Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Knock down rebuild site cost 13Aug 20, 2015 10:18 pm We had quotes like that for demolition too, but it paid to shop around. Disposal is probably more expensive there though. We had plenty of margin in our costs, so finance wasn't an issue for us. But the soil tests were done before demolition, and we did have our final footings costs before demolition. As long as they can get around the house to get some soil samples, they shouldn't need demolition before final costs. We've had the offer of a short term tenant whilst waiting for CDC/DA home approval and demolition for our knock down rebuild. It would achieve a pretty low rent as it's… 0 13759 Hi I live in a 100yr old semi and my neighbour added an additional floor last yr and our architect has advised that we can knock down our semi and build a free-standing… 0 37723 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37156 |