Mobile Home Removal in Tuscaloosa, AL
A single-wide or double-wide that is past living in and past moving, torn down where it sits and hauled to a permitted site. The piers are picked up and the ground is left graded.
An old mobile home, gone, and the site ready for the next one
That single-wide nobody has lived in for a while is not going to get lighter. The floor is soft, the roof leaks, the skirting is gone and no mover wants to put it on the road. Meanwhile it sits on the one flat, served spot on the property, right where a new home ought to go. In and around Tuscaloosa that is a common place to be stuck, and it has a plain way out.
We tear the home down where it sits with a machine, load it and haul it to a permitted site. The porch, the steps, the skirting and any lean-to or carport built onto the side go with it. Steel and aluminum are usually kept apart for scrap. The block piers are picked up, the ruts and low spots are filled and the site is graded to drain.
Tuscaloosa County is inside our service area and we take jobs here. If a new home is coming, the pad for it can be rebuilt or cut new and packed on the same trip. The whole process is on our main mobile home removal and demolition page, and our guide on how to get rid of an old mobile home in Alabama goes step by step.
What mobile home removal covers in Tuscaloosa
- Single-wides and double-wides torn down on site
- Porches, steps, skirting and lean-tos included
- Debris hauled to a permitted site
- Steel and aluminum kept apart for scrap
- Block piers picked up, ruts filled
- Site graded or new pad built
Tuscaloosa County paperwork and permits
Two county offices, depending on the home
Tuscaloosa County splits mobile homes between two offices. The county says a home set up on land owned by the home's owner may be assessed as real property through the Tax Assessor's Office. A home in a different name than the land, or one rented to a tenant, is registered through the License Commission, and those registrations expire September 30 and renew between October 1 and November 30. Call whichever office carries your home before the teardown and ask what they need to take it off their records.
Titles: 2000 and newer, 1999 and older
The Alabama Department of Revenue says manufactured homes of model year 2000 and newer are titled in Alabama, and that 1999 and older models are exempt from an Alabama certificate of title. So an older home may never have had a state title, and a newer one should. If you hold a title, keep it and do not throw it out with the home. If there is a loan against the home, talk to the lender before anything is torn down.
City permits and lake property
Inside the city limits, the City of Tuscaloosa says permits are required for demolitions, with applications going through Building and Inspections. Ask whether that covers your home before a date is set. The city also requires a Land Development Permit for projects next to Lake Tuscaloosa. Outside the city, ask Tuscaloosa County what applies. Have any permit in hand, or ask us what to line up first. The Tuscaloosa land clearing page covers the other work we do in the area.
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Tuscaloosa Mobile Home Removal Questions
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Which Tuscaloosa County office do I call before tearing down a mobile home?
It depends how the home is carried. Tuscaloosa County says homes on land the owner also owns may be assessed through the Tax Assessor's Office, and homes in a different name than the land, or rented out, are registered through the License Commission. Call the one that sends your bill and ask what they need once the home is gone.
Do I need a title to demolish a mobile home in Tuscaloosa County?
Ask the county before the job. The Alabama Department of Revenue says 2000 and newer manufactured homes are titled and 1999 and older models are exempt from an Alabama title, so your home may or may not have one. If you have a title, keep it, because the county may want it.
Does the City of Tuscaloosa require a permit to tear down a mobile home?
The city says permits are required for demolitions inside the city limits, and applications go through Building and Inspections. Call them with the address and ask how that applies to a mobile home. Outside the city limits, ask Tuscaloosa County. Have any permit in hand, or ask us what to line up first.
Can you build a pad for a new home after removing the old one in Tuscaloosa?
Yes. The old home comes out and the pad for the new one is cut, filled and packed before the machines leave. Tell us the size of the new home and where your installer wants it. The people setting the new home and its septic system follow their own permits and layout from there.
Tuscaloosa and Around
We cover Tuscaloosa and the country around it, including:
Forestry Mulching in Tuscaloosa
Brush, briars and small timber ground to mulch where they stand. No piles, no hauling.
See the Tuscaloosa pageExcavating in Tuscaloosa
Footings, trenches, culverts, stumps and the digging jobs that have no name.
See the Tuscaloosa pageHouse Demolition in Tuscaloosa
Old houses and outbuildings torn down, hauled off, slab out, lot filled and graded.
See the Tuscaloosa pageTree Removal in Tuscaloosa
Dead, leaning and storm-damaged trees taken down by machine, stumps pulled, ground left level.
See the Tuscaloosa pageGravel Driveways in Tuscaloosa
Gravel drives and access roads cut in, based, crowned and ditched so they last.
See the Tuscaloosa pageAll Services in Tuscaloosa
Everything we do in Tuscaloosa and Tuscaloosa County.
Tuscaloosa overviewTuscaloosa County
Land clearing, mulching and dirt work across Tuscaloosa County.
County overviewMobile Home Removal & Demolition
Old single-wides and double-wides torn down on site, hauled off, and the ground left graded.
The full serviceMobile Home Removal in other places
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