House Construction On Filled Land

[mhortig]

We recently purchased 250 talong wah of rice land and put fill dirt to raise it 1.5 meters. There is only rice land adjacent. so the land is like an island. Has anyone built on land like this? My first question is whether we actually need a wall to support the land before we build. We would prefer not to build a wall due to cost, but want the land to be stable enough to build on. The house will be 13 feet from the nearest edge and over 20 feet on the other sides. There is also a stretch of raised 15 foot wide access driveway. We will not surface the road until the construction is complete. If anyone has actualy built on raised filled land like this I would appreciate any information on what we should consider before building. Thanks

[edwinchester]

Our house is built on old paddy although we raised ours only a metre.

We do have a wall around our property although its not a retaining wall and imo one is not needed.

The most important thing is to allow the soil to compact at least a year.

[Crossy]

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