Purchasing of Burnt Houses

[MsAli]

Hi All,

Since we've been in process of demolishing a house with asbestos, the topic of demolishing burnt houses came up when speaking with the demo business owner. He mentioned it's much more expensive to dispose / clean up asbestos on burnt houses.

So out of curiosity, a few years ago it was in fashion for people to be buying burnt houses in Western Sydney (Mt Druitt satellite suburbs) in particular....Did the buyers/renovators ever clean the asbestos? Did they get council approval or did they just go and renovate? It's easy to make it sound so easy and a walk in the park but there are risks that go with it.

Also when people buy these burnt properties with intention to demo, I really hope they are doing their DD on costs rather than thinking they are getting a bargain when they may not be.

Curious to hear regarding your experience.

 

[coastal]

Check post 14 out in a thread about these houses


http://somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85038

The fine is quite staggering.

 

[MsAli]

Check post 14 out in a thread about these houses


http://somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85038

The fine is quite staggering.

Thanks coastal. I'm still unclear how it's being removed and what it's costing apart from the reno. Asbestos sits in brick homes too.

 

[nww]

This was not a burnt out building but did a full asbestos removal 8 months ago,
all internal walls removed and cleaned (3 bedder) $7,000 included everything,
permits, removal and dumping.

Could only imagine a brick place would only have asbestos in the eaves, bathroom and laundry if its that vintage .

oh and full gyprocking including labour was $3720 Labour was 2 grand.