing a tree that blocks access under the house.
Getting a quote on the Peninsula
Get a quote and a Peninsula restumper will ring you back
Every quote is written by a registered building practitioner who works the Peninsula.
Not down at the house? The inspection can be set up while you're away.
Holiday house or home, choose a time and the restumper rings you.
The quote costs nothing, and saying no is fine.
Our restumping services in Mornington
Coastal ground is hard on old stumps. Pick the job that fits.