Fire Damage Near You

Looking for help with fire damage? Best Home Partner is a matching service. Tell us what the project involves and we pass your request to up to 3 independent businesses that do fire damage work and list your area. Those businesses contact you directly, and any agreement is between you and them. We do not carry out fire damage work ourselves.

Typical fire damage work

• Emergency board-up, tarping and site securing
• Soot removal, thermal fogging and permanent odour neutralisation
• Structural rebuild and contents pack-out with inventory

When to get it looked at

Any fire, however small — smoke residue is acidic and keeps damaging surfaces after the flames are out. Problems of this kind often get worse, and more expensive to fix, when they are left.

What drives the cost

We don't publish prices, because a job can't be priced properly without someone seeing it. The total usually depends on the scope of work, the materials chosen, how easy the site is to work on, the condition of what is already there, and local labour rates. This work is usually priced per project. Our Fire Damage guide explains each factor and how to compare quotes.

Choosing who to hire

• Confirm the licence number with your state licensing board where one is required.
• Ask for a current certificate of insurance.
• Get the scope in writing — materials, quantities, timeline and what happens if conditions change.
• Compare more than one quote before deciding.
• Be cautious of anyone asking for full payment before work begins.

A warning sign to watch for

Never let a restoration company sign your insurance paperwork on your behalf without reading the assignment of benefits.