Fayzebuilt launches house lifting services in Greater Victoria

Fayzebuilt has formally launched house lifting and house raising services across Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Island, turning a workstream the Brentwood Bay builder has delivered for years into a dedicated offering. The company says the service can help homeowners add usable space, fix failing foundations and preserve existing homes instead of moving.

Why it matters: - Many older Greater Victoria homes sit on low basements, shallow crawl spaces or foundations that are cracking, settling or taking on moisture. - House lifting gives homeowners another option besides patching problems or selling. - The service can preserve a home’s location, yard and character while creating more usable space underneath. - Fayzebuilt says the offering can help turn underused space into a legal suite, family room, home gym or full basement.

What happened: - Fayzebuilt (Fayze Contracting Inc.) announced dedicated house lifting and house raising services for homeowners across Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Island. - The company is based in Brentwood Bay, Saanich. - Fayzebuilt is behind the six-time CARE Award-winning Beach House and Shadow Ridge projects. - The builder has raised or relocated 15 homes in the region to date.

The details: - A typical project starts with a structural assessment by an engineer. - Fayzebuilt tells homeowners upfront if a home is not a good candidate. - The process includes disconnecting utilities, inserting steel beams under the floor system and using synchronized hydraulic jacks to raise the house in slow, level increments. - The home is lifted onto timber or steel cribbing while a new foundation is built. - After the foundation is poured and cured, the house is lowered, re-anchored and reconnected. - Active work typically takes two to four weeks, depending on foundation type and site conditions. - One recent 2024 Victoria project raised a home two feet, removed a decades-old foundation and replaced it with a new one. - The project turned a crawl space with 5’8" of headroom into an 860-square-foot finished basement. - The finished basement was described as dry, bright and matched to the rest of the house. - Fayzebuilt says house raising can address four common problems: low basement ceilings, failing foundations, homes with no basement and the wrong home orientation on a lot. - The company says older Victoria basements are often built with 6’4" ceilings. - Raising a house can allow for 8- or 9-foot foundation ceilings. - Where the structure above is sound, a crawl space can be excavated into a full basement without changing the home’s footprint. - A home can also be rotated on its lot to recover evening light or turn away from new development next door. - The company says a straightforward lift in Greater Victoria typically starts at $30,000 to $50,000. - Foundation replacement can bring projects to $60,000 to $120,000 or more. - Adding a full basement can push the total closer to $150,000 to $200,000 before finishing. - Every budget is confirmed after an on-site assessment. - Fayzebuilt is offering the service in Victoria, Saanich, North Saanich, Central Saanich, Oak Bay, View Royal, Esquimalt, Langford, Colwood and Sidney. - Homeowners can learn more and book a site assessment at the house lifting service page.

Between the lines: - The launch formalizes a service Fayzebuilt says it has quietly delivered for years. - The move positions house lifting as a renovation path for owners who want to stay in place rather than rebuild elsewhere. - The company’s messaging leans on practical gains, not just structural repair, which suggests demand from homeowners looking for added livable space in a constrained market. - Founder Graeme Connelly said the company treats each lift as a serious undertaking and starts with an honest assessment.

What's next: - Homeowners in the covered municipalities can now schedule site assessments for potential lift or raise projects. - Fayzebuilt’s next phase will likely depend on how many older homes prove suitable for engineering review and foundation replacement. - The company says final scope and budget will be set after an on-site evaluation.

The bottom line: - Fayzebuilt is turning an established specialty into a formal service line, giving Greater Victoria homeowners a way to raise, repair and expand older homes without leaving the property.