Ohio house demolition comes in at just over a third of allocated cost.
If you have grown tired of this site pissing and moaning about low bids and price undercutting, please stop here because we’re about to do it again.
If like me, however, you remain intrigued at just how long the US demolition industry’s race to the bottom can continue, pour yourself a coffee (or something stronger), sit back, and prepare yourself for a tale of an Ohio city that had allocated $8,500 per home for an ongoing house demolition contract, only to be greeted with a series of low bids that valued the work at between $3,200 and $3,300.
Crestline, the city in question, signed contracts this week with Greenwich-based High Touch Homes and Kelstin Incorporated of Shelby to demolish a number of vacant vacant homes and have until mid-January to complete the work.
The city was allocated $85,000 for the project, and it will cost $15,000 to raze and clean up the four sites. Crestline Assistant Safety-Service Director Marc Milliron said the remaining funds will pay for acquisition and demolition of at least three Park Road structures.
He said Crestline will have money left because bids came in under estimates. The city planned to put $8,500 toward each home, and bids came back between $3,200 and $3,300.
If that hasn’t already depressed you enough, you can read more here.
