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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Sanford grew up around a railroad junction, and a lot of its housing has some age on it. The Census Bureau's survey counts about 44 percent of the city's homes as built before 1980. When an old house or garage is past saving, it has to come down and go somewhere. The city's minimum housing rules can even require a dilapidated or abandoned building to come down.
Hollingsworth and Son Construction is a demolition contractor serving Fayetteville, Raeford and the surrounding counties. Sanford is part of our service area. Here we take on house demolition and commercial demolition with an excavator and a dozer, then 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.
Sanford has five National Register historic districts. They are Downtown Sanford, East Sanford, Hawkins Avenue, Lee Avenue and Rosemount McIver Park. The city says most Hawkins Avenue properties went up from the 1880s to 1950.
Lee Avenue sits in the old village of Jonesboro, now part of Sanford and known as Jonesboro Heights. Lee County's history says the two towns merged in 1947. Across the city, about one home in six was built before 1960, by the Census Bureau's survey.
When an old house comes down, we take the whole structure with the excavator. Porches and detached garages can come down with it. Interior strip-outs and gut-outs are a separate job for another company.
The City of Sanford's Inspections Division issues building permits for the city and the rest of Lee County, Broadway included. The state building code requires a permit to remove or demolish any building or structure. Applications go through the city's online portal or in person at the Buggy Company Building on Chatham Street.
The city's demolition permit application asks for the parcel ID number and whether the building sits in a historic district. It also calls for an asbestos inspection report from an inspector accredited by the state. The state's Health Hazards Control Unit gets notice at least 10 working days before the teardown. That notice is due even when no asbestos is known.
North Carolina law requires an NC 811 notice at least three full working days before demolition or digging starts. Lee County Environmental Health has its own requirements for wells and septic systems. The Inspections Division answers what your property needs, and we point you to the right office.
Lee County sits on the fall line, where the Piedmont meets the Coastal Plain. The federal soil survey maps more of Sanford in Mayodan soils than any other kind. Those soils formed from the weathered sandstone, shale, mudstone and siltstone of the Triassic basin.
Mayodan soils have a sandy loam topsoil over a subsoil that runs close to half clay. The survey rates Mayodan soils very limited for local roads and streets because of low strength and shrink-swell. Other parts of the city map as loamy sands, such as Fuquay and Dothan soils.
Big Buffalo Creek and Little Buffalo Creek both cross the city limits, and FEMA's flood maps cover both. On the floodplains, the survey maps Chewacla silt loam and rates it frequently flooded. Check an address on FEMA's flood map before you plan a rebuild near a creek.
Sanford is growing fast. The 2020 Census counted 30,261 people, and the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate is about 34,100. The bureau also counts 554 new single-family homes permitted in Sanford in 2025, up from 356 in 2023.
The city and Lee County run an online development map of proposed and approved subdivisions. Wooded ground gets cleared before a new subdivision goes in. Our land clearing work takes the trees and brush off acreage, stumps included, with the dozer and the excavator.
Code rules reach old buildings and lots too. The city's code enforcement division treats overgrown grass and trash as public nuisances. It recently began enforcing a Commercial Maintenance Code that covers repair or demolition of commercial structures. Our lot clearing work takes an overgrown city lot back to open ground.
Communities and areas we serve around Sanford: Downtown Sanford, Rosemount McIver Park, East Sanford, Jonesboro Heights, Hawkins Avenue, Lee Avenue, Horner Boulevard, Spring Lane, Tramway Road, Wicker Street, Kiwanis Family Park, San Lee Park.
Sanford ZIP codes served: 27330, 27331, 27332.
Sanford 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 Sanford. 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.