Demolition in Werribee South

The market-garden belt

Werribee South is Melbourne's market-garden heartland — farmhouses, glasshouses, packing and machinery sheds and rural outbuildings spread across working land down to the coast. Demolition here is as much about clearing old farm structures as houses, and rural blocks usually have easier access and room to work.

Houses, sheds and farm structures

As well as house demolition, rural blocks often need old glasshouses, packing sheds, machinery sheds and outbuildings cleared. Old rural sheds are a classic spot for asbestos-cement sheeting, so they're checked and handled correctly rather than just pushed over. See our house demolition and internal demolition services.

Approvals in Wyndham

In Victoria demolishing a house is building work: it needs a building permit from a registered building surveyor, and for most demolitions the surveyor must first obtain Wyndham City Council's Report and Consent under the building regulations. A planning permit is also required where a heritage overlay or certain other overlays apply to the property. Power, gas, water, sewer and telecommunications must be disconnected and made safe before work starts. We're not the permit authority — the council and the building surveyor are — but we deal with demolition approvals constantly, work in with your surveyor and Wyndham City Council, and flag which approvals a property is likely to need before work begins.

Older buildings and asbestos

Werribee South's older farmhouses and rural sheds commonly contain asbestos, which is assessed and removed by the correct licensed process before demolition. See our asbestos-aware demolition service.