House Lifters

House Lifters uses modern, safe, highly-accurate equipment.

• Foundations: Underpinning / Overpinning / Repair / Replace
• Re-levellable Armadillo™ Jacking Pads
• Slab Levelling: Repair / Replace, GPR Scan
• Piles: Re-piling / Jack & Pack
• Ground Improvement
• Screw Piling Levelling
• Ground Screw Anchoring
• ZIPLEVEL® Survey & Analysis service (Consultation and Report)

Sliding: When replacing foundations, this method of moving large or older buildings is low-risk, fast and economical for our clients.

House Lifters lift, re-level, repair and build Foundations:

• Re-Levellable Armadillo™ Jacking Pads
• Full & Partial Foundation Replacement
  (Required after Lifting or Sliding buildings)
• Full Slab Replacement, GPR Scan
• Full Re-piling 
  (Required by many insurers for older homes)
• Screw Piling: Ground Screws Anchoring System
• TC2 & TC3 Foundations
• Foundations & Piles for New Builds

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Unique Armadillo™ Foundation System

House Lifters is an Accredited contractor for the revolutionary Armadillo™ system. It’s the only system in New Zealand which can be re-levelled via external jacking cavities (other systems re-level via internal works in the slab). We use Armadillo™ for TC3 and Commercial buildings.   

The Armadillo’s patented interweaving design is far stronger than conventional waffle slab designs. It can also lower the piling cost (if piles are required); being able to withstand supports spaced up to 10 x 10m. Armadillo™ also requires less digging and ground improvement - speeding up installation, significantly lowering your labour costs!

House Lifters’ Licensed, Platinum Certified Builders have a vast network of trusted contractors. We can Project Manage the entire process, including Design Plans and Consents.

With our High Lift, you can also add value and make the most of your property and section by adding:

• An extra storey
• Rental / Self-contained Unit / Granny Flat
• Internal Access Garage
• Basement Conversion

Lifting and adding a storey helps alleviate the problems of prohibitive property prices and urban sprawl (particularly important in Auckland city and Greater Auckland).

House Lifters is unusual in the industry for having in-house Registered Engineers, and Licensed, Platinum Certified Builders. Our experience, proven expertise and innovative technology enable us to work on complex projects other companies find challenging, including:

• Hill Sites & Pole Houses
• Heritage Buildings, Character Homes & Villas
• Commercial Heavy Lifting & Levelling
  By our Commercial Division, Meccanico - including multi-level and multi-unit buildings, commercial and industrial infrastructure.

Lift, shift, level, re-pile, prop, relocate, buy, sell – we do it all! 

We Buy and Remove

We buy the houses we sell outright. That’s how confident we are of their quality. This saves people costly demolitions and, well compensates them instead!

We Sell and Deliver

We take care of everything: paperwork – land preparation – delivery. Get started by searching our listings for a home that suits your needs. We only sell houses with quality bones to ensure that your legacy is standing long after a fresh coat of paint.

We Deliver New Builds

Prefabricated for all budgets, new build relocatable homes come in every shape and size. We partner with innovative fabricators of architecturally designed homes to ensure the best quality materials and the fastest delivery times. Contact our friendly team today.

In response to the Christchurch and Canterbury earthquakes, House Lifters developed ingenious Mechanical Jacking equipment recognised world-wide for their accuracy and efficiency:

• Computer-controlled, Synchronised Hydraulic Lifting equipment
• Pump-operated Uniform Jacking equipment

Our systems are far superior to ‘old school’, manually-controlled Bottle Jacks still used by many other companies. House Lifters doesn’t use Bottle Jacks - they point load foundations, are inaccurate and very slow to work with. We stepped up to the next level: our hydraulic-controlled equipment provides accuracy, uniform levelling/lifting pressure in all jacks, and spreads loads around the full system.

Foundations damaged by the November 2016 earthquakes? CONTACT US