House Demolition in Tampa
House demolitions here follow the same gate sequence — survey, disconnects, permit — and the debris still comes back to our own yard rather than a subcontracted landfill run.
What drives the quoteDemolition in TampaLicensed Contractor, Hillsborough County
- Licensed C-11855 · CUC041521
- Family owned since 1978
- We own the transfer station
- Serving 4 Tampa Bay counties
Hillsborough County
Demolition contractor serving Tampa, FL
Licensed C-11855 and CUC041521, working out of our own yard in Clearwater — about 35 minutes away.
35 minutesfrom our yard to Tampa
Since 1978family owned and operated
Own yarddebris crushed, not subcontracted
South Tampa is a production teardown market — buy the lot, demolish the ranch, build new — and we run those as clean, fast, fully-permitted knockdowns. Seminole Heights and Ybor are the opposite: review boards there often will not let a contributing structure come down, so the teardown market stops at their boundaries. Commercial demolition around Westshore runs on schedule pressure, and owning our own disposal keeps those schedules honest.
The busiest teardown market in the region: 1920s–50s frame and block houses in Palma Ceia, Sunset Park and Beach Park being replaced by new two-story construction lot by lot, craftsman bungalows in Seminole Heights, and older commercial and industrial buildings around Westshore and the Ybor fringe.
We work across Tampa and the surrounding Hillsborough County area, including South Tampa, Seminole Heights, Ybor City, Westshore, Hyde Park and Palma Ceia.
Over the Courtney Campbell Causeway from the yard — a free bridge, and the shortest water crossing into Tampa. Loaded trucks come back across the same span to our own transfer station instead of queueing at a Hillsborough C&D facility, which is often the difference in our number on a South Tampa teardown.
The debris from your job goes to our gate, not a competitor’s. We operate the C&D transfer station at the Keene Rd yard, which is why disposal shows up on our quotes as a cost rather than a margin someone else sets — and why the concrete leaves as base material rather than as landfill.
Permits
Demolition permitting in Tampa
Demolition permits come through the City of Tampa construction services division. Historic review genuinely gates demolition in parts of the city — Ybor City sits under the Barrio Latino Commission, and Hyde Park and the Seminole Heights historic districts have their own review before a contributing structure can come down. Almost everything worth tearing down here predates 1981, so plan on an asbestos survey with the application and the 10-working-day NESHAP notice.
Services
What we take down in Tampa
Pool Removal in Tampa
Pool removals are the most common residential job we quote, and the partial-versus-full decision plays out the same way street by street.
What drives the quoteCommercial in Tampa
Commercial teardowns run through the same survey, notification and permitting gates, and owning our own transfer station keeps the disposal line honest on every one.
What drives the quoteConcrete Removal in Tampa
Driveway and slab removals here feed straight into the crushing operation at our yard, which is why the removal quote and the new base quote can come from the same company.
What drives the quoteMobile Home in Tampa
Mobile home removals are steady work here, and the title retirement and disconnect steps trip up more owners than the demolition itself.
What drives the quoteLot Clearing in Tampa
Clearance work here runs parcel by parcel through the same gates — tree ordinance, surveys, disconnects — and ends at a pad built on base crushed from the site’s own concrete.
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Questions
Tampa demolition FAQs
Are you licensed to do demolition in Tampa?
Yes. We hold C-11855 as a Florida specialty demolition contractor and CUC041521 for underground utility work, and we pull the demolition permit for your Tampa job as part of the contract.
How much does demolition cost in Tampa?
It depends on the structure and the access, not the ZIP code — a detached garage and a two-story house are different jobs before anything local is considered. What moves the number in Tampa specifically is access on a narrow South Tampa lot, and historic review where the address falls inside Ybor, Hyde Park or Seminole Heights. We walk the site and give you a firm written figure, free.
Do I need a permit to demolish a structure in Tampa?
Demolition permits come through the City of Tampa construction services division. Historic review genuinely gates demolition in parts of the city — Ybor City sits under the Barrio Latino Commission, and Hyde Park and the Seminole Heights historic districts have their own review before a contributing structure can come down. Almost everything worth tearing down here predates 1981, so plan on an asbestos survey with the application and the 10-working-day NESHAP notice.
How quickly can you get to Tampa?
Our yard is at 1741 N Keene Rd in Clearwater, about 35 minutes from Tampa. Over the Courtney Campbell Causeway from the yard — a free bridge, and the shortest water crossing into Tampa. Loaded trucks come back across the same span to our own transfer station instead of queueing at a Hillsborough C&D facility, which is often the difference in our number on a South Tampa teardown.
What happens to the debris?
It comes back to our own C&D transfer station on Keene Rd. Concrete, block and rock get crushed into road base and paver base rather than going to landfill at someone else’s rate.