Hi there.

I'm about to begin renovating our 1940s double fronted weatherboard located in Yarraville, Melbourne.

The original house has four main rooms with a central hallway. Somewhere in its life the two left hand rooms were joined with a sliding door, and the wall was extended through the hallway. I hope this makes sense. What is left is a partially separated living area with two rooms, each with a door into the living area. This is the original part of the house.

Out back is a mismatch of crummy extensions, a shed that is now a laundry, an outhouse that is now in inhouse.

My goal is to build an extension out back knocking down the kitchen, bathroom and laundry, while retaining the four ( two) front rooms.

I figured the first step is structural. The floors are flat, but creaky. However, the walls are on the . To me, this seems counter-intuitive. Can I rectify the lean in the walls by some jacking/restumping etc work? Where do I begin? Also, there's no access to the stumps. Only a rat could fit under the house, which has been confirmed.

Thanks for the info.


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