Frequently Asked Questions

Genesis Earthworks handles site excavation on rural and build-site properties around Elizabeth, covering Harrison, Floyd and Clark counties. The owner runs the equipment personally rather than sending a crew. This is site-shaping work — cutting and moving soil to grade — not basement or foundation digging.

Cost depends on how much cut and fill the site requires, whether material stays on the property or needs hauling off, and how far the finished grade deviates from existing ground. Hillside lots in Harrison County typically require more cutting than flat parcels. Ask whether the quote includes import or export of fill before comparing bids.

Confirm the contractor is licensed and insured, ask who will be on site running the equipment, and verify whether the quote covers finish grading or stops at rough grade. On hillside lots common in Floyd and Harrison counties, also ask who provides target elevations and whether the estimate assumes cut-and-fill balance or material hauling.

Genesis Earthworks is a locally owned, owner-operated company based in Elizabeth, clearing wooded and overgrown parcels across Harrison, Floyd and Clark counties. The owner works jobs himself using a CAT 275 skid steer with a land-clearing package. Free estimates are available by phone at (812) 704-7936.

Clearing cost is driven by timber density, parcel size, slope, and whether stumps, debris hauling and disposal are part of the scope. Dense wooded back lots common in southern Indiana cost more per acre than open scrub. Confirm before work starts which of those line items are in the quote and which are not.

Verify the contractor is licensed and insured and confirm who will actually be on site. Ask whether stump removal and debris disposal are included or priced separately. Owner-operated companies tend to have fewer handoff problems on rural parcels where access, boundaries and the intended clearing limit need to be walked before work starts.

Genesis Earthworks clears brush and overgrowth on rural and back-lot properties throughout Clark, Harrison and Floyd counties. The owner runs the mulching attachment personally and keeps customers updated through the job. Rural fence lines, old pasture edges and long driveway easements are among the most common requests in this area.

Brush clearing is priced by the conditions found on site — how dense the growth is, how long the easement or fence line runs, and whether cut material is hauled off or mulched in place. Leaving debris mulched on site is typically lower cost than hauling. Confirm which option your quote reflects before work begins.

The company serves Harrison, Floyd and Clark counties from its base in Elizabeth, including Corydon, Salem, Jeffersonville, Scottsburg and New Albany. Rural communities like Georgetown, Charlestown, Marengo, Palmyra, Borden and New Washington are also covered. Call (812) 704-7936 to confirm coverage for a specific parcel.

The owner walks the property with you to understand the clearing boundary, what is being kept, and what the finished site needs to accomplish. Quotes are free. Seeing conditions in person is what separates an accurate number from a rough guess — access, slope, timber density and debris handling all affect the scope and can't be assessed remotely.

The company handles land clearing, brush removal, site excavation, house pad and driveway preparation, grading, drainage systems, trenching and underground utility installation. On a typical rural build site, that covers everything from taking down timber to leaving a compacted, graded surface ready for a foundation crew.

On wooded hillside lots common to Harrison and Floyd counties, clearing boundaries, grade targets and drainage routes are worked out on the ground during the job. When the owner runs the equipment, those decisions happen in real time without a middleman. Twelve years of site work in this specific terrain means local soil and slope conditions are already accounted for in how the work is planned.