Demolition in Melbourne’s South-Eastern Suburbs

Multi-unit development changes the demolition

When a block is being redeveloped into three or four dwellings, the demolition scope grows accordingly. Everything comes out: house, garage, shed, driveway, paths, retaining, established trees where they are permitted to go, old septic tanks, and every redundant service across the whole site.

That last item is the one that catches people. A 1960s block in Clayton or Noble Park can have decades of superseded plumbing and electrical under it, and a builder who finds it after slab set-out will charge accordingly. We locate and remove it while the machines are still there.

The housing stock

Clayton, Oakleigh, Springvale, Noble Park and Dandenong are dominated by 1950s to 70s brick veneer and cream brick — regular blocks, decent side access, and asbestos in the eaves, the garage roof and the wet areas more often than not.

Further out, Berwick, Narre Warren, Hallam and Cranbourne mix older farmhouse-era stock with 80s and 90s brick on larger blocks. Pools, big sheds, horse shelters and outbuildings feature heavily out here, and there is room for full-size machines and proper truck access — which keeps the price down.

Councils across the south-east

Greater Dandenong, Monash, Kingston, Casey and Cardinia. There is comparatively less heritage overlay through the south-east than the inner suburbs, which generally makes Section 29A applications more predictable — but neighbourhood character provisions and vegetation controls still bite in parts of Monash and Kingston, and Casey has its own conditions around the growth-area estates.

United Energy and AusNet cover most of this area for electricity abolishment depending on the address. Same rule as everywhere: lodge it first, worry about the rest afterwards.

Working around neighbours in a unit development

Multi-unit sites tend to have close neighbours who are about to endure two years of construction. How the demolition is run sets the tone for the whole project. We fence properly, keep the street clean, water for dust, work sensible hours, and give the adjoining owners the courtesy of knowing what is happening and when. It costs nothing and it prevents complaints that end up delaying your builder.

What we do across the south-east

Full demolition for multi-unit sites, unit and flat demolition, licensed asbestos removal, pool and shed clearing, slab and driveway removal, and the permit work to support it.