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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Pinehurst began in 1895 as a health resort on about 598 acres that James Walker Tufts bought. The resort's owners decided to sell in the late 1960s, and the buyer then created about 7,000 lots and units. Census figures show about one in three Pinehurst homes went up in the 1970s and 1980s. When one of those houses is past saving, it has to come down before anything new goes up.
Hollingsworth and Son Construction is a demolition contractor serving Fayetteville, Raeford and the Sandhills. Pinehurst is part of our service area. Here we take on house demolition for older homes and their garages and sheds, and we haul the debris off. Call or text (910) 527-1108, and we 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.
Frederick Law Olmsted's firm drew the first village plan, and Donald Ross came in 1900 to develop the golf. Pinehurst did not become a municipality until 1980. In 2006, the Village Council adopted a Local Historic District that takes in the National Historic Landmark district and more. Properties there get added review from the Historic Preservation Commission and Village staff.
The commission acts on Certificates of Appropriateness for demolitions in the district. State law lets a commission delay the effective date of an approved demolition by up to 365 days. It waives all or part of that wait when it finds a building has no special value to the district. Check the Village's district map before you plan a teardown.
Across the village, Census survey figures put the median year built at 1995. Only about 3 percent of homes date to before 1940, and about 84 percent are single-family houses. Census building permit counts show the Village permitted 93 single-family homes in 2025, up from 59 in 2023. When an older house makes way for a new one, the teardown and the haul come first.
Inside the village limits, permits and inspections run through the Village of Pinehurst's Planning and Inspections Department. Its reach covers the extraterritorial jurisdiction, or ETJ, around the village too. Village planners review plans for about 330 residential projects a year. The Village Council adopted an updated Pinehurst Development Ordinance in November 2025.
The Village's permit list includes demolition, along with land disturbing work such as grading and clearing. A driveway that changes in size or apron is on the list as well. Applications go through the Village's online Permit Center. The department answers what your project needs, and we point you there.
Before digging or demolition, state law calls for an NC 811 request at least three full working days ahead. The 811 locators mark the public lines. A private line, like a sprinkler line or a propane line to the house, needs a private locator.
Federal soil maps show Candor sand under more of the village than any other soil. Its sandy layers run about 40 to 78 inches deep, and it drains fast. Vaucluse loamy sand is mapped on many of the slopes, with a dense, brittle layer in its subsoil.
The Village caps how much of each lot can be impervious surface, and driveways and patios count toward it. The Village says the cap helps rain soak into the watersheds and aquifers behind the public water supply. Breaking out an old slab or patio lowers that share. Our concrete removal work breaks it up with the machine and hauls it off.
After a teardown, the old foundation hole is backfilled and the ground rough graded. Our dozer work does both, and it spreads fill dirt where the lot needs it. The Village says most stormwater questions fall outside its authority because they involve private property rights. For sediment washing onto a property, the Village points owners to the NC Department of Environmental Quality in Fayetteville.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sorts Moore County into red zones and clear zones for the red-cockaded woodpecker. The bird is federally listed, and the maps cover parts of Pinehurst. In a red zone, a cavity tree survey comes before removing trees 8 inches or more across at breast height. A qualified environmental consultant does the survey, and work waits for the Service's written answer.
The Village says a tree on private land generally needs no permit to come down. A tree in the Village right-of-way needs Public Services approval first. In the Historic District, a Certificate of Appropriateness may apply, and grading for development may need a development permit. Our lot clearing work takes the trees and stumps off a single lot with the dozer and the excavator.
The Village's brown carts take loose yard debris, and residents can take what won't fit to the Moore County Landfill. A teardown or a cleared lot makes far more debris than a cart holds. Our debris removal work loads it by machine and hauls it off, and the lot is left clear.
Communities and areas we serve around Pinehurst: Village Center, Old Town, Lake Pinehurst, Pinehurst No. 6, Village Acres, Pinewild, Pinehurst South, Midland Road, NC 211, NC 5, Rassie Wicker Park, Pinehurst Harness Track.
Pinehurst ZIP codes served: 28374.
Pinehurst 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 Pinehurst. 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.