Cost to Demolish Home?

[HornBred]

I am trying to compare the price of lots in the Dallas area, some with homes already on the property and some without. To be able to get a better apples-to-apples comparison, I need to know approximately how much it would cost to demolish a home. For the purposes of this discussion, let's assume that the home is 1 story and approximately 2500 square feet.

Any experts out there?

 

[WooHorn]

Neighbors just did it on a bigger house built in the 50s. Got the whole thing carted off for under $5,000 I think. I was pretty shocked, but they took a long time and resold a lot of the stuff.

 

[HornBred]

Foundation and all?

 

[WooHorn]

Pier and beam, so I don't know how involved that part is. Slabs are probably a bigger deal.

 

[NickDanger]

I was recently told $25k. That seems really high to me. I've watched houses go down and get hauled off in 2 work days.

 

[tbone]

I'm guessing under 10k. The house next to my dad came down for 5k in three days, but it was not a slab. I'd make a few calls out of the yellow pages. Demo is really pretty cheap compared to building.

 

[dahorns]

if it's in Austin or San Antonio, I'm pretty sure you'll have to have an asbestos containing material (ACM or ACBM) assessment survey and perhaps an lead-in-paint survey if the home is old

b/ cities passed these worker realted ordinaces i nthe las few years

 

[tbone]

Your demo contractor should be able to include the asbestos report and any mitigation required in the costs as discussed above.