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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Southern Pines pairs an old resort-town core with steady growth. Houses from the 1920s and 1930s still stand near downtown, and new homes keep going up. When an old house or barn has to come down here, the town's tree and erosion rules shape the job. Inside the downtown historic district, a town commission reviews the teardown first.
Hollingsworth and Son Construction is a demolition contractor, and Southern Pines is part of our service area. The town sits about 40 road miles northwest of Fayetteville. We take on house demolition and commercial demolition here with an excavator and a dozer. 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.
North Carolina's General Assembly incorporated Southern Pines in 1887, and it grew as a winter resort along the railroad. Its National Register historic district covers 320 acres of the original town. At its listing in 1991, the district counted 495 contributing buildings put up between 1883 and 1941. Most downtown buildings that remain date to a boom in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Census figures show about one in three homes in town was built before 1980. About one in three was built in 2010 or later. The town grew from 15,545 people in the 2020 Census to an estimated 17,357 in 2025. In 2022, the town reported permits for 173 new single-family homes to the Census Bureau.
When an older house comes down to make room for a new one, the order matters. The utilities are shut off and the permit is issued before the excavator goes to work. The town's curbside pickup takes no construction or demolition debris, so debris removal is part of the job. The debris is loaded by machine and hauled off, and the lot is left clear.
State law requires a permit before any building or structure is demolished. Inside the town limits and its extraterritorial jurisdiction, the town's Planning and Inspections Department reviews building permits. Its Building Inspections division enforces the North Carolina State Building Code. Beyond that line, Moore County runs its own Planning and Inspections Department.
Ten blocks of the downtown core form the town's local historic district. There, a demolition counts as a major work and needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic District Commission. The commission cannot deny that certificate. It can delay its effective date up to 365 days while it looks for a way to save the building.
An asbestos inspection comes before any teardown, and any asbestos abatement goes to a specialist company. The state's Health Hazards Control Unit gets notice at least 10 working days ahead, asbestos or not. The NC 811 ticket goes in at least three full working days before work starts. We point you to the right office for each step.
Southern Pines takes its name from the longleaf pine forest, and the town guards its trees. The Arbor Day Foundation recognizes it as a Tree City USA. The town also keeps a list of 100 significant trees. Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve, off Fort Bragg Road, protects old longleaf pines and the red-cockaded woodpecker.
Those trees shape lot clearing in town. A tree on the town right-of-way needs a Tree Removal Permit from Buildings and Grounds before it comes down. Under the town's development rules, a healthy pine 12 inches or more across at chest height is a specimen tree. Plans must show those trees, and the layout should save as many as it can.
Some lots sit inside a red-cockaded woodpecker cluster. For those, the town's erosion form tells the owner to check with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. We plan the clearing around what the owner learns from that call.
Candor sand, the most common soil in town, stays sandy for its top 20 to 40 inches. The federal soil survey rates it very deep and quick to drain. Ailey and Vaucluse loamy sands cover much of the rest, often on 8 to 15 percent slopes. Both carry a firm, brittle layer a few feet down.
The town runs its own erosion and sediment control program through its engineering staff. Clearing or grading 30,000 square feet or more needs a Land Disturbance Permit from the Town Engineer. That is a smaller area than the one acre in the state's erosion law. A smaller home site needs an Erosion Compliance Permit, plus a construction entrance and silt fence on the low sides.
Clearing a tract early to shape a development plan can backfire. The ordinance lets the town hold up the site plan or the building permit for three years. That is why land clearing on acreage here starts with the permits in hand.
Communities and areas we serve around Southern Pines: Downtown Southern Pines, West Southern Pines, Horse Country, Sandhurst, Weymouth Center, Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve, Reservoir Park, Broad Street, Connecticut Avenue, Midland Road, Morganton Road, Fort Bragg Road.
Southern Pines ZIP codes served: 28387, 28388, 28374, 28327.
Southern Pines 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 Southern Pines. 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.