Light structural demolition for homeowners, realtors and property managers. The structure comes down, the debris leaves in the same mobilisation, and the pad is left clean — not a pile for someone else to deal with.
$1,800–$4,500 · Municipal demolition permit obtained before we start
Taking a shed or a garage down is the easy half. The expensive half is what is standing in the driveway afterwards: a twenty-cubic-yard pile of framing, shingles, siding and concrete that a demolition crew with no hauling capacity will quote you separately for, or simply leave.
We run a heavy-duty commercial hydraulic dump trailer, which means the teardown and the haul are one mobilisation and one price. The structure comes down, the material is separated as it is loaded — metal to a recycler, clean wood and shingles routed correctly — and the pad is swept. One crew, one day on most jobs, one invoice.
We also handle the permit. Most GTA municipalities require a demolition permit for a detached structure above a certain footprint, and an addition or anything attached to the dwelling effectively always needs one. We confirm what your municipality requires and obtain it before work begins. A contractor who offers to skip that is handing you the liability, not saving you money.
Ours does, because the trailer is ours. Teardown, separation, haul and disposal are one price fixed in writing. There is no second invoice and no pile left on your driveway.
Possibly — in siding, roofing felt, or the panel board. Anything built before 1990 gets assessed, and where a designated substance survey is required under the OHSA we tell you before we quote, not after we start swinging.
We confirm it with your municipality and obtain it. Detached structures above the local footprint threshold and anything attached to the house need one. We do not start without it.
We price slab breakout and footing removal as a line item rather than quietly leaving it. Concrete is heavy and priced by the tonne with scale tickets, so you see exactly what it cost.
Commercial hydraulic dump equipment on site means the structure and the debris leave together. No staging pile, no second contractor, no waiting on a bin swap.
We confirm the requirement with your municipality and pull the permit before work begins. Utilities disconnected and verified first — hydro, gas and any buried service.
Asbestos-containing siding, roofing felt and panel board turn up regularly in older sheds and garages. Where a designated substance survey is required, we say so before quoting and the abatement goes to a licensed contractor.
Metal to a recycler, clean wood separated, shingles and drywall routed to the sites that take them. Correct separation is cheaper per tonne and it is what our MECP registration requires.
Fence lines, driveways, services and landscaping protected before the first cut. We work tight lots regularly — most GTA garages are within a metre of a property line.
The site is handed back clean and level, slab removed if you have asked for it. Ready to re-grade, re-build or photograph.
We walk the property with you, usually about twenty minutes. You get a fixed written price — not a range, not an hourly rate that drifts.
Jobs over $2,000 take a 30% deposit to hold your crew, vehicle and disposal window. It comes straight off the final invoice.
Property protected, contents sorted donation-first, space handed back swept at minimum. You walk it with us before you pay the balance.
Light structural demolition across the Greater Toronto Area. Permit requirements vary by municipality — we confirm yours before quoting.
Light structural demolition runs $1,800 to $4,500. A straightforward backyard shed sits at the bottom of that range; a double garage with a concrete slab, poor access and a tight property line sits at the top. The variables are size, construction, how much of it is concrete, how far the material has to be carried to the trailer, and whether the slab and footings come out. The permit fee is passed through at cost. Price is fixed in writing at a free on-site assessment, and a 30% deposit confirms the booking.
In most GTA municipalities, yes for anything attached to the house and yes for detached structures above the local footprint threshold — the threshold itself varies, which is why we check rather than guess. We confirm the requirement with your municipality and obtain the permit before work begins. We will not start without one; an unpermitted demolition is a problem that surfaces at closing when the buyer’s lawyer asks for it.
It comes up regularly in structures built before 1990 — cement-board siding, roofing felt, panel board and old floor tile are the usual places. Where the Occupational Health and Safety Act requires a designated substance survey, we tell you before quoting and the abatement is done by a licensed abatement contractor, not by us. Our MECP registration covers non-hazardous waste only, so we physically cannot haul it. We would rather lose the job than load it.
Yes, priced as a separate line item so you can decide. Concrete is heavy and goes by the tonne with scale tickets provided, which is why we never bury it inside a lump-sum number. Some clients leave the slab for a shed rebuild or a parking pad; others want the pad gone and the ground re-graded.
Most sheds are a single day. A single-car garage is typically one to two days, a double garage or a small addition two to three, and longer if the slab is coming out or access is poor. We give you the schedule at the assessment and we book around your closing or listing date if you have one.
We confirm disconnection before any structure comes down, and where a licensed trade or the utility has to do it, we coordinate that and will not proceed until it is verified. A detached garage with a live sub-panel is one of the more common things we find that the homeowner had forgotten about.
Twenty minutes on site. We check access, services, construction era and disposal volume, then give you one fixed written price with the permit handled.
