What Full Lot Clearing Includes
Lot clearing is the whole job: every tree, shrub, stump and root that stands between your property as it sits today and the clean, usable pad you actually want. Around Gainesville that usually means taking down a mix of laurel oak, water oak, slash pine and sweetgum, ripping out palmetto root mats, grubbing the stumps, and either hauling, burning or mulching the debris depending on what your site and county rules allow.
- Tree felling and removal — from saplings to mature hardwoods
- Brush, palmetto and understory cleared to bare ground
- Stump grubbing or grinding across the cleared area
- Debris hauled off, burned on site (where permitted), or mulched in place
- Rough grading so the finished lot drains and looks right
- Selective clearing — keep the live oaks, lose everything else
Building in Alachua County? Clear It Right the First Time
Most of our lot clearing customers are getting ready to build — a house, a shop, a barn, a mobile home pad. That job has a right order: identify regulated trees before anything is cut, locate gopher tortoise burrows, clear and grub, then rough-grade the pad so your builder isn't fighting roots and holes. Inside Gainesville city limits, tree removal is regulated and heritage trees carry real penalties; outside the city, agricultural exemptions often apply. We sort out which situation you're in before work starts, not after a violation notice shows up.
Selective Clearing Keeps the Trees Worth Keeping
A bare-dirt moonscape isn't the goal on most homesites. Mature live oaks add shade and value; we routinely clear everything around them and leave the keepers standing with their root zones protected. Tell us what you want the finished property to feel like and we'll flag the keep-trees on the site walk together.
Lot Clearing FAQs
How long does it take to clear a lot?
A typical quarter- to half-acre homesite takes 1–2 days. A wooded acre with big hardwoods and full grubbing usually runs 2–4 days. We give you the schedule with the quote.
Do you remove the stumps too?
Yes — full lot clearing includes grubbing or grinding the stumps. If you're building, we grub them out entirely so nothing rots and settles under your pad. Details on the stump removal page.
Can you clear just part of my property?
Absolutely. Selective and partial clearing is common — a building envelope, a driveway corridor, a view line. You pay for what gets cleared, not the whole parcel.
What happens to all the debris?
Three options: haul it off, burn it on site where rules and conditions allow, or mulch it in place with a forestry mulcher. Hauling is the cleanest, burning is often the cheapest, mulching is the fastest. We price the options in your quote.