DEMO & Removal costs for a back yard shed?

[ctapraser]

I bet I could get it done for a case of Bud Light. :new_all_coholic:

First, fix that Streetlinks report!

 

[hastalavista]

First, fix that Streetlinks report!

That is funny!

 

[redfish]

I would do that job for $500.

The only piece of equipment needed besides a pick'em up truck and a hammer and nail puller is a Sawzall. 1 hour for tear down, 1 hour to load and 1 hour to the dump.

If anyone in Metro Detroit needs a 250 sq/ft shed removed please PM me. I have a pick-up truck, sawzall, 25 oz Estwing and a big *** pry bar.

 

[CANative]

Ha! Ha! You asked the question.

I thought it beyond the scope of what I was seeking; however, since you asked.

I have performed an FHA appraisal on the subject. The shed or loafing shed has a roof structure over the entire slab and walls around three sides and a couple narrow closets at the back, so it is mostly hollow, but with a substantial roof structure with asphalt roll roofing.

It is very rotted with holes in the roof and collapsing. In the appraisal I have considered it a FHA/HUD "safety hazard" and qualifies as an automatic repair issue. I have called for its demo and removal, since it couldn't be fixed due to the severe depreciation.

However, the slab, due to its very good condition, has some residual value for repurposing, for a gazebo or other outdoor patio use, so the slab is not included in the demo estimate.

You conditioned an FHA appraisal on tearing down a shed? Safety hazard to the horses?

 

[prasercat]

You conditioned an FHA appraisal on tearing down a shed? Safety hazard to the horses?

Horses are people too!

I had to say that I felt very uncomfortable being under that structure taking photos and measurements. How else to solve the safety issue? It had lead paint on it too, so there didn't seem to be much sense in repainting a rotten structure that was going to succumb to gravity at any moment.

 

[alex gilbert]

It had lead paint on it too

You may have just sent your demo cost through the roof. Won't the lead paint need to be treated as a hazardous material?

 

[prasercat]

The demo contractor I called never got back to me, so I sent an email that the bid was not longer needed. The person on the phone apologized for nobody getting back to me and said, "if it helps, as long as you bid it for $2,500 you can find someone to do it "

HA! HA! I wouldn't argue with that! (With that fee, I'd want them to build a new shed replacement after the demo). Certaintly, at that fee "no job is too small"

I really want her to know there is someone that will demo it it for a case of Bud Light! Please let me tell her!

 

[prasercat]

You may have just sent your demo cost through the roof. Won't the lead paint need to be treated as a hazardous material?

It was on two rotten wagon wheel decorations that were 60% gone from deterioration and a closet door. It was weird, since most of the interior was bare wood. It looked like something put together from pieces of something that existed somewhere else. The answer - yes. Will it happen? My best guess- no. Anyway, I don't think it was enough to create a significant added cost, even if disposed of correctly. The exterior was either bare wood or covered in asphalt roll roofing that extended down from the roof to the base of the wall.

 

[Tim The Enchanter]

Getting work like this - and estimates for that work - done can be difficult: it's tough to get even the "no job too small" guys to show up. But if the slab is not removed it sounds like 2 guys, 560 sf or so of siding, roof framing and roof materials to haul off, two trips maybe plus tippage. Here, labor is cheaper but tippage higher, yadda, yadda - but it sounds like your $800 number is reasonable. (I was going to recommend the $5.00 gas and $.001 match removal technique. 'Rong 'chere we also save the dump fee by using the "country road, down the slope, broken tail gate" system of emptying the pick up.

I think that's a $1,000 or more fine around here. But I guess it helps the countryside look beautiful.

I figure $1 of gas, $4 of marshmallows and you'll need a few extra mouths to help.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

You conditioned an FHA appraisal on tearing down a shed? Safety hazard to the horses?

My thought too... and I bet the owner will not tear it down unless forced to and I bet they will waive the requirement.. Old as I am I could tear it down and haul it off in half a day....$50. Salvage any tin- pile the lumber in the back of the lot and let it rot or rent a wood chipper for 2 hours and grind it in place and spread the sawdust.