Raising the house: Ottawa family raises their home to make space down below
OTTAWA -- In todays booming housing market, finding that perfect place isn't easy. If you love where you live, why not pick-up your house and make some room below. Claudia Sosa and her family wanted more living space but did not want to move out of their Gilmour Street home. The basement is unfinished but had little headroom, and a century-old lime stone foundation took up most of the area. The family chose to replace the aging foundation and dig deeper, to have an eight-foot ceiling. It required jacking the house off the ground nearly three feet. "We love the area. We've been i...
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