Cost of knocking a house / any resale value on items ?

gigino · 30-01-2012 02:07AM #1

An uncle plans to knock an old badly designed / built 2 storey 4-bedroom detached house, and got a quotation of 3 grand for that. Some of the rubble at least could be left on the site as he is rebuilding and the site could do with some fill. 3 grand seems expensive. Its in the midlands. Would that be about right? Whats involved nowadays, does slates and then wood etc have to be collected seperately eg roof rafters ? Or can a big jcb just run through the whole lot ? Is there much of value in the house which could be recycled / sold ? Eg there is a lot of doors, glass , old 70's bathroom suite put in as a renovation then etc ...but I guess there is not much demand for that nowadays ? I suppose the hot water tank + copper pipers may be of value....The builder say that they could be worth a hundred or 2. Anyone any experience ? My uncle just wants to go with a particular builder he knows. Would 3 grand be a fair price, or would there be firms now who would demolish it for the scrap price of the materials ( wishfull thinking )?

Victor · 30-01-2012 04:25AM

Would you buy an "old 70's bathroom suite"? That is, something 32-42 years old?

Most of the house will be converted to rubble. The normal value of rubble is near zero. In this market, its worth nothing.

While you can argue one way or the other about price, the materials / scrap is worth almost nothing when you take into account salvage costs.

DOCARCH · 30-01-2012 07:25AM

I assume he has planning permission to knock the house?

Just box ticking.

peterc14 · 30-01-2012 02:26PM

3 grand seems a bit excessive especially if all the rubble is to remain on site.

Can you strip the copper/metal/doors/floorboard yourself... these would be worth a bit especially the metal.

muffler · 30-01-2012 02:56PM

If someone wants to take a bit of time removing the likes of the slates/tiles, plumbing and bathroom fittings, windows/doors, roofing/floor timber etc and store it and then advertise it for sale in the local "buy and sell" magazines then you could amass a pretty penny or two.

Just ensure that none of the rubble is used as sub floor filling for any new house.

sydthebeat · 30-01-2012 03:31PM

muffler wrote: »

Just ensure that none of the rubble is used as sub floor filling for any new house.

i personally wouldnt like to see it under any paths or drive either

Cost of knocking a house / any resale value on items ?

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