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St. Johns County · Northeast Florida

Demolition in World Golf Village

Full structure, selective interior, and slab and outbuilding removal — a permitting job as much as a machine job. Licensed and insured, Florida Certified Building Contractor CBC1265492.

Surveyed before the machine arrives
TestedSurveyed before the machine arrives
Utilities cut and capped properly
DisconnectedUtilities cut and capped properly
Debris separated rather than landfilled whole
SortedDebris separated rather than landfilled whole

Demolition for World Golf Village property owners

Every demolition job we run in World Golf Village gets scoped on site first. That covers all of World Golf Village, including the the World Golf Hall of Fame area and the property around International Golf Parkway. The properties we work on in World Golf Village are mainly golf-course homes, gated community properties and lanai and pool enclosures.

Engineered pads around golf course drainage, where changing a grade affects a shared stormwater system. No natural waterfront — retention lakes and course drainage define what can be added at the rear of a lot. Those two facts explain most of the difference between a World Golf Village estimate and one from an hour inland.

What World Golf Village homeowners run into

Full demolition is rare in World Golf Village — the housing stock is too young for it. What we do here is selective interior demolition ahead of renovations, and the constraints are all about living inside a community while it happens. Layered HOA and architectural review approvals ahead of county permitting, with golf-course setback rules on top. That means dumpster placement, work hours, street access and debris routing are governed by covenants, and a job that ignores them gets stopped by the association rather than by the county.

There's a second thing worth knowing about building in World Golf Village: 1990s-2010s community housing, tightly governed, where outdoor living upgrades are the dominant project type. Which means a scope written for somewhere else will be wrong here in ways that only surface once work starts.

Permits for that go through St. Johns County Building Services. We establish that before anything is drawn, because a redesign after a review comment is the most avoidable cost on a project.

So our demolition in World Golf Village runs in that order — understand the site, design to it, price the whole of it including the parts nobody enjoys paying for, then build.

What demolition in World Golf Village covers

  • Pre-demolition survey
  • Utility disconnection
  • Permitting and notification
  • Structure demolition
  • Selective interior demolition
  • Debris handling and final grade
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Signs it's time to call

These are the things owners tell us on the first call. If more than one sounds familiar, it's worth a look.

  • There's a structure on the property you can't insure, rent, or finance against.
  • A mobile home is being replaced with a stick-built house.

How we deliver demolition in World Golf Village

  1. 01

    Walk and assess

  2. 02

    Testing

  3. 03

    Utilities and permits

  4. 04

    Abatement if needed

  5. 05

    Demolition

  6. 06

    Haul, grade and stabilize

What actually drives the cost

We won't quote a number sight unseen. These are the factors that move it, so you can see where your project is likely to land before we ever walk the property.

Volume and material, not square footage
Disposal is priced by weight and type. A block-and-slab structure generates far more tonnage than a frame building of the same footprint, and that shows up directly in the number.
Hazardous material testing and abatement
Asbestos in flooring, siding, roofing or pipe insulation is common in pre-1980 buildings. Licensed abatement is a real line item and cannot be skipped — but testing early keeps it from also becoming a schedule problem.

On the ground in World Golf Village.

We do selective demolition in World Golf Village — taking interiors back to studs for renovation, removing builder-grade cabinetry and finishes, and pulling out lanai and patio structures ahead of replacement. Golf-course homes, gated community properties and lanai and pool enclosures surround the work.

World Golf Village sits in St. Johns County, and we cover the surrounding communities on the same trips — St. Johns, Nocatee, Switzerland and St. Augustine are all inside our regular working radius from Keystone Heights.

  • golf-course homes
  • gated community properties
  • lanai and pool enclosures

Demolition questions in World Golf Village

Will my HOA in World Golf Village allow a dumpster on the driveway?

Most will, with conditions — placement, duration, and sometimes a board notification first. In World Golf Village these rules are specific enough that we confirm them before scheduling the container, because a dumpster that has to be moved mid-demolition costs a day and a delivery fee.

Why won't you quote demolition in World Golf Village without seeing the property?

Cost here tracks the conditions rather than a rate card. No natural waterfront — retention lakes and course drainage define what can be added at the rear of a lot — which is exactly the kind of thing that decides scope in World Golf Village. The site visit and the estimate are both free.

What's the permitting process for demolition in World Golf Village?

Yes for anything structural or involving systems. Permits come from St. Johns County Building Services, and there's a local wrinkle worth knowing: layered HOA and architectural review approvals ahead of county permitting, with golf-course setback rules on top. We handle the whole submittal.

When could you get out to look at a World Golf Village property?

Quickly for the walkthrough — World Golf Village is close enough to Keystone Heights that scheduling isn't the constraint. Permitting is, and we'll be straight with you about how long St. Johns County Building Services actually takes.

Do you actually travel to World Golf Village?

Yes, regularly. We're based in Keystone Heights and St. Johns County is core territory for us; St. Johns, Nocatee and Switzerland are all on the same routes. (352) 478-6112 gets you a site visit.

Can you demolish part of a house and leave the rest?

Yes, and that's most of what we do ahead of renovations. It needs temporary shoring wherever something structural comes out, and a clear line agreed on paper before anyone starts swinging.

Do you remove slabs, pools and septic tanks?

Yes. Pools and septic tanks have specific requirements — they generally have to be pumped, the bottom broken for drainage, and backfilled with compacted clean fill rather than simply covered over.

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Demolition in World Golf Village