Demolition & Land Clearing Contractor in Louisville, KY

Family-owned, licensed, and insured. 20+ years tearing down structures and clearing overgrown lots across Louisville, Bullitt, Nelson, and Hardin counties.

Most demo crews drop the building and walk. The cleanup, the hauling, the rough grade, and the surprise burn-pile bill all fall on you. We see it most often on overgrown rural lots in Bullitt and Nelson counties — five acres of brush and a half-fallen barn, the cheapest contractor knocks it flat, then leaves the homeowner with a debris field and no plan. We're Eric and Jerry Orm, and as a demolition and land clearing contractor in Louisville we price the whole job: tear it down, load it out, haul it off, grind the stumps, and leave the lot graded and ready for what's next. After 20+ years of clearing Kentucky property — overgrown pasture in Cox's Creek, fallen-in barns off Highway 44, tight residential teardowns in the Highlands — we know what the cleanup actually costs and we put it in writing the first time.

Call Eric at 502-498-3173 or book a free estimate.

Who Hires a Demolition & Land Clearing Contractor in Louisville

Homeowners with an overgrown lot they can't even walk through anymore. Property owners reclaiming pasture or fence rows that haven't been touched in 20 years. Builders prepping a wooded lot for a new home and needing the trees down, stumps out, and a building pad rough-graded. We also clear small commercial sites — old strip-center pads, shed and barn complexes, abandoned mobile homes. Concrete demolition jobs for slab tear-out and replacement. Forestry mulching for landowners who want selective clearing without burn piles or haul-off bills. And we handle the storm-damage calls — fallen trees across driveways, snapped poles, hillside washouts after a big rain. If your lot is overgrown, your barn is leaning, or your slab needs to come out before the next pour, we'll come look at it.

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Demolition & Land Clearing Contractor Pricing in Louisville (2026)

Real 2026 market ranges across Louisville, Bullitt, Nelson, and Hardin counties. These are market-wide ranges, not E & J quotes — your project may fall outside these depending on site specifics.

For pricing across every category we work in — concrete, excavation, demolition, and outdoor living — see our complete Louisville general contractor pricing guide.

Pricing ranges reflect 2026 market data for Louisville, Kentucky and surrounding counties. Sources include HomeGuide, Angi, Concrete Network, Mattingly Concrete (Indiana/Ohio/Kentucky regional contractor data), Sanctuary Forestry Mulching, and Kentucky regional cost calculators. Kentucky construction costs typically run approximately 18% below the national average. Your specific project may fall outside these ranges based on site conditions, access, materials, and scope. For a written, itemized quote on your specific project, call Eric at 502-498-3173.

Pricing & Cost Factors for Demolition & Land Clearing Contractor in Louisville

Every job is different. We don't quote dollars over the phone — but here's what actually moves the price on a demolition & land clearing contractor project in Kentucky:

• Structure size and material — wood frame demos faster and cheaper than block or concrete; metal in old barns can offset cost as scrap
• Acreage cleared and tree density — light brush vs. mature hardwood is a 5x price spread
• Stump count and size — large hardwood stumps grind slower and cost more per stump
• Disposal method — burn pile (where the county allows) vs. haul-off vs. forestry mulching all price very differently
• Hauling distance — far-from-dump rural lots cost more per load than city tear-downs near the landfill
• Permits — Jefferson County demo permit (~$50-$200), Bullitt and Nelson burn permits, KY DEP coordination if asbestos is present
• Hazardous materials — asbestos siding, lead paint, fuel tanks, old wells all add abatement cost
• Erosion control — silt fence and straw wattle on cleared slopes is required by most counties before clearing starts

Light brush clearing runs $500-$2,500 per acre. Heavy timber with stumps runs $3,500-$8,000+. Forestry mulching averages $1,800-$3,500 per acre. Concrete tear-out is $2-$4 per square foot. Structure demolition is heavily size-dependent — every quote is written and itemized.

For a written, itemized quote on your specific demolition & land clearing contractor project, call Eric at 502-498-3173.

Service Areas

A lot of our clearing work runs through rural Bullitt and Nelson counties — overgrown pasture off Highway 44, fence rows in Cox's Creek, fallen-in barns outside Bardstown. We handle Hardin County clearing around Elizabethtown and into the Fort Knox area. Demolition runs heaviest in Louisville itself — older Highlands and Crescent Hill garage tear-downs, slab demos in Fern Creek and Jeffersontown, and small commercial site clearings across Jefferson County. We coordinate burn permits with the county fire marshal when burning is allowed, and we time rural clearing work around the Kentucky outdoor burning bans (Oct 1-Dec 15 and Feb 15-Apr 30).

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