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Areas we serve · Newcastle and Lake Macquarie

Demolition Charlestown

Demolition in Charlestown on established sloping blocks, with redevelopment pressure around the centre.

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Brick rubble graded flat across a cleared Sydney demolition site with the boundary fence still standing
Service
Demolition and site works
Council
Lake Macquarie City Council
Postcode
2290
Licence
Demolition licence AD214737

What comes up in Charlestown

3 conditions, and each one is handled differently

Every site is scoped on the day. The table is what the work usually involves here rather than a statement about any particular property.

Knockdown then a benched cut

The standard Charlestown sequence, because very few blocks here are flat.

How it is handled
Structure removed, then the cut taken in benches from the high side to the nominated platform level.
What does it
Midi to large excavator able to work on a grade, truck and dog for the volume.

Townhouse or unit site near the centre

Redevelopment work that runs as a sequence rather than a knockdown.

How it is handled
Survey, disconnections in writing, soft strip, then the structure in planned stages with the material separated.
What does it
Mid sized excavator with a grapple, hoarding and dust control.

Freestanding houses

Single and double storey brick, brick veneer, fibro and timber. The era matters more than the material, because anything built before 1990 carries a hazardous materials assumption until it is tested.

How it is handled
Hazardous materials removed and cleared first, services disconnected in writing, then the structure taken down and the material separated as it falls.
What does it
Excavator with a demolition grapple, sized to the side access rather than to the house. Zero tail swing where the work runs hard against a boundary.

Charlestown

What shapes the work on these blocks

  • Established post-war housing on sloping blocks Which brings a site cut into most knockdown scopes.
  • Redevelopment pressure around the centre Bringing unit and townhouse work alongside single knockdowns.
  • Pre 1990 stock across the older streets So the hazardous materials survey comes first.
  • Mine subsidence districts in parts of the area A planning and engineering matter worth confirming for a property before a design is fixed.

Charlestown streets will generally take a tipper and many will take a truck and dog, which matters on a cut. The fall across the block decides where the machine works from and how the benches are taken.

Partly demolished Sydney house with the roof framing collapsed and brick and timber debris piled across the site

What we do in Charlestown

Five service groups, one contract

Most jobs need more than one of these. Quoted together they share a mobilisation, a programme and one set of truck movements instead of three contractors waiting on each other.

Local context

Approvals, and the areas around Charlestown

Council area
Lake Macquarie City Council
Postcode
2290

The consent authority for the property sets the conditions, the hours and the notification requirements, and the service disconnections sit with the authorities rather than with us.

Nearby areas we service include Belmont, Maitland, Merewether, Newcastle, Warners Bay. This location forms part of our wider Newcastle and Lake Macquarie coverage.

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Charlestown questions

What people ask before we start

What is mine subsidence and does it affect us?
Parts of the Lake Macquarie area sit in mine subsidence districts, which affects what can be built and how. It is a planning and engineering matter rather than a demolition one, and it is worth confirming for the property before a design is fixed.
Is the site cut part of the demolition?
On a sloping block it usually should be. The same machine and trucks are already there and the classification is already settled, so there is no handover in the middle of the job.
How do you handle ground that might be contaminated?
It is tested and classified before it moves, then taken to a facility licensed to receive that classification. On former industrial land around Newcastle this is a normal part of the job rather than an exception, and remediation can be quoted on the same contract.
Is Max licensed for the asbestos removal itself?
Max holds the demolition licence, AD214737. The asbestos removal is carried out by licensed asbestos removalists, and the air monitoring and clearance by an independent licensed assessor. The whole pathway is managed as one job so you are not coordinating three contractors.

Charlestown

Send the address and what you need done

A photograph of the frontage and the access tells us most of what decides the price. We will arrange a time to look before quoting anything substantial.

  • Demolition, asbestos, excavation and cartage on one contract
  • Machine sized to what can physically get onto the block
  • Demolition licence AD214737, issued by SafeWork NSW
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