Renovation-Ready Apartment Prep: Demolition, Furniture Removal, Surface Protection & Debris Hauling
We prepare apartments for smooth renovations by handling selective demolition, careful furniture removal, protective coverings, and responsible debris hauling, backed by a free on-site estimate, clear scheduling, insured crews, and convenient online booking designed around building rules and your project timeline.
Who We Are
We are a specialized apartment preparation team focused on selective demolition, careful furniture handling, meticulous surface protection, and efficient debris hauling. Our insured crews, streamlined processes, and building-friendly approach keep schedules tight, managers happy, and your renovation kickoff clean, compliant, and confidently on track.
Apartment Prep Services
From free on-site estimates to dust-controlled demolition, furniture removal, protection installation, and responsible hauling, our services are engineered for apartment buildings, delivering predictable results, clear pricing, and seamless coordination with your designer, general contractor, and building management team.
Selective Demo Starter Package
Ideal for kitchens or small baths, this package includes fixture disconnect coordination, cabinet and countertop removal, tile demo up to a defined area, targeted dust barriers, and debris haul-out with basic recycling. We leave surfaces clean, capped, and labeled so licensed trades can step in immediately without downtime or confusion.
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Full Apartment Prep Bundle (Demo, Protection, Haul)
A comprehensive prep for multi-room renovations: room-by-room selective demolition, furniture relocation or donation coordination, full floor and corner protection, elevator padding, HEPA dust control, and staged debris hauling with documentation. Perfect for tight timelines requiring fast, compliant turnover and a spotless start for construction crews.
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Premium White-Glove Protection & Furniture Handling
For high-finish residences, we add upgraded hard surface protection, custom corner guards, artwork covers, specialty appliance handling, and detailed inventory tagging. Includes donation or storage coordination and post-prep HEPA cleaning, delivering exceptional care where building standards and finish integrity are non-negotiable priorities.
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Free On-Site Estimate
Schedule a free on-site estimate with a licensed project manager who assesses access, scope, building rules, and disposal logistics, then provides a written, itemized proposal, clear timeline, and safety plan tailored to your apartment and renovation goals.
What We Inspect
During the visit, we evaluate elevator or stair access, loading zones, disposal routes, working hours, noise restrictions, and building protection requirements. We measure rooms, note material types, confirm demolition boundaries, and document existing finishes, ensuring a precise scope that prevents surprises and protects your deposit and schedule.
Transparent Proposals
You receive a line-by-line estimate detailing labor, materials for surface protection, disposal weights, recycling fees, and any building-specific tasks like elevator padding or certificate processing. We include start and completion windows, crew size, and contingency options, empowering you to approve with confidence and plan trades accordingly.
No-Pressure Consultations
Our estimator walks you through options, explains cost-saving alternatives, and highlights potential constraints before they become delays. We answer questions about demolition scope, salvage opportunities, insurance requirements, and HOA protocols, ensuring you understand how our approach keeps neighbors happy, managers compliant, and your renovation timeline protected.
Kitchen and Bath Strip-Outs
Our crew disconnects fixtures, caps water lines, and safely removes cabinets, appliances, vanities, shower surrounds, tile, and non-load-bearing partitions, protecting adjacent surfaces and maintaining serviceability of remaining systems. We leave plumbing terminations labeled and surfaces clean for plumbers, electricians, and tile setters to begin immediately.
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Wall, Flooring, and Ceiling Removal
We cut and remove drywall, plaster, baseboards, carpet, laminate, and tile using dust-controlled tools and HEPA vacuums. We score edges, isolate work zones, and bag materials at the source, minimizing airborne particles and preventing damage to door casings, windows, and finishes outside the defined demolition area.
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Utility Awareness and Protection
Before opening walls or floors, we locate supply lines, drains, electrical runs, and risers using plans and non-invasive detection. We mark safe cuts, isolate circuits when required, and coordinate with your licensed subcontractors, reducing risk, downtime, and costly remediation caused by accidental utility damage.
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Furniture Removal
We remove, relocate, or store furniture and appliances with careful preparation, protective wrapping, and efficient floor protection, ensuring clear work zones for trades while safeguarding your belongings, common areas, and building policies from the first lift to final placement.
Surface Protection
We install targeted protection—ram board, poly sheeting, carpet film, hardboard corner guards, and dust barriers—customized to your building and renovation sequence, preserving finishes, simplifying cleanup, and keeping managers satisfied with visibly professional containment during noisy or dusty phases.
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We shield hardwood and tile with ram board or tri-layer board, tape seams neatly, and add anti-slip edges. Stairs receive tread protection and nosing guards, while elevators get padded walls and floor runners, ensuring heavy traffic and material movements do not mar expensive finishes or violate house rules.
Dust Control and Containment
Zip-wall frames, poly sheeting, and sealed doorways isolate work zones, while HEPA air scrubbers capture airborne particles. Crews bag debris at the source, and negative pressure is introduced where required, reducing dust migration into bedrooms, common corridors, and HVAC systems, keeping neighbors and building staff comfortable and compliant.
Kitchen and Bath Safeguards
Remaining cabinets, countertops, and fixtures are wrapped with breathable covers, faucet spouts are capped, and drains are protected from debris. We protect thresholds and tub edges during tile removal, preventing chips and scratches that could jeopardize warranties or require costly refinishing before your new finishes are installed.
On-Site Segregation
We separate wood, metal, gypsum, tile, and mixed debris into labeled containers during demolition. This reduces tipping fees, increases recycling rates, and helps building managers confirm proper handling, all while keeping pathways safe and improving crew efficiency throughout the day.
Efficient Load-Out
Crews stage debris near exits, secure bags, and coordinate elevator cycles to prevent lobby congestion. We communicate with staff, avoid peak move-in hours, and deploy rolling bins and dollies sized for hallways, minimizing trips, noise, and dwell time in common areas while maximizing throughput.
Documentation and Compliance
Upon request, we provide disposal tickets, recycling receipts, and photos of cleared spaces, assisting with HOA or landlord reporting. Our approach demonstrates responsible waste handling, protects your reputation with building management, and confirms readiness for inspections or the next scheduled subcontractor mobilization.
Building Compliance & Permits
We coordinate with building management to meet insurance, elevator reservations, quiet hours, and protection rules, and we guide you on permits your GC may require, preventing security desk surprises and last-minute shutdowns that derail your start date.
Manager Liaison
We contact superintendents to confirm certificate of insurance requirements, verify acceptable working hours, and book elevator time blocks. We review trash chute policies, access codes, and loading dock availability, aligning our plan with your building’s expectations so daily operations remain smooth and professional.
Permitting Guidance
While your general contractor typically pulls permits, we flag when selective demolition or dumpster staging may require additional documentation. We help assemble scope descriptions, protection plans, and schedules that support approvals, reducing delays and ensuring the right paperwork accompanies early-phase demolition and hauling work.
Neighbor Considerations
Noise notifications, clean corridors, and punctual crews go a long way with neighbors. We offer pre-work notices for distribution, prioritize quiet tools when feasible, and maintain courteous, efficient traffic patterns, building trust and minimizing complaints that can cause costly stoppages or restrictive working-hour adjustments.
Online Booking & Scheduling
Book online in minutes, choose preferred dates and time windows, upload photos or plans, and receive confirmation along with pre-arrival reminders, enabling predictable coordination with your designer, GC, and building staff without endless emails or missed calls.
Photo and Plan Uploads
Our booking form lets you upload room photos, floor plans, and punch lists, giving estimators immediate context. With accurate visuals, we validate scope, anticipate protection needs, and estimate disposal volumes more precisely, reducing revisions and guaranteeing the right crew and materials show up on day one.
Flexible Time Windows
Select morning or afternoon windows that align with your building’s quiet hours and elevator restrictions. We offer buffer options for complex load-outs, communicate arrival ETAs, and coordinate with supers to avoid conflicts, ensuring smooth access and consistent productivity throughout the scheduled workday.
Automated Reminders
You’ll receive confirmation emails, calendar invites, and SMS reminders with preparation tips, elevator booking notes, and entry instructions. These communications keep everyone aligned—residents, supers, and contractors—so access is on time, protection is installed, and demolition or hauling begins without preventable delays.
Safety Standards & Insurance
Our insured, background-checked crews follow OSHA-informed practices, jobsite checklists, and dust-control protocols, protecting people, pets, and property while meeting building insurance requirements and reducing the risk of accidents, damage, and liability for all stakeholders.
Eco-Friendly Recycling
We prioritize reuse and recycling by coordinating donations, diverting metals, clean wood, and cardboard from landfills, and providing documentation on request, supporting greener renovations without sacrificing speed or budget discipline.
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Our prep checklist ensures your unit, building staff, and our crew are aligned on access, protection, utilities, and scope so we start promptly and finish cleanly without unplanned interruptions or change orders.
Access and Clearances
We confirm keys, entry codes, elevator reservations, and loading zones, and we verify hallway dimensions against large items. You’ll receive guidance to remove small personal items and secure pets, keeping the space safe, efficient, and respectful of neighbors from the first minute.
Utilities and Appliances
Where applicable, we ask that water valves and electrical circuits are accessible for safe shutoffs or capping by licensed trades. Appliances are disconnected per code, moved or protected, and tagged for disposal, donation, or storage, aligning with your future installation plan.
Communication & Project Tracking
We keep you informed with daily updates, milestone photos, and clear points of contact, so you always know what’s done, what’s next, and whether the project is tracking to schedule and scope.
- Single Point of Contact A dedicated project manager coordinates crews, building staff, and your other contractors. You receive an email and phone number for direct questions, change requests, and schedule clarifications, eliminating miscommunication and enabling faster, more confident decision-making throughout the prep phase.
- Photo Documentation We capture before, during, and after photos of protection, selective demolition, and cleared areas. These images provide transparency, confirm readiness for trades, and create a record for your designer, insurance, or HOA, accelerating approvals and minimizing disputes about damage or completeness.
- Issue Resolution Process If unexpected conditions arise—hidden pipes, uneven subfloors, or material substitutions—we document the finding, present options with costs and impacts, and proceed only after your approval. This tight loop minimizes downtime while maintaining control over budget and quality outcomes.
Service Areas & Response Times
We serve urban and suburban neighborhoods with predictable response windows, deploying appropriately sized crews and vehicles to match building constraints, so estimates and project starts happen quickly without compromising compliance or quality control.
Coverage Map
Our routes cover central city districts and nearby suburbs, optimized for elevator buildings, walk-ups, and complex loading docks. We assign teams with local familiarity, reducing travel delays and improving coordination with supers and waste facilities, even during peak traffic or construction seasons.
Priority Scheduling
When you face tight timelines, we offer priority slots and multi-crew mobilizations for larger demo and haul needs. We coordinate staggered shifts within building rules, accelerating completion while maintaining protection standards and respectful noise control for neighbors.
Weather and Access Contingencies
Rain plans, parking alternatives, and elevator outages are addressed with backup approaches. We prepare dollies for stair carries, protective coverings for wet entrances, and rescheduling protocols that keep momentum while safeguarding safety, finishes, and management expectations.
Post-Prep Turnover
After demolition, protection, and hauling, we finish with sweep, HEPA vacuuming, and a walkthrough that confirms readiness for trades, delivering a clean, organized starting point that boosts productivity and reduces rework.
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We remove all tools, stray fasteners, and loose dust, bag and stage remaining materials per your instruction, and ensure outlets, plumbing caps, and entryways remain accessible. Floors are vacuumed and wiped as appropriate, leaving spaces genuinely ready for construction trades.
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We mark and label critical areas for electricians, plumbers, and tile installers, confirm substrate conditions, and document any agreed deferments. This clarity accelerates mobilization and helps your GC sequence crews efficiently without scrambling or last-minute clarifications.
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Your project manager reviews the scope against the estimate, verifies protection placement for upcoming trades, and addresses punch items immediately. You receive final photos and documents, closing the loop and ensuring predictable progress into the renovation phase.