House Demolition — Tear Down That Old House Clean

It depends on the size of the home, what it's built from, whether there's a basement or foundation to remove, how far we haul the debris, and access to the site. When you're comparing house demolition companies in central Illinois, check whether debris hauling, disposal, and backfill are all inside the quoted number — ours are. We give free on-site estimates with a straight number. Call (217) 809-0779.

Most rural farmhouses outside city limits don't require a demolition permit. A house inside a town usually does. We'll tell you what's required, help you handle the paperwork, and call utility locates before anything comes down.

Yes. Fire-damaged homes are one of the more dangerous structures on a property — weakened framing and fallen debris. We approach it carefully with the Komatsu, bring it down in a controlled sequence, and haul off the burned debris properly. Don't go in there yourself — call us.

Yes. If the job includes the basement, foundation walls, footings, or an old slab, we break it out, haul it off, backfill the hole, and grade the spot so you can rebuild, farm it, or seed it down.

That's a common job. We knock down the old farmhouse, remove the foundation and basement, haul everything off, backfill, and leave you a clean, graded pad ready for the builder. Teardown-for-rebuild done right saves you trouble later.

Yes. Full cleanup is part of the job — lumber, drywall, shingles, concrete, and trash hauled to a proper disposal site. We separate metal where it makes sense and leave you clean dirt, not a pile.

Homes built before about 1980 can carry asbestos in siding, floor tile, pipe wrap, or insulation. When a house is old enough to warrant it, we coordinate the required inspection and the IEPA 10-day notification and don't cut corners. It's worth confirming the specifics with your local IEPA office.

Yes — and it's the cheaper way to do it. Tell us on the first walk-through that a new house, shop, or garage is going back on that ground. Instead of knocking the basement walls in and filling the hole, we haul out the old foundation and footings, bring in clean fill, and compact it in lifts so the ground doesn't settle under a new slab or basement. Topsoil gets stripped and stockpiled first so it goes back on top. We set the drainage and the new approach while we're there and leave the pad shot to grade. The machines are already on the lot, so one mobilization covers the teardown and the pad.

If you're inside a 60-mile radius of Mattoon, Illinois, yes. Brohez Trucking LLC handles complete house, farmhouse, and foundation teardown, debris hauling, and smooth grading throughout that radius. You deal with Levi, the owner running the machine, and travel is built into the estimate rather than added afterward. Call or text a photo during the workday and you get a straight number back the same day.

60-mile radius from Mattoon, IL — including Decatur, Champaign, Effingham, Charleston, Urbana, Sullivan, Tuscola, Shelbyville, Pana, and Terre Haute.

House demolition pricing depends on the size of the home, what it's built from, whether there's a basement or foundation to remove, how far we haul the debris, and access to the site. When you're comparing house demolition companies in central Illinois, check whether debris hauling, disposal, and backfill are all inside the quoted number — ours are. We give free on-site estimates with a straight number. Call (217) 809-0779.

That's a common job. We knock down the old farmhouse, remove the foundation and basement, haul everything off, backfill, and leave you a clean, graded pad ready for the builder. Teardown-for-rebuild done right saves you trouble later.