Adelaide house demolition cost

Getting house demolition quotes

Assuming that your house is empty and ready for demolition, you can safely leave a key out for demolition contractors to visit the property while you are not home, leaving them to get an idea of the size of the job, check for asbestos, and write up a quote. This approach saves you losing too much time waiting around at an empty house after taking time off work.

Reader Jason said he was sick of waiting on late contractors and just left a key out for the demolition companies he arranged to inspect his house. End result was no time off work, just a few phone calls and quotes arriving by fax, email or post.

Cost of house demolition

House demolition costs can vary according to the level of service, size of the house in question, time taken, salvage rights and so on. A fairly typical house in Adelaide might cost anything from $9-18,000 for demolition and removal. Get at least three quotes and don't be afraid to use free, online quote gathering services to do so.

Jay and Peter: "We plugged in our needs to an online quoting site and it gave our lead to what proved to be our cheapest quote - saved us $3,000 and the demolition company we went with was fine. Definitely recommend people doing that."

A cheaper demolition service might cut a few corners, take longer, and leave you with the council paperwork but this could be one time when you can consider the cheapest quote - after all, the winning bidder is going to be ripping your house down in fairly inelegant fashion regardless. If you have the time to spare, it's something to consider.