Residential Demolition
We tear down houses, mobile homes, and double wides across the Midlands. Full size excavators and dozers do the work, and the lot is left graded and clean. Free estimates from our West Columbia shop.
Our Services
Commercial demolition takes a building down to a clean, level lot. We tear down strip malls, retail buildings, churches, warehouses and metal buildings. Our shop sits on Edmund Highway in West Columbia, and we work about 50 miles out from there. Owners, developers, property managers and local governments call us when a building has to come down. Some are being replaced, and some are burnt, condemned or too far gone to fix.
Dirt Cheap is family owned and woman owned, with our own crew on the equipment every day. The crew that prices your teardown is the crew that takes it down. We cover the Midlands and travel across South Carolina for large demolition projects. Our full-size excavators and dozers take the building down, and we can grade the lot for what comes next. Estimates are free, so call (803) 796-4727.
Tell us about the structure, lot or job and we will get right back to you.
We come look at the building before we put a number on it. We check the size, the height, the materials and the shape it is in. We look at how much room the machines have and what sits close to the walls. Power lines, an open street or a store still doing business all change how we take it down. Older strip centers often share a wall with the unit next door, and that changes where we start. If old equipment or fixtures are still inside, tell us then, because that changes the plan too. Then you get one price for the whole job.
Before the first wall comes down, power, water and gas get cut and disconnected at the building. The demolition permit goes through the city or county office that covers the property. Then the excavator works the structure down in sections and sorts the material as it goes. We keep the work area blocked off while the machines are running. The slab comes out, the hole gets backfilled, and the ground is left level. If a new slab or pad gets poured after that, we do that work as well.
Every commercial building prices out on its own. Size and height matter, and so does what the walls are made of. Steel, brick, block and wood each come apart at a different speed. A thick commercial slab takes more breaking than the slab under a house or a double wide. Permit fees and utility disconnects sit in the price too. Two buildings with the same square footage can land far apart once you look at the details.
Access moves the price as much as size does. A building tight against a street, a parking lot or another tenant takes more time and more care. A close-quarters site also means smaller bites and more truck trips. Distance counts, since every load of concrete and metal has to travel somewhere. We price a commercial teardown after we have seen it in person. Estimates are free, so call (803) 796-4727 and we will come out.
Local governments hire us to clear dilapidated and burnt structures off lots that have sat too long. That work runs on a written scope, so we price it around what the town or county asks for. Property managers call for the same reason, usually when a tenant space or an old building has reached the end. We also handle digging and storm drain repair on commercial property, which is how some managers meet us. Jared Smith said in his Google review: "Storm drain repair for apartment complex fixed twice, both required a large excavation. Did both jobs quickly and for a great price. Would highly recommend."
The Midlands sits on red clay. It holds water, so a lot can stay slick for days after a hard rain. Summer afternoons here bring thunderstorms, and we plan the heavy machine work around them. Concrete from a teardown is heavy, so a wet lot can slow the loading down for a day. When a slab comes out and leaves the ground low, we bring in fill and level it back. Older commercial buildings around here are usually block, brick or metal sitting on a concrete slab. We take buildings down in Columbia and Sumter and the small towns between them.
Free, no-obligation estimates across the Midlands, from our West Columbia shop.
(803) 796-4727From the first call to clean ground, here is how it goes.
Tell us what you need gone or built: a house, a mobile home, an overgrown lot, a driveway, a septic system. Our office gets you on the schedule fast.
We come see the property, look at access and what has to leave, and give you a written number. The estimate is free and the price covers the work we agreed on.
Our crew runs the equipment on site. Full size excavators and dozers handle the teardown or dirt work, and debris leaves on our own trucks as part of the job.
The site gets graded out, filled where it needs it, and left ready for what comes next: a new build, a driveway, a septic system or just a clean lot.
Common questions about commercial demolition across the Midlands. Don't see yours? Give us a call and ask.
We tear down houses, mobile homes, and double wides across the Midlands. Full size excavators and dozers do the work, and the lot is left graded and clean. Free estimates from our West Columbia shop.
We clear wooded and overgrown lots across the Midlands, half acre house sites and multi acre tracts alike. Full size excavators and dozers take out the trees, the brush, and the stumps. Our shop is in West Columbia and estimates are free.
Grading and site prep out of our West Columbia shop. We cut building pads, level low yards, and reshape wet ground so water runs off. Estimates are free anywhere in the Midlands.
Dirt Cheap digs site excavation, utility and drainage trenches, and storm drain repairs across the Midlands. Our shop sits in West Columbia, and we run full size excavators and dozers. Estimates are free.
We install gravel driveways across the Midlands, on short residential lots and on quarter mile rural drives. Our crew strips the soft topsoil first, then builds the stone base in packed lifts. We also regrade rutted drives and top them back up with fresh stone.
Dirt Cheap pours concrete driveways, patios, walkways, and slabs around West Columbia. Our excavators strip and pack the ground before any concrete goes down. Estimates are free.
Full size CASE excavators, dozers and a tri axle Kenworth dump truck. Machines sized for two story houses, commercial buildings and whole lots. A mini excavator crew cannot do this work.
One contractor takes the structure down, clears the lot, brings in fill, grades it flat and can finish with gravel, concrete or a septic system. No handoffs between companies, no waiting on a second crew.
Hauling off the mess is part of the job, on our own trucks. The site gets cleaned as the teardown happens, so when the machines load up and leave, the lot is done.
The shop sits on Edmund Highway, so Columbia, Lexington and Cayce are minutes away. Family and woman owned. Call and you talk to our office, not a call center.
Yes. Columbia requires a separate demolition permit for every structure, West Columbia lists $50 residential, Lexington County charges $21. What goes in the packet, the SCDES asbestos rule and what a missed permit costs.
Read more →
When a burnt house comes down instead of getting repaired, how standard homeowners policies handle debris removal, why a burnt house left standing becomes a code case, and how the teardown differs.
Read more →
Published 2026 guides put house demolition at $4 to $17 per square foot. Columbia area estimates run $9,000 to $19,000. What moves the number, plus real Lexington County permit and landfill fees.
Read more →A structure that needs to come down, a lot that needs clearing, a driveway that needs help, a septic system going in? Call or send the form and we will come look at the property and price the job. The estimate is free.
Tell us about the structure, lot or job and we will get right back to you.