A construction site with two homes lifted several storeys off the ground has baffled Aussies.
The homes in the Brisbane suburb of Bardon have been placed on stilts to make way for the construction of a new childcare centre underneath.
Locals have described the homes as a ‘super Queenslander’ due to the massive height they have been raised to.
While it would allow for floodwaters to pass well underneath the foot of the homes, construction plans reveal they’re set to be lowered and incorporated into the centre.
Harmony Early Education, which will run the centre, has taken the same approach of lifting and adding homes to other facilities across Queensland.
The company purchased the properties for a combined $2.2million in June 2020 before merging them to build the centre.
Construction started in March after the redevelopment plans got the green light earlier this year and is expected to be completed in February next year.
Development plans reveal the centre will have three separate outdoor play areas and six activity rooms across two storeys, along with a car park underneath.
A construction project in Brisbane has been dubbed the ‘super Queenslander’ after it required two homes to be lifted storeys high to make way for construction (pictured)
An image of the odd-looking building site shared to Reddit by a perplexed local has since gone viral.
Many Aussies dubbed the site as ‘daddy long legs’ or ‘Inspector Gadget’ home.
‘Would love to see an update post in two years when it’s all finished and settled … This is mind boggling,’ one one wrote.
A second recalled how a relative lifted their home by one storey and ‘was the only one on the street that didn’t go under’ when inundated by floodwater.
‘The mould and moisture still did its job though, unfortunately,’ they added.
A third wrote: ‘Honestly I feel more houses should be on stilts in general.’
‘Having a revamped modern Queenslander would be a good change from the s***ty American style bungalows you see in the urban sprawls.
‘Stilt foundations are cheap to erect and you don’t need to lay a concrete slab, plus lots of space under the house to chill out.’
The two homes will eventually be dropped to be incorporated into the incoming childhood centre in Bardon (pictured, artists impression)
Another Aussie pointed out that the original homes wouldn’t be able to demolished to maintain the neighbourhood’s ‘residential context’.
‘They usually can’t get approval to demolish the existing heritage listed buildings,’ they wrote.
‘So they just build car parks and class rooms underneath and around the building.’
Another Harmony centre in Brisbane’s east had a similar issue but built around the home instead of needing to lift it.
‘The builders can’t touch the building without approval, and if they do, it has to be sourced from other old buildings approved by the council,’ another commented.
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