tl;dr I highly recommend talking to LAND before you hire any demo company, and would recommend them to any friend.
I was afraid my single family home knockdown demo wouldn't be big enough to interest demo companies in Chicago, but since my first quote from LAND, I never felt like they were blowing me off. Actually, compared to a few people who had similar projects in Chicago with other companies, I expected zero transparency on pricing, zero updates on progress, and zero urgency. None of that was true with Dan.
I actually found LAND extremely transparent and communicative. Every question I had along the way was answered same day, often within 10 minutes. Although there are always unexpected delays when dealing with a city like Chicago and its permit processes, I never felt like the project was abandoned. And as a resident in the neighboring building, I was very concerned of the noise and mess and possible damage but despite the super tight space, my neighbors and I were both happy with the quality of the job.
I had a few special requests too, which Dan was able to accommodate where other companies who I talked to said it was too difficult (eg. can we save half the fence, can we leave the garage and demo from front, can we level out the soil, etc).
Lastly, the price was super competitive too, right at the lower end of the range I was seeing from all the quotes I got.
Thanks Dan and LAND. read more