Where to start
If you are pricing a job, read how demolition quotes are built before you compare numbers. Two quotes for the same house can differ widely and both be honest, because they are built on different assumptions about tonnage and asbestos.
If the house is pre-1990 — which in the Illawarra is most of them — read asbestos in Illawarra homes next. It is the single biggest variable in both cost and program.
If you are knocking down to rebuild, the full sequence sets out what happens in what order and where the weeks actually go.
Asbestos & Safety
Asbestos & Safety
- Asbestos in Illawarra homes: how to tell and what to do Why so much Illawarra housing contains asbestos, where it hides, how it is identified, who may lawfully remove it, and what it does to a demolition. Updated 2026-09-10 · 9 min
- Class A vs Class B asbestos licences explained The difference between friable and non-friable asbestos, which NSW licence class covers each, and how to check a removalist holds the right one. Updated 2026-09-10 · 6 min
Cost & Quoting
Cost & Quoting
- What it costs to demolish a house in NSW What drives house demolition cost in NSW and the Illawarra — the five variables that move the number, and the lines cheap quotes leave out. Updated 2026-09-10 · 8 min
- How demolition quotes are built, and how to read one What sits inside a demolition price, why two honest quotes for the same house can differ by thousands, and the six questions that expose the difference. Updated 2026-09-10 · 8 min
Planning Your Job
Planning Your Job
- Knock down rebuild in the Illawarra: the full sequence Every stage of an Illawarra knock-down rebuild in order, where the weeks actually go, and the three things to agree with your builder before demolition. Updated 2026-09-10 · 8 min
- Salvage before demolition: what's actually worth saving Which materials genuinely repay the effort of salvaging before an Illawarra demolition, what to leave alone, and how salvage affects your disposal cost. Updated 2026-09-10 · 7 min
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