Brush Hogging Job on a For-Sale Lot in West Houston

The Job: Overgrown Frontage on a Three-Acre Commercial Lot

The property is a privately owned three-acre commercial lot on the west side of Houston. The owner did not need the whole three acres touched, just the front portion along the road, about 0.8 acres, where tall grass, weeds, brush, and small vegetation had taken over. This was not a land-clearing job with trees or heavy brush coming out. It was basic brush hogging and overgrown property cleanup: knocking down and clearing what had grown in, with no junk haul-off involved.

The owner wanted the front cleaned up so the property looked presentable from the road. Vegetation had grown up around the property's "For Sale" and "No Dumping" signs to the point where drivers passing by could barely make them out. The whole point of the job was to knock everything down so the property, and the signs on it, were visible again.

What We Cleared

We ran the skid steer with the brush cutter attachment across the front 0.8 acres, knocking down the thick, tall grass, weeds, brush, and small vegetation that had taken over. This is brush cutting, not mulching: the growth gets cut back rather than ground down, which is the right call for this kind of routine overgrowth rather than heavy brush or trees.

• About 0.8 acres of frontage brush hogged, out of a 3-acre commercial property
• Thick, tall grass, weeds, brush, and small vegetation knocked down and cleared
• Growth cleared from around the property's For Sale and No Dumping signs
• No junk haul-off, this was vegetation cleanup only

About Four Hours, $800

This was a fast job. Basic brush hogging moves quickly compared to forestry mulching or land clearing, since the cutter is knocking down grass and light brush rather than grinding out trees and heavy growth. The whole job, start to finish, ran about four hours, and the price came to $800.

How It Turned Out

The difference was in the visibility. Before, the frontage was heavily overgrown and the signage was barely noticeable from the road. After, the frontage was completely opened up, the property looked maintained again, and the signs were visible to anyone driving by. The job turned out really well and the customer was very happy with the result.

The owner of this property also manages other properties around West Houston, and this is exactly the kind of commercial lot upkeep we like taking on: a property being marketed for sale needs to actually be visible from the road, signage included. If your property is in the same spot, our real estate cleanout service covers getting a lot ready to show, brush hogging included.

Got a Lot That Needs Cleaning Up?

We run the skid steer and brush cutter on commercial and residential lots across the Greater Houston area, from a quick frontage cleanup like this one to a full acreage job closer to home in Pearland. Tell us what has grown up on your property and we will give you a straight answer on what it takes to clear it.