Have rent house, needs to be leveled.

Company A is telling me that my piers are 'out of code' and need to be 6 feet apart - existing piers are 8 feet apart.

they tell me that FHA/VA requirements state that they will not loan on a property unless the foundation is 'code'.

I've briefly looked at the HUD foundation manual and can't find anything about pier spacing.

I agree that the house needs to be leveled, but what about this issue of the piers?

what say the crowd - especially the great lenders on here?

Would not think you'd need to convert to 6'. I'd get a second opinion.

If you had steel beams sitting on drilled piers, your allowable span might be 15-20'.....point is, that insurance company doesn't know how your house is framed which determines pier spacing. If you have larger sill beams then they can make a larger span, depending on deflections.

Depending on soil conditions (and if you don't have true subgrade piers) then 8' does seem like too much for a "typical" wood frame. City of Houston likes to see 5' on centers before they want to see an engineer involved. But I'm surprised insurance co. has this 6' max as a metric.

Find a company B. A is a clown.

Thanks everyone for the help.