Cost of Knocking down a house or Bungalow and getting rid of the rubbish

HARSA

Has anyone ever done this and roughly how much did it cost?

What machinery or tools do you need if you want to do it yourself?

How do you dispose the rubbish (bricks, roof titles windows etc) Is it just a matter of hiring a lot of skips?

Thanks in advance

doughnutmachine

how long is a piece of string?

from a health and safety viewpoint I would get a professional demolition contractor in, if you start messing about knocking walls down with a sledgehammers/ winches you could end up killing yourself.

if the garden is big you could use the bricks/ concrete etc as fill in the garden (put some topsoil/ grass seed over it and it soon looks natural) this should save you on landfill fees.

If the house is old you might get a fair bit for slates/ floor boards etc.

I'd probably budget £10k for demolishing a bungalow.

moneyistooshorttomention

Non-financial factors:

- People (including neighbours) being thoroughly upset if 2 or more properties are being squeezed into the space previously taken by one property.

- Any thoughts of just dumping rubbish into the garden of any new property (ie as a cheapskate way of saving costs on disposal) meaning future new owner cursing you to high heaven to anyone/everyone listening for throwing your problem onto their shoulders.

A very very "naughty" idea to even consider dumping your rubbish onto someone else's plate to deal with...

googler

HARSA wrote: »

Has anyone ever done this and roughly how much did it cost?
What machinery or tools do you need if you want to do it yourself?
How do you dispose the rubbish (bricks, roof titles windows etc) Is it just a matter of hiring a lot of skips?

If you do it yourself ;

How will you get Public Liability Insurance? If you don't bother with the insurance, what happens when the local kids sneak onsite and bring your half-done demo down on their heads?

You need to be licenced to dispose of asbestos - you may find this onsite, so could you recognise it?

You'll need planning consent for the demolition.

HARSA

it will be replaced by a new and bigger bungalow.

I will get qoutes if i end up owning the property so don't worry it will be done properly. However 10K seems expensive

doughnutmachine

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

- Any thoughts of just dumping rubbish into the garden of any new property (ie as a cheapskate way of saving costs on disposal) meaning future new owner cursing you to high heaven to anyone/everyone listening for throwing your problem onto their shoulders.

A very very "naughty" idea to even consider dumping your rubbish onto someone else's plate to deal with...

I work in construction, any new road etc is designed so that there is a minimum of material sent to landfill.....

if I was knocking a house down, and it had a big garden, I would certainly consider using the brick etc as fill...

Doozergirl

HARSA wrote: »

it will be replaced by a new and bigger bungalow.

I will get qoutes if i end up owning the property so don't worry it will be done properly. However 10K seems expensive

On the contrary, you could find it cheap! The cost of waste removal is very high. You also have the issues of disconnecting the utilities and moving them. That can only be done by the providers.

Grab wagons will be more economical than skips.

Budget somewhere between £8-15k. If you can recycle anything, it helps.