Cost to remediate meth for complete rebuild vs. reno?

[Aria Drexler]

The time has come - with Covid I have been laid off from my job, and have decided I've got nothing left to lose by building my business. There is a house a few blocks over from me that has severely blighted, overgrown and vacant for the last few years, with a window broken out, burn marks on the windows and roof looking like it will cave in, that I assume was a meth house due to the looks of it & history of my neighborhood (former drug problems but in an up and coming area last 3 yrs). Every time I walk by I just want to nurse it back to health, so am planning an outreach campaign with the owner. By the looks of it and with its small size and weird lot layout I think a complete rebuild would make the most sense. I am just curious as to whether the cost of meth remediation for a complete demo and rebuild is any more cost effective than one for a reno? Since most materials would be removed I would think this would be the case, but imagine there would have to be some cleanup of the property and proper disposal of materials.