Demolition services
House and structure teardown in Courtenay
Courtenay Demolition takes down full houses and other structures across Courtenay, Comox and Cumberland. We pull the demolition permit with your municipality, cap the utilities where the bylaw requires it, and sort the debris at the Comox Valley Waste Management Centre. A typical teardown runs $8 to $18 per square foot — about $16,000 to $36,000 on a 2,000 square foot house.
We take the structure down to grade, load out the debris, and leave the site graded and clear. Every job includes the demolition permit and any required utility capping for your municipality.
A full house teardown in Courtenay runs about $8 to $18 per square foot, depending on access, the age of the house, and whether the slab and foundation come out. See the demolition cost guide for the full breakdown.
What's included
We handle the demolition permit with your municipality, arrange any utility disconnection the bylaw calls for, and separate the debris on site so clean material skips the higher mixed-waste rate at the landfill.
What moves the price
Access for the machine is the biggest factor — a tight lot or a shared driveway slows the job down and adds cost. The age of the structure matters too: an older building often means more hand work before the machine can finish the job. Whether the slab and foundation come out, and whether utilities need capping, both change the price as well.
The permit and the capping step
Every teardown needs a demolition permit from your municipality, and each of the three towns we work in prices and processes that permit differently. Utility capping is part of the same step in most cases — we coordinate both so the crew isn't standing around waiting on paperwork.
How a teardown runs
- 1
Site walk — we look at access, what's attached to the structure, and what has to come down with it.
- 2
Permit and capping — we file the demolition permit with your municipality and coordinate capping the utilities.
- 3
The teardown — the structure comes down, the debris gets sorted on site, and clean material goes out separately from mixed waste.
- 4
Grading and hand-off — we grade the lot level and hand it back to you clear.
What does this mean for your property?
A demolition permit and utility capping look different in each of the three towns we work in — Courtenay's process isn't Comox's, and Cumberland's isn't either. Tell us which one your property is in and we'll price the permit and capping into your quote.
What does a typical job look like?
- The problem
- A 1970s house on a corner lot needs to come down before a rebuild starts.
- What makes it harder
- The driveway is shared with the neighbour, which narrows where the excavator can sit.
- What we do
- We sequence the teardown around the shared access, cap the utilities first, and clear the lot to grade.
For related help, see garage and outbuilding demolition, or compare typical prices in the demolition cost guide.
Demolition in nearby communities
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- Compare demolition costsTypical price ranges by job type.
- Garage, shed and outbuilding demolitionWe tear down garages, sheds and outbuildings — sheds from $800, detached garages from $2,500.
- Concrete, slab and foundation removalWe break out concrete slabs, driveways and foundations, priced after a look at access and thickness.
- Courtenay Demolition home
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