Land Too Brushy to Build
If the survey crew does not want to walk it, it needs mulching first and a pad second.
How to tell you are in this job
Corners
The surveyor flagged two and gave up on the others.
Siting
The builder cannot tell you where the house goes because nobody can see the ground.
Access
There is no way to get a truck to where the pad would be.
What happens next
Mulch the tract
Everything outside the future pad becomes a mulch bed you can walk and drive.
Finish the survey
Now the corners are reachable and the house can be sited.
Grub and grade the pad
Roots out inside the footprint, rough grade the builder can shoot.
Hand off
Builder, septic, utilities. We are done.
What it costs
Clearing is a day rate job and the pad is one to two more days. The cost page has the bands Google is quoting and what moves them on this clay. The full method is on homesite prep; if the tract is a platted lot, start at lot clearing.
Too brushy to build questions
How do I know if my land is too brushy to build?
If a surveyor cannot walk to the corners, if a builder cannot find a place to stand the house, or if you have not seen your own back fence in a year, you are here. Mulch first, then everything else becomes possible.
What happens after the brush is cleared?
The survey gets finished, the house gets sited, the pad footprint gets grubbed and rough graded. That is the homesite prep sequence.
How much does this cost?
The clearing is a day rate job. The pad is usually one to two more days. The cost page has the bands Google is quoting and the reasons the number moves.
Send the survey and photos
Whatever the surveyor managed to flag, plus photos. We call with a sequence and a day range.
Clearline Land ServicesPO Box 997, Elgin, TX 78621
512-575-4928
8am–6pm daily
Photos received
We'll look at the photos and call. If it's a tree only job (one backyard oak), we'll say so.