Balwyn's Careful House Demolition Specialists
Prestige and heritage-sensitive house demolition across Balwyn, Kew and Boroondara — Section 29A consent handled, asbestos managed, your block left clear, level and ready to build.
Services built for Balwyn
Full House Demolition
Complete removal of period brick, interwar and post-war homes down to a clean, level block — machine demolition, full waste sorting and recycling, and a site handed over ready for your builder to set out.
Knockdown-Rebuild Site Preparation
The demolition half of a prestige knockdown-rebuild, sequenced around your builder's start date. Service disconnections, demolition, slab and footing removal, and site clearing so a $2M-plus build begins on schedule.
Heritage-Sensitive & Partial Demolition
Boroondara's heritage overlays are common, so we specialise in retaining a period facade or wing while removing the rest — careful propping, staged sequencing and salvage of original materials worth keeping.
Asbestos-Aware Demolition & Disposal
Most Boroondara homes built before 1990 contain asbestos somewhere. We identify it, engage licensed removalists, and dispose of it to EPA-approved facilities with the documentation to prove it.
Pool, Garage & Outbuilding Removal
Concrete and fibreglass pool removal, garages, carports, tennis courts, sheds and old outbuildings — demolished, backfilled and compacted, or cleared as part of a wider site strip on a premium block.
Permits & Heritage Approvals
We prepare and lodge the demolition paperwork — including the Section 29A report and consent — and guide you through the extra planning permit needed where a Heritage Overlay applies, which is common across Boroondara.
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Balwyn Demolition is a demolition and site-preparation specialist working across Balwyn and the wider City of Boroondara — Balwyn North, Kew, Kew East, Canterbury, Camberwell and Deepdene. This is Melbourne's highest land-value teardown belt, where the block routinely outvalues the house and replacing an ageing period or post-war home makes more sense than another renovation. It is also heavily heritage-overlaid, so careful, heritage-sensitive and partial demolition is genuine everyday work for us rather than an afterthought. We handle the Section 29A consent and permit paperwork, arrange service disconnections, manage licensed asbestos removal, and hand your builder a clean, level, properly cleared block on the date they need it.
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Questions, answered
How much does it cost to demolish a house in Balwyn?
Most standard demolitions in Melbourne fall between $15,000 and $35,000, with double-storey and full-brick homes pushing toward $40,000 and difficult or heritage sites reaching around $50,000. Balwyn and Kew teardowns often sit at the higher end because of full-brick construction, restricted access on premium blocks, asbestos and heritage requirements. We quote fixed-price after a site inspection so there are no mid-job surprises.
Do I need a permit to demolish my house in Boroondara?
Yes. In Victoria a demolition needs a building permit, and before that you generally need council consent under Section 29A of the Building Act 1993. If your property sits in a Heritage Overlay — which is common across Boroondara, especially in Kew, Canterbury and Camberwell — you will also need a planning permit before demolition can be approved. We prepare and lodge this paperwork and confirm which approvals your address needs.
How long does a demolition take?
The machine work on a typical house is usually one to two weeks including waste removal and site clean-up. The realistic end-to-end timeline from first inspection to a cleared block is closer to three to eight weeks, because approvals and service disconnections take longer than the demolition itself. Where a Heritage Overlay planning permit is involved, add considerably more. We start the permit and disconnection process immediately so those lead times run in parallel.
What happens about asbestos?
We treat every pre-1990 home as likely to contain asbestos until proven otherwise — commonly in eaves, wet-area sheeting, fences and old vinyl backing. Where it is present, licensed removalists take it out before general demolition begins, and it goes to an EPA-approved facility with disposal documentation provided to you. Asbestos handling is priced transparently in the quote rather than appearing later as a variation.
Do you disconnect power, gas and water?
Yes — arranging service abolishments and disconnections is part of the job, and it is the step that most often delays a demolition when it is left late. Electricity, gas, water and sometimes telecommunications each have their own provider lead times. We lodge these early, track them, and schedule the machines only once every service is confirmed disconnected and the site is safe to work.