House Demolition
We tear down houses and the outbuildings around them, like a detached garage or an old barn. The debris is loaded and hauled off, and the lot is left clear.
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Aberdeen grew up as a railroad crossroads, and its oldest blocks still sit by the tracks downtown. Around them, the town is filling in fast on sandy, pine-covered ground. The Census Bureau counted 235 new single-family homes permitted here in 2025, up from 49 in 2023. Before a new home goes up, an old house may need to come down or a wooded lot cleared.
Hollingsworth and Son Construction is a demolition contractor, and Aberdeen is part of our service area. We tear down houses, garages, sheds and barns with an excavator and a dozer, then haul the debris off. Our house demolition work ends with the lot left clear. Call or text (910) 527-1108, and we will look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the building, lot or land and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Most of Aberdeen's homes are young, and the Census Bureau's survey puts the median year built at 2003. About one home in four was built before 1980. The town's inspections office enforces Aberdeen's minimum housing code. Burned and condemned houses are part of the demolition work we take on.
Aberdeen's oldest core is its historic district, built up around the rail lines downtown. The town's design guidelines name the bungalow as the most common house form there. Queen Anne and American Foursquare houses are common too. A teardown in the district goes through the town's review first.
US 1 moved out of the center of town in the 1940s, and new building followed it. The town's 2019 land plan says the move brought Moore County's first commercial shopping center in the early 1960s. When an older commercial building comes down, our commercial demolition work takes the slab out too.
Yes. Before any exterior demolition in the district, the property owner needs a Certificate of Appropriateness. The Historic Preservation Commission reviews homes, and the Planning Board reviews commercial buildings. Designated landmarks outside the district go through the same review.
Under the town's guidelines, a demolition there can be delayed up to 365 days after approval. The commission uses that time to look for a way to save the building. The owner also files a site plan for the lot and a photo record of the building. If the lot sits empty past 60 days, the guidelines ask for the debris cleared and the ground re-seeded.
Outside the district, state law still puts the required permits ahead of any demolition. The Town of Aberdeen's Planning and Inspections office issues building permits inside the town's jurisdiction. That jurisdiction reaches past the town limits. Out in the county, Moore County Planning and Inspections issues the demolition permit.
An inspector accredited by the state checks the building for asbestos before demolition. The state health department also wants a demolition notice at least 10 working days ahead. NC 811 needs at least three full working days of notice before demolition or digging starts. We set the teardown date around those steps.
Aberdeen still has room to grow. Its land plan counted 38 percent of the town's planning area as vacant land in 2018. The plan expects much of the new housing south of the NC 211 and NC 5 corridor.
Most of that ground is deep, sandy Sandhills soil. NRCS soil data puts Candor sand under about 30 percent of the town, and it drains fast. Where it is wooded, it grows longleaf pine and turkey oak. Land clearing pulls the trees and stumps with a dozer and an excavator, then piles or hauls the brush.
Once the cover comes off, sandy ground can wash. The plan says Candor and Ailey sands are prone to erosion, and so are Vaucluse soils. Past one acre of disturbed ground, state law wants an approved erosion control plan at least 30 days ahead.
Low ground along Aberdeen Creek needs a closer look. Bibb soils sit in all of the town's floodplains, the plan says, and they are a typical sign of wetlands. FEMA's flood maps show flood zones along the creek. On a single building lot, lot clearing leaves the ground clear and rough-leveled for the new house.
We work across all of Aberdeen and the country around it. The town sits about 38 road miles west of downtown Fayetteville, inside our range of about 50 miles. NC 211 links Aberdeen east to Raeford.
US 1 bypasses the old center of town and meets US 15-501. The land plan counted up to 37,000 trips a day at that intersection. Much of NC 5 is a two-lane road, the plan notes. For a teardown along these roads, truck access and the haul route go into the quote.
Downtown and the historic district sit at the old crossroads. Pee Dee Road is where the railroad crossed at Blue's Crossing, the town's old name. Bethesda Road shares its name with the Bethesda community, one of Aberdeen's early names. Legacy Lakes sits inside the town limits, and Pinebluff lies just southwest of town.
After a teardown or a clearing job, debris removal loads the leftovers by machine and hauls them off. Call or text (910) 527-1108 about your Aberdeen job.
Communities and areas we serve around Aberdeen: Downtown Aberdeen, Aberdeen Historic District, South Aberdeen, Legacy Lakes, Bethesda Road, Pee Dee Road, US 1 corridor, US 15-501, NC 5 and NC 211, Aberdeen Lake Park, Ray's Mill Park, Pinebluff.
Aberdeen ZIP codes served: 28315, 28387.
Aberdeen is part of our service area. We look at the job first, then put the quote in writing.
(910) 527-1108 We tear down houses and the outbuildings around them, like a detached garage or an old barn. The debris is loaded and hauled off, and the lot is left clear.
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We take down small and mid-size commercial buildings with an excavator and a dozer. The debris gets hauled off, and the site is left clear for the rebuild.
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We break up old driveways, slabs, patios and sidewalks by machine and haul the concrete off. Old foundations and footings left after a teardown come out the same way.
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We clear wooded and overgrown acreage with a dozer and an excavator. The stumps come out, and the cleared material is hauled off or piled.
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We clear single lots in town, including overgrown lots and the lot left after a teardown. Trees and stumps come out by machine, and the ground is rough-leveled for what comes next.
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We dig trenches and ditches and take old slabs and footings out of the ground. Dirt gets moved and spread where the job needs it, around Fayetteville and Raeford.
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We push cleared brush into piles and rough grade the ground level. We also spread fill dirt and backfill the low spots after a teardown.
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We load demolition and construction debris by machine and haul it off the property. Brush from a clearing and broken concrete are part of the work too.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Aberdeen. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Tell us about the job and the town it is in. Call or text (910) 527-1108 or use the form, and we will set a time to look at it.
Tell us about the building, lot or land and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.