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How Much Does Mobile Home Removal Cost in Colorado?
Single wides typically run $4,000 to $8,000 and double wides $7,000 to $14,000 to demolish and haul off in the Denver metro. Here is what's in the number, what moves it, and the paperwork that comes after.
Typical Mobile Home Removal Pricing
A single wide with clear access, nothing inside, and a clean asbestos report typically runs $4,000 to $8,000 demolished, loaded, and hauled. A double wide runs $7,000 to $14,000. Those ranges cover the home, the skirting, the steel frame going to scrap, the tie downs and piers, and a swept pad.
Everything attached to the home is extra, and usually worth doing at the same time: a wood deck or porch $500 to $2,000, a wheelchair ramp $800 to $2,500, a shed or carport $400 to $1,500, awnings and add on rooms by size. A home still full of furniture and belongings adds a junk removal line, typically $500 to $2,000 depending on how full.
What's in the Number
- Asbestos survey and CDPHE notice. Colorado requires both for any structure, mobile homes included. Homes built before the mid 1980s often test positive in floor tile, ceiling texture, and panel adhesive.
- City or county permit. Most jurisdictions issue a demolition permit for a mobile home the same way they do for a house.
- Utility disconnects. Electric at the pedestal, gas capped by the utility, water and sewer disconnected and capped at the pad.
- Demolition. The home comes apart in sections: roof, walls, floor system, then the steel chassis. 1 to 2 days for a single wide, 2 to 3 for a double.
- Hauling and disposal. Wood, drywall, and insulation go to the landfill by the ton. The steel frame and axles go to the scrap yard, which offsets a little of the cost.
- Pad cleanup. Piers, blocks, and anchors out, pad swept, and the pedestal left for the next home unless you want it gone.
What Moves the Price
- Add ons. Decks, ramps, porches, sheds, carports, and awnings are the most common reason a quote climbs. They are also the reason to do it all in one visit.
- Asbestos. A positive report means a licensed abatement contractor removes the material before we start. Floor tile in a kitchen is a small job; a whole textured ceiling is not.
- Contents. An empty home is a demo job. A full one is a cleanout plus a demo job.
- Access. A park space with a narrow drive and neighbors on both sides means smaller loads and slower, more careful work. A rural lot where a truck and trailer can back right up is the easy case.
- Pad and slab. Leaving the pad is standard. Breaking out a concrete pad or foundation adds concrete hauling.
Demolish or Move It?
If the home is structurally sound and someone will take it, a licensed mobile home transporter can tear it down, move it, and set it up again. That is a different trade, with its own costs at both ends. For a home that is past its life, has water damage, or that no park will accept, demolition is the lower total cost and often the only option. We tell you which one you are looking at during the site walk.
The Paperwork After It's Gone
A mobile home that is still titled stays on the tax roll until the title is canceled. Colorado handles that with a Certificate of Destruction for a Manufactured Home, filed with the county clerk and recorder along with a certificate of taxes due from the treasurer and consent from any lienholder. The clerk forwards it to the assessor, and the home comes off your property taxes. We give you the demolition documentation you need to file it.
Ranges and rules on this page are a planning guide, not a quote or legal advice. Every job is priced in writing after photos or a site walk, and permit rules are confirmed with the city for your address. Call or text (303) 521-9910.
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