Teardowns · Doubles · Condemned Structures
From fire-damaged doubles in South Side to condemned properties on a code-enforcement clock, we take houses down safely on Scranton's tightest lots — and hand back land instead of liability.
Lackawanna County's housing stock is over a century old in places, and some of it has simply reached the end. Fire damage that gutted the framing. A double-block that's been vacant so long the roof went. An inherited property where the repair estimate exceeds the resale value of the finished house. A code-enforcement notice with a deadline attached. In each case, demolition converts an expense that grows every year — taxes, insurance, liability, citations — into a clean lot with actual value.
We demolish single-family homes, double-blocks, and multi-family structures across Scranton and its boroughs, working machine-first where access allows and hand demolition where houses stand shoulder to shoulder. Neighboring properties get protected, dust gets suppressed, and the street stays passable — the things that keep a city demo from becoming a neighborhood incident.
On a deadline from the city? Scranton actively cites unsafe and blighted structures, and those letters carry real timelines. We work code-enforcement jobs routinely: expedited estimates, coordinated permits, and completion documentation that closes the case file. Bring the letter to the estimate — the dates drive the schedule.
House demolition around Scranton typically runs $6,000–$18,000 all-in — size, foundation type, lot access, and inspection findings drive where you land. That's meaningfully cheaper than most of the Northeast, and your written quote itemizes demolition, hauling, permits, and grading so there's nothing to guess about.
Scranton's low acquisition prices have investors buying doubles for the lot value alone. If that's your play, we sequence the survey, permits, and demo so your builder or your listing hits the calendar you're underwriting — and the itemized quote slots straight into your project pro forma.
That's standard Scranton spacing and standard work for us — smaller machines, sectional hand demo where needed, and protection on the neighbor's wall. Tight access affects the price, not the possibility.
We request and verify disconnects with each utility as part of the permit package — the city requires proof before demolition, and it's included in every quote.
Common in pre-1980 structures and not a dead end: licensed abatement removes the regulated material first, then demolition proceeds. We coordinate the sequence so the project keeps moving.
Yes — flag what stays at the estimate and it gets barriered and protected in the site plan before the first machine moves.
Scranton, Dunmore, Dickson City, Taylor, Old Forge, Moosic, Clarks Summit, Carbondale & Lackawanna County.
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