I am sorry if this is to long,
15 years ago we bought our house, it was a very small 3bedroom house the real estate sales lady said it had a beep of the see, in actual pact it had a nice sea view, until
One day my husband was up on the roof and said you should see the view from here!!!
What happened. Next was the house removers came it and after disconnecting all the power etc they jacked our house upwards building
temporary supports as they went once it got to the height we wanted, the builder then built a concrete block basement once that was done the house was let down onto its new foundations, and what did we get. Two large sewing rooms for me A man cave for the man of the house, a double garage, a bathroom/laundry with a WC now we have a 5 bedroom house with the most fantastic view of the sea, the only down note to this story is that we are getting on in years and the stairs are a bit of a problem. BUT. DH has worked out how he can in stall a elevator