From a building envelope on a wooded lot to a view cut or reclaimed field, we clear Barnstead land right — stumps out, debris handled, grade left ready for what’s next.
The 1960s-era plats around Locke Lake Colony and the Suncook lakes created some of the smallest buildable lots in the region — laid out for summer cottages, now steadily converting to year-round homes. Working them takes the right habits: compact excavators that fit the access, spoil hauled off promptly, and grading planned so your drainage fix doesn’t become the neighbor’s problem ten feet away. Foundation upgrades are the bread and butter — posts and piers giving way to full frost-depth foundations, with utility trenches threaded past wells and septic systems themselves squeezed onto the lot. Shoreland rules apply within 250 feet of the lakes, small lot or not. The narrow colony roads deserve respect: some post in mud season, and a loaded triaxle isn’t welcome on all of them, so we stage material off Routes 28 and 126.
On a small Barnstead lake lot, sort out where the water goes before any regrade — on lots this tight, shedding water off your foundation can send it straight at an abutter, and that’s a feud with no fence tall enough. A day of swale and dry-well work solves what a lawyer can’t.
Clearing is more than dropping trees. We take the lot from standing woods to usable ground: trees down and hauled or milled, stumps pulled and removed (not buried — buried stumps sink and leave holes years later), brush chipped or hauled, and the topsoil stripped, saved, and re-spread where you want it. The job ends with a lot that’s actually ready — rough-graded, drained, and clean.
Near the water we work within the NH Shoreland Water Quality Protection Act — the waterfront buffer has a tree-point system and clearing limits, and we plan cuts so your project stays legal and your frontage stays compliant.
Wooded-lot clearing in the Lakes Region typically runs $3,000–$8,000 per acre depending on tree density, terrain, and haul-away; lighter brush clearing runs less. Every job gets a free site walk and a flat quote before a machine moves.
Most heavily wooded Lakes Region acres run $3,000 to $8,000 to clear completely — trees, stumps, and debris — depending on density, terrain, and access. Light brush and sapling clearing costs far less. A site walk pins the number down, and the quote is flat.
Within 250 feet of a lake, NH's Shoreland Water Quality Protection Act limits cutting — the first 50 feet uses a tree point system and the area beyond it must keep a percentage of natural vegetation. Plenty of clearing is still allowed; it just has to be planned. We handle that planning on every waterfront job.
We pull stumps and haul them with the rest of the debris — chipping brush on site where it makes sense. We don't bury stumps on the lot; buried wood settles and leaves sinkholes in a lawn years later.
Free site walks, test pits before quotes, flat pricing, and a crew that knows Lakes Region ground.
Tell us where the property is and what you’re trying to do. We’ll walk the site, talk it through, and give you a straight, flat quote.
