We bought an old 1948 house that didn't have enough crawl space also. The FHA loan required the 18 inches also. The seller agreed to have the soil removed. We didn't have hardwood floors so they cut a big square out of the floor and removed the soil through a window. They only had to remove the soil from half of the house. Later my husband had to remove bucket loads out to lower another area for a project. Hard work but for a dream home it might be worth it. - Wed Jul 23 2008, 08:07
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