Hello everyone. I am considering purchasing a historic Lustron house, but have discovered some major foundation issues. For those who don't know, the Lustron corporation mass produced small, entirely steel enameled houses during the housing shortage following WW2. This particular house was built with a concrete block perimeter supporting the exterior walls which has held up just fine. However, the rest of the house of a poured concrete slab which has broken and sunken up to 5 inches in places. I am trying to determine whether of not it is worth continuing this pursuit. does anyone know roughly how much it would cost to have the 1000 square foot concrete floor removed and re-poured? I called a foundation repair company today, but they only do mudjacking, which the man on the phone estimated would cost between $15-25k based on the scope of the project. Is that at all realistic? I am imagining that the floor would need to be replaced. All of the interior walls in this house are non-load bearing and can be disassembled and removed, so the house would not need to be structurally supported in any way, provided the exterior perimeter blocks are, in fact, sound.
