Lot clearing for city lots, infill sites and teardown parcels in West Palm Beach: brush, palmetto, vines and small stumps, cleared by a Bobcat T740 with a 60" grapple. $1,385 a day with an operator. Free estimates.
West Palm Beach is an incorporated city, the county seat, and it runs its own Development Services Department. Permits and inspections go through the City's EPL platform and its Civic Access portal, not through the Palm Beach County Building Division that covers unincorporated ground like Loxahatchee. For a clearing job that matters: what the City wants before a lot is cleared is decided at City level, so we check with the City before we schedule, not after the machine is on site.
Randolph Bell is a State of Florida certified general contractor (CGC1528750), which means he may contract in any Florida county. Born and raised in West Palm Beach, he knows the city lot by lot. Every estimate is free, and the Bobcat T740 with a 60" grapple is $1,385 a day with an operator.
Residential West Palm Beach runs from small lots in older neighborhoods to newer infill streets. El Cid, Flamingo Park, Old Northwood and Southland Park are designated City historic districts, where the Historic Preservation Board reviews exterior changes. Clearing overgrowth is not the same as altering a building, but if your lot carries an old structure, a mature specimen tree or a plan to build back, we point you to the City before work starts so your next permit is not held up.
Lots in a private HOA follow the HOA's own approval path on top of the City's. Ask your association what it needs before clearing, and tell us when you call so the estimate reflects it.
West Palm Beach sits in the Florida Building Code high-wind coastal band, so a lot cleared today is often a lot waiting for a code-built house. Clearing early helps: the surveyor, the soil tester and the builder all need to see bare ground. Many city parcels also back onto canals, lakes or drainage easements. Fill, grading and bank work near those edges can fall under a drainage district or water management district, so we ask what applies to your parcel before we move dirt.
Hurricane season changes the job too: overgrown lots hold loose limbs and fuel for debris, and clearing before the season is the cheaper day. The Bobcat arrives on its own trailer, so access is the question, not the machine.
Clearing a lot is rarely the last job. If you are building on it, our West Palm Beach construction page covers permitting and building through the City. If the next step is a roof, see roofing in West Palm Beach. An association or building that needs a manager is on property management in West Palm Beach, and an event that needs a kitchen is on food truck service in West Palm Beach.
Our Bobcat T740 with a 60-inch grapple is $1,385 a day with an operator. The total follows the days your lot needs, which depends on what is growing there, access and whether debris is hauled or mulched. Estimates are free: call (561) 779-3213.
It depends on the parcel. West Palm Beach has its own Development Services Department, and protected trees, historic districts, canal or drainage easements and HOA rules can each add a review. We check with the City before scheduling rather than guessing.
No. The City of West Palm Beach permits through its own Development Services Department and its EPL and Civic Access system. Palm Beach County's building division covers unincorporated areas, not the city.
Clearing overgrowth is a different thing from changing a building, but El Cid, Flamingo Park, Old Northwood and Southland Park are City historic districts with Historic Preservation Board review of exterior changes. Call us before work starts and we will point you to the City to confirm what applies.
Often yes, but banks and easements can fall under a drainage or water management district. We ask what applies to your parcel before the grapple goes in.
Yes. The same Bobcat T740 that clears can level and grade the pad. See our grading and fill dirt pages for that next step.
Yes. Free estimates, by phone at (561) 779-3213 or with the form on this page.