Free Demolition EstimatesOn-Site & In Writing, Across Tampa Bay
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Tell us the address and what is coming down. Dispatch calls back to book the walk-through, then the whole job goes in one firm written number.
- Licensed C-11855 · CUC041521
- Family owned since 1978
- We own the transfer station
- Serving 4 Tampa Bay counties
Why no price list
Why we quote on site instead of publishing prices
You will find demolition price tables all over the internet. You will not find one here, and that is deliberate.
Two houses the same square footage can quote far apart, and neither number is wrong. One sits on an open corner lot with the utilities already dead; the other has a pool cage against the fence line, oak canopy over the roof, a neighbor’s garage six feet off the wall and a septic tank nobody remembered. Square footage is the number people search for — access, structure, what has to be protected, utilities and disposal weight are the numbers that set the price.
A price published on a website is a guess dressed up as a quote. It is either padded enough to cover the worst site we might walk onto — which overcharges everyone else — or it is a teaser that grows once the contract is in front of you. We are not willing to do either, so we walk the property first and put a firm number in writing after.
The walk-through costs you nothing and obligates you to nothing. It is how a family company that has been quoting demolition since 1978 keeps its invoices matching its quotes.
What drives your number
The factors we price when we walk the site
Each service page carries the full factor table for that kind of job. This is the short version — one factor per job type.
| Scope of job | What drives the number |
|---|---|
| House Demolition | Access, foundation type, and how close neighboring structures sit |
| Pool Removal | Pool size and how much deck comes with it |
| Commercial | Construction type, asbestos findings, and site constraints |
| Concrete Removal | Area, thickness, and how far the machine has to travel |
| Mobile Home | Length, additions, and how the utilities were run |
| Lot Clearing | Structure count, vegetation density, and haul volume |
Every demolition is quoted on site, free. Access, structure and what has to be protected move the number more than square footage does, which is why we walk it rather than price it down the phone.
Getting your bearings
How to think about the number before you have one
We will not guess at your figure. We can tell you how demolition jobs rank against each other, and what share of a bill goes where — which is usually enough to plan around until the written quote arrives.
Ordered cheapest to dearest, the work runs roughly: a driveway or slab, then a partial pool fill-in, then a full pool removal, then a mobile home, then a frame house, then a block house, then a commercial building. Where your job sits on that ladder tells you more than any per-foot figure would.
Two proportions are worth knowing. Disposal is a quarter to a third of a typical demolition bill — which is exactly why we own the transfer station the debris goes to. And on a teardown-and-rebuild, demolition is usually well under 5% of the total construction budget: it feels like the frightening line and it is rarely the expensive one.
What most often moves a quote up
- Asbestos abatement, if the survey finds material that has to come out before the machine starts
- Access — a machine that cannot reach the structure means smaller equipment, hand work and more days
- Foundations and slabs that come out in full rather than staying in the ground
- Structures the neighbors, an HOA or a historic district require to come down slowly and quietly
Speed it up
What to have ready when you call
Tell us
- The property address or parcel number
- What is coming down — house, commercial building, mobile home, pool, slab
- Rough age of the structure (the survey is required either way; age tells us what it is likely to find)
- Whether power, gas, water and sewer are still connected
- Access — fences, trees, overhead lines, how close the neighbors sit
- Whether the slab, driveway or pool deck goes too, and what the lot is for afterward
- Your timeline
None of it is required
- The site visit fills every gap — these just make the first call useful
- Photos help us bring the right eyes, but the number still comes from the walk
- Not sure what you have? Say so. Figuring that out is part of the visit
- The estimate is free either way, and it does not obligate you to anything
The visit
What happens on the estimate, and after
Call or send the address
(727) 446-4909, Mon–Fri 7:00am – 5:00pm, or email Dispatch@sarnagoandsons.com. Tell us what is coming down and where. Dispatch puts the visit on the calendar — usually within days.
We walk the site with you
We check access for the machines and trucks, look at the structure and what is under it, flag anything that has to be protected, and confirm what happens to the slab and the lot. Bring your questions — this is the time to ask them.
You get a firm written quote
The quote covers the whole job in writing: permit, disconnect coordination, demolition, haul-off, disposal and grading. It is the number we invoice unless the scope changes in writing. Before we leave the site, we tell you when to expect it.
You decide on your own time
Take the quote, compare it, sit on it. There is no follow-up pressure and no salesperson — the person who walked your site is the company. When you say go, we start the permit.
What you get
What the quote includes
One number for the whole job, from one company that owns the machines, the trucks and the transfer station the debris goes to.
In the quote
- Pulling and filing the demolition permit
- Coordinating utility disconnects, cap-offs and septic abandonment
- The demolition itself — machines, crew, dust and debris control
- Haul-off in our own trucks
- Disposal at our own C&D transfer station — no subcontracted gate rate
- Site grading, so you end with a lot you can use
Quoted separately
- Asbestos abatement, if the survey finds material — Florida requires a licensed abatement contractor for that work, and we coordinate it rather than mark it up
- Account-level utility closures billed by the utility companies — we walk you through them
- Anything outside the written scope — named in writing before work starts, never discovered on the invoice
Questions
Free estimate FAQs
Is the estimate really free?
Yes. The site visit and the written quote cost nothing and obligate you to nothing. Walking sites is how we bid work — it is part of the job, not a service we charge for.
Do you charge to come out?
No, anywhere in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco or Manatee counties. Outside those, call and ask — we travel for the right job, and we will say so on the phone if a site is too far to visit free.
How long until I get the quote?
The visit usually gets scheduled within days of your call. For a house, a pool, a garage or a slab, the written quote normally follows within two working days of the walk-through. A commercial building or a multi-structure parcel takes longer, because there is more to price — we tell you which it is before we leave the site.
Can you quote from photos instead?
Photos help the first conversation and they help us come prepared, but the firm number needs the visit. What sets a demolition price — access for the machines, what the structure sits on, what has to be protected around it — does not show up in a photo.
Why won’t you give me a ballpark on the phone?
Because a ballpark becomes the number you plan around, and a demolition figure that is not based on the site is a guess. We would rather spend an hour walking your property than have your budget built on a number we would have to move later. On the phone we will gladly tell you what will drive your quote up or down.
Do I need the asbestos survey before you can quote?
No. We quote first. The survey is required before the demolition permit issues, whatever the age of the structure, and arranging it is part of the job. If it finds material, the abatement is performed by a licensed abatement contractor and quoted separately — we coordinate it, we do not mark it up.
How long is the quote valid?
The quote is written and states its terms — ask when you get it. What we do not do is quote low and revise on the invoice: the number holds unless the scope changes, and a scope change happens in writing before the work, not after it.
Is this a sales visit?
No. It is a walk-through and a written number. The person on your property works for the family that has owned the company since 1978, and there is no follow-up pressure — plenty of people take our quote, get two more, and call back a month later.