Services
Residential knockdown
A house knockdown covers the structure, the cartage and the finish the next trade asked to walk onto. We take weatherboard houses, brick veneer, walk-up units and the old shop with a dwelling out the back. Power, gas, water and communications are isolated before a machine starts. You empty the building of anything you still want, and you tell us what should be left and whether a garage, bungalow or shed goes in the same visit.
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- Crew
- Local Melton Crew
On the day, temporary fencing goes up where the site needs it. The excavator takes the building down. Roofing, steel and mixed debris are picked up with a rotating grapple and loaded straight into our own hooklift bins, rather than left in a heap. Where the job allows, timber, metal and masonry stay separated so each stream can go to the right place.
If the building might contain asbestos, we do not start on a maybe. Licensed removal sits in front of the knock. If the site hides a tank, a pit or a second slab, we stop and call before the price moves. Photos of the street and the structure, the permit status if you have it, and the finish you want — slab, dirt or a grade — are enough to price the job. You should be able to walk the block in work boots when we roll out.
Loading roofing and steel
Roofing, steel and mixed debris come off the structure and go straight into our own hooklift bins. The excavator uses a rotating demolition grapple so a large load of corrugated roofing and steel can be lifted in one bite, inside the temporary fencing, instead of being dragged across the site.
What a house knockdown actually includes
A knockdown is not a skip and a sledgehammer. Power, gas, water and comms have to be dead. Trees and fences that stay need protecting. Neighbours need a heads-up because the day is loud. Then the structure comes down, loads go to the right facility, and the site is graded so a concreter or framer can walk it in work boots.
We price take-down, cartage and the finish in one written number. If the site hides extra work — buried rubbish, a tank, a second slab — we call before we touch it. The quote should still be the invoice.
Melton and the surrounding suburbs
We are based in Melton. Melton South, Kurunjang, Brookfield, Harkness, the Toolern estates, Rockbank, Caroline Springs and the rest of that ring are the local run. Estate crossovers are usually workable. Older Melton streets, overhead wires and a neighbour on the boundary still change the plant.
Bacchus Marsh and Sunbury are a short haul and priced that way. Further across Victoria is the same work with travel written in the quote, not a surprise on the invoice.
What we need from you
Suburb, building type, and what should be left behind. Photos of the street frontage and the structure. Permit status if you have it. Anything about asbestos, tanks, pits or trees that must stay. That is enough to start a quote.
Knockdown-rebuild sequence
Permit pathway clear. Services isolated — power, gas, water, comms. House emptied of anything you still want. We leave the finish you asked for: slab in, slab out, or a grade for a new pad.
On the job
- Single dwellings and knockdown-rebuilds
- Dual occ and walk-up units
- Shops with a residence attached
- Garages, bungalows and outbuildings taken with the house
Questions on this work
Straight answers before you send the photos.
How long does a house knockdown take?
A straightforward single dwelling is often a day on the tools once services are dead and the permit is in. Tight access, asbestos removal or a second structure sit in front of that. You get a programme with the quote.
Do you leave the slab?
If the next trade wants it, yes. If they want dirt or a crushed-rock pad, that is the finish we price. Say it up front so we are not guessing on the day.
Will you take the garage and the bungalow too?
Usually yes, and it is cheaper in the same mobilisation than as a second visit. Tell us every structure on the block.
Get a free quote
Residential knockdown — suburb, photos, and what you want left behind.
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