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Demolition services vary in cost based on the scope of your project, but the average cost to demolish a house is around $15,500 for a 1,500-square-foot house. You can also use a per-square-foot price for demolition to get a good estimate, and you can expect to pay between $4 and $17 per square foot. Several other factors that play a role in your pricing, including the following:

• Permit costs in your area

• Building material disposal method

• Machinery rental costs

• Lot size

• Proximity to nearby structures

Hauling is all about moving stuff from point A to point B, like furniture or construction materials. Junk removal, on the other hand, is more specialized. It focuses on removing items you no longer want or need, especially the bulky, broken, or hard-to-dispose-of things that won’t fit in a trash bin. In a nutshell, you can think of hauling as transport and junk removal as creating a clean slate.

Since you’ll likely be sorting through and getting rid of unwanted items anyway, this may be the perfect time to also plan for a garage sale. This way, you can think through how you want to price your items and group them for sale as you’re purging them from your home. You may also save on having to hire a service to haul away your items, and you’ll make money selling your items instead! Worst case, you can always drop off whatever you don’t sell at your nearest consignment store or donate to a charitable organization.

Land-clearing projects often take professionals one to two days to complete, but your timeframe can get much longer—sometimes up to a week or more—if you need your pros to clear a large section of land, grind down multiple large trees below the ground, or clear especially dense or heavy materials, like landscaping boulders and brush. A land-clearing expert will usually give you an accurate timeline along with your quote to help you better plan your project.