Forestry Mulching
We grind palmetto, underbrush and especially the extremely invasive Brazilian Pepper in place, leaving your mature native trees standing and the ground open and walkable.
See Forestry Mulching →
Complete lot clearing with excavator and root rake, plus fill dirt delivered and compacted for a house pad. No deposit and no long wait.
Land clearing in Rotonda West, FL. Platted lots cleared for new construction, stumps and roots out, pad-ready. We cover 33947 and the rest of Rotonda West. ACI has worked Charlotte County for 23 years, out of Venice. Free estimates, no obligation, and someone answers 24 hours a day. Text 941-445-3027.

Rotonda West is still building out. The wagon wheel was platted with thousands of lots and a large share sit vacant under slash pine, palmetto and Brazilian pepper, waiting on an owner ready to build. When that owner is you, the lot has to go from overgrown to pad-ready, and that is a different job from mulching. Full clearing means the growth comes off, the stumps and roots come out, and the ground is left clean enough for fill and pad prep, so your builder is not fighting buried wood under the slab.
We do this for builders working multiple Rotonda lots and for individual owners, including plenty who are out of state and have never stood on the parcel. Send us the address and we will look at it, quote it, and keep you in photos through the job. Everything runs on our own excavators and operators, nothing subcontracted, and we carry workers comp and general liability. Certificates of insurance go to the association before we mobilize, and if county rules apply to what is standing on your lot, we check the parcel and tell you exactly what applies before a machine moves.
We are based in Venice, about half an hour out, and we already clear lots in Englewood and Port Charlotte on either side of the Cape Haze peninsula, so Rotonda is regular territory rather than a special trip. Free estimate, no obligation. Text 941-445-3027.
The work looks the same from Oakland Hills to White Marsh. A standard platted lot, decades of growth, and a build date. We clear the growth, pull the stumps and roots, and leave the parcel ready for the fill contractor. If your builder has a survey with the setbacks and any trees to save, we work from it and flag the keepers before we start.
Timing matters if you are holding a builder slot. Tell us your permit and construction schedule and we will slot the clearing so the lot is ready when the builder is, not weeks early growing back or days late holding everyone up.
A lot clear is not a mow and a haul. Trees come down, stumps come out, and the excavator and root rake work the ground until the organic material is gone. Roots left in the ground rot, and that can turn into soft spots under a slab years later.
Everything we pull gets loaded and hauled off site. What you are left with is open, level ground a surveyor and a foundation crew can work on. If the lot is staying a lot, we finish it clean and walkable, a park like finish instead of a torn up field.
Plenty of lots around here need to come up before anything gets built on them. We deliver fill dirt, spread it and compact it so the pad is ready when the foundation crew arrives.
Doing the clearing and the pad with one company keeps it on one schedule. There is nobody to point at when a date moves, and nobody waiting on somebody else to finish first.
Most people who call us have never cleared a lot before and have no idea what the permit side looks like. That part stalls more projects than the machinery ever does.
Clearing a lot around here usually involves a permit, and the rules change from county to county and city to city. We walk you through what applies to your property, tell you who you need to talk to, and make sure the work is done properly. Ask early. It is much easier to sort out before a machine is sitting on the ground waiting.
Speed is the whole point of hiring us. Getting on the calendar is generally never more than two weeks out.
Customers tell us about contractors who took a deposit and then did not come back for months. That is not how we work. We do not take money up front, and a large portion of our work is repeat business.
Some of our customers have held onto a lot for years and are finally building on it. Others are contractors who need a site open on a specific date, or developers taking a larger parcel down in phases. Property that has sat empty and grown over is normal work for us.
Two things bring most of these calls in. We are fast, and we do not ask you for money before the work is done.
ACI has been working in this area for 23 years. The crew shows up in uniform, in clean lettered trucks, and the site gets cleaned up before we pull out.
Every photo on this page is an ACI job. No stock images.
Usually there is a permit involved. The specifics depend on your county, your city, what is growing on the property and what you plan to put on it. Most of our customers have never been through the process. We explain what is involved, point you to the right office, and make sure the clearing is done properly.
A standard lot clearing averages $5,000 to $9,000. Lot size, tree cover, access and how much material has to be hauled off all move that number. The estimate is free and there is no obligation.
No. We never take money up front on land clearing. You pay when the job is complete and you have walked the property.
Land clearing is generally never more than two weeks out. Call or text and we will tell you exactly where the calendar stands that week.
It depends on the lot. Size, tree cover, access and how much material has to come off all change the answer. Larger parcels and heavy tree cover take longer, and we will give you a straight answer on that before you commit to anything.
Yes. We deliver, spread and compact fill dirt for a house pad, so the clearing and the pad stay on one schedule with one company.
The county has rules about clearing and what can come off a parcel, and they depend on your specific situation, so we check your parcel and tell you exactly what applies before we quote. That way you get one clear answer up front instead of a surprise after the machine shows up.
Mulching grinds the growth and leaves stumps and roots in the ground, which is fine for keeping a lot clean but wrong under a slab. Building means full clearing, with stumps and roots out and the ground ready for fill. If you are not building soon, mulching costs less and we will say so.
Text us the parcel address. We look at it, send you photos and a firm quote, and once the work runs you get photos of the cleared lot. A large share of Rotonda lots belong to out-of-state owners, so this is a normal week for us, not a special arrangement.
We work across Sarasota, Charlotte and Manatee Counties, and travel further for storm work.
We grind palmetto, underbrush and especially the extremely invasive Brazilian Pepper in place, leaving your mature native trees standing and the ground open and walkable.
See Forestry Mulching →
We bring in fill, set the grade and compact it, so your house pad, driveway or parking area sits on ground that drains right and stays put.
See Fill Dirt & Grading →
One stump or hundreds, any species, ground out clean with our own turbo diesel machine anywhere from Sarasota to Punta Gorda.
See Stump Grinding →Free, no obligation estimates. 24/7 emergency service.