Well we were lucky.. there were no real surprises when we started to rip the walls down in the existing house.. pretty much behind the gyprock was alot of crap... the frames had been mostly eaten.. so we decided to save on some money (the budget needs it trust me).. and we would try and burn all the timber in a 44 gallon drum cliffy got from busways in the backyard! The timber just keeps piling up! We had skip bins for all the other stuff.. which were filling up fast! Atleast there is no asbestos! the 2 layers of carpet (yes thats right - 2 layers - silly last people just put new carpet on top of the old)... got put out for council pick up... we were definately on our way to our new home!