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Shed, driveway and garage removal in Melton
Shed and concrete removal in Melton is often treated as a footnote on a house quote, and then it becomes the thing that holds the new driveway up. A garage, a colorbond shed, a concrete-block outbuilding and a driveway are all real jobs. They can go in the same visit as the house, or on their own if the house is already gone. The mistake is assuming they are included because they are on the same block.
List every structure
Walk the block and write a list. House. Garage. Carport. Garden shed. Concrete-block workshop. Driveway. Paths. A second slab behind the garage that used to be a cubby. Each line is stay or go, and if it goes, say whether the slab under it goes too. We would rather have a boring list than a photo in which the shed is a smudge down the back and nobody mentions it until the machine is leaving.
Small does not mean free, and small does not mean we will not do it. A single garden shed can be an awkward half-day if the access is a side gate and the concrete pad is thickened. A large shed with a clear frontage can be straightforward. The quote follows the list and the access, not a vibe that the yard looks simple from the street.
Sheds and garages
A steel garden shed is usually frame, sheet and a slab. Empty it first. Mowers, fuel, paint and the boxes you meant to sort do not belong in the demolition load. If you are keeping the shed and only want it moved, say that. Moving a shed in one piece is not the same as taking it down. We demolish. We are not a house-relocation crew. Measure the gate if you think access is tight, and send that photo too. A shed that looked small from the backyard can still need the machine in from the street if the side path is a person-width.
Garages attached to the house are part of the house conversation. Detached garages can go the same day or stay. Brick and concrete-block outbuildings come down with the excavator, on their slab. Timber is stacked separately from the masonry so the streams stay apart, and the hooklift bin takes the load. If the roller door, the frame or the roofing is being kept, it has to be marked and preferably already set aside. Once the machine starts, salvage is slow and it is easy to damage.
Driveways and other concrete
A driveway is concrete or asphalt, plus the crossover conversation. The crossover at the kerb is often council’s, or at least council’s interest, and we do not assume we can break it. Tell us whether the driveway removal stops at the boundary or includes the crossover, and whether you already have advice on that. Paths, strips to the clothesline, and the pad under the old water tank are the pieces people forget. Include them if the new landscape needs them gone.
Concrete removal needs a place to put the machine and a way to load the truck or bin. On a Melton block with a wide frontage that is usually simple. On a block where the drive is the only hard stand, we break from the back toward the street so we are not trapping the truck. If the new driveway levels are already set, tell us. Breaking the old concrete and cutting the ground underneath are, again, two jobs. We can do both. They both need to be written down. If the concrete is coloured, stamped, or has a heating element or a drain running through it, say that in the quote. Those details change the break and they are much cheaper to hear about from a photo than from the middle of the slab.
Same visit as the house, or later
Same visit is usually the better programme when you already know the shed, the garage and the driveway are going. The machine is there, the fencing is there, and the cartage is happening anyway. Later is better when you still need the garage to store furniture through the knockdown, or when the builder has not decided whether the old slab stays as a site shed pad. Both are fine. Changing your mind at lunchtime on knockdown day is the expensive version.
If the house is already gone and you only need the outbuildings, that is a normal job. Send photos of what is left, the access, and what the slab should do. We do not need a storey about the house we never saw. We need to know whether we are taking a shed and a pad, or a shed and leaving the pad for a temporary site office.
Waste and the finish
Waste is sorted on site and taken to licensed recycling and disposal facilities in Melbourne's west, with concrete, brick, metal and timber separated for recycling wherever possible.
A clear yard is the finish: the structures you listed are gone, the slabs you listed are gone or still there on purpose, and the block is safe to walk. We will not take a fence you wanted, and we will not leave a driveway you asked to be gone. If a tree, a power supply to a pump, or a stormwater pit sits in the middle of the concrete, point it out. Those are the details that turn a simple concrete pick-up into a careful one, and they belong in the photos you send with the quote from Melton.
Quick answers
The short version, if you skipped the scan.
Can you remove a shed without demolishing the house?
Yes. A shed, garage or driveway can be its own job. Empty the shed of fuel, paint and anything you are keeping before we arrive.
Does shed removal include the concrete slab?
Only if you ask for the slab to go. Say whether the pad stays or goes. The same applies to a garage floor and a driveway.
Will you break the crossover at the kerb?
Not unless that is confirmed as part of the job. The crossover is a separate question from the driveway on your block. Tell us what you have been advised.
Can the garage go in the same visit as the house?
Yes, and that is usually the cleaner programme when you already know it is going. If you still need it for storage, we can come back.
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