Do not build a house on stilts!
After reading this article you will understand that the house on stilts - a waste of money and time.
The first reason.
Since it is usually at home on pile foundation are built for years of use, convert them for year-round residence is almost impossible and, if the circumstances change suddenly and you have to move to a country house, you will not be able to it do.
The second reason.
Houses on pile foundations have low energy efficiency from the winter cold in the winter you will save only 50-60 cm layer heater in the underground space at home. And here arises the second problem - at such a thick stratum of a warming make reliable Hydro, steam, insulation is practically impossible, and hence the insulation will absorb moisture and lose their beneficial properties.
Reason Three.
Houses on pile foundations ugly look, there is in them no aesthetics. Someone hemming the lower part of the house EppsSomeone from the city screens siding, but it is expensive and not always decorates the house.
Reason Four.
The inconvenience of entering the house of communication.