Mobile home demolition · St. Lucie County
Mobile home demolition in St. Lucie County
A mobile home comes apart differently from a block house. The steel chassis, the tie-downs set into the ground, and the site-built rooms, carports and screen enclosures added over the years each need their own handling.
Mobile and manufactured homes make up 6.7 percent of St. Lucie County's housing, about 10,809 units in recent census estimates. The county orders them evacuated for any hurricane, and its building forms include a Mobile Home Inspection Report. Fort Pierce's demolition checklist also covers mobile home disconnects.
Storms are part of why these homes come down. On October 9, 2024, a tornado spun off Hurricane Milton crossed Spanish Lakes Country Club Village north of Fort Pierce, and six residents were killed. Clearing a damaged home there, or anywhere, is careful work, and we do it plainly and with respect for the people who lived in it.
In a land-lease community the owner of the home and the owner of the lot are different parties, and both may have a say in when and how the home leaves. We work with the community office as well as the building department. Older homes can contain asbestos in flooring or roofing, so we arrange a licensed survey where the age or the materials call for it.
We quote mobile home demolition at any size, from a single wide to a row of lots.
Order of work
- Walk the lot and confirm the permitting office and any community rules.
- Arrange the disconnects and an asbestos survey where the age or materials call for it.
- Remove add-on rooms, carports, skirting and steps.
- Break down the home and separate the steel chassis and other metal.
- Pull tie-downs and anchors, and remove any piers or pads in the scope.
- Haul debris and leave the lot graded and clear.
Watch points
Where this kind of job runs into trouble, and how we handle it
Disconnects done out of order
Electric, water, sewer and any gas line each run to a mobile home separately. They are disconnected and capped by the licensed parties and confirmed before the home is moved or broken down.
Tie-downs left in the ground
Anchors abandoned in the soil catch the next installer's auger. We pull tie-downs and anchors as part of the scope unless you tell us the lot is being reset to a plan that reuses them.
Add-ons attached to the neighbor's side
Carports and screen rooms in tight communities can sit against a shared line. We separate and remove them without disturbing the neighboring home and protect its structure while we work.
Debris left after a storm
Wind-damaged homes spread material across lots and into drainage. We clear the full footprint and the scatter around it, and sort metal from the rest for recycling.
Outside our scope
Utility disconnects, asbestos surveys and abatement, and septic abandonment are carried out by other license holders on our schedule. We make no presumption that a land-lease community has approved removal, and we do not assume an older home contains no asbestos.
Questions
About mobile home demolition
Can a damaged mobile home be removed before the insurance claim settles?
Ask your insurer first. Adjusters often want to see or photograph the damage before anything moves. We can photograph the home in place before work starts and share the record with you and your adjuster.
Do you remove the add-on rooms and carport too?
Yes, if they are in the scope. Site-built additions are often framed and roofed differently from the home and come down as their own stage.
What will my demolition cost in St. Lucie?
Two houses on the same Port St. Lucie street can quote quite differently, so we post no rates. The price is set after a visit, or from photos and plans that show enough, and it follows the materials, the footprint and height, the asbestos survey, the service disconnects, any septic tank to abandon, how equipment gets in, what sits next door, what stays, and how far the debris travels.
Is any job too small or too large in size for you?
No. If something on the property has to come down, from a screen enclosure or a mobile home to a commercial building on US 1, we will quote it, whole or in part. Just tell us what has to survive.
Is Romco Builders licensed?
Yes. Romco Builders is a licensed Florida general contractor with its office in Fort Lauderdale. We do not do the separately licensed trades ourselves: asbestos abatement, electrical and plumbing disconnects, septic abandonment, mold remediation and tree removal go to licensed firms, and we coordinate their timing.
Start to finish
How a St. Lucie job moves
Reach out
Call or fill in the form. Mention whether the place has a septic tank; it adds a step before the permit.
We look at the property
We come out and trace the services: the FPL drop, the water line, and the septic tank or sewer tap. Then we look at the truck route in and at what sits next door.
A written scope and quote
Each line of the scope says come down, stay, or leave on a truck. Items waiting on the survey result are flagged so nothing is assumed.
Survey, notice, letters, permit
A licensed asbestos survey, the state demolition notice, the utility letters, then the permit from the city, town or county.
Demolition and hauling
The crew works through the scope in order. C&D debris goes to a permitted site such as the county facility on Glades Cut-Off Road, and every ticket is filed.
Final inspection
Last comes the final inspection from the city, town or county. After that the lot is bare and graded, or the shell you wanted kept is still standing.
Mobile home demolition anywhere in St. Lucie, including Port St. Lucie, Tradition, St. Lucie West, Sandpiper Bay, Fort Pierce, Lincoln Park, St. Lucie Village, River Park, Lakewood Park, White City, and every other St. Lucie city.
Other work
More demolition we quote
- Interior demolitionStrip a suite or a house to the studs while the shell and its live systems stay intact.Interior demolition in St. Lucie →
- Selective demolitionTake out an addition, a wing or a bay and keep the building that remains in service.Selective demolition in St. Lucie →
- Commercial demolitionRetail, office and industrial buildings taken down, with approvals run in the right order.Commercial demolition in St. Lucie →
- House demolitionA full teardown of a single-family house, from utility letters to a graded lot.House demolition in St. Lucie →
- Structural demolitionFrames, walls and floors taken down in order, including buildings under unsafe orders.Structural demolition in St. Lucie →
- Concrete removalSlabs, driveways, footings and foundations broken out, hauled and recycled.Concrete removal in St. Lucie →
- Pool removalBreak out the top and backfill, or lift the whole shell, with the drainage handled.Pool removal in St. Lucie →
- Storm damage demolitionHurricane, tornado and flood damage taken down with the record your insurer needs.Storm damage demolition in St. Lucie →
- Site clearingLots cleared of old structures, slabs and debris, with protected trees left in place.Site clearing in St. Lucie →
- Asbestos coordinationLicensed survey, FDEP notice and licensed abatement scheduled before demolition.Asbestos coordination in St. Lucie →
- Accessory structure demolitionSheds, detached garages, carports and screen enclosures removed under permit.Accessory structure demolition in St. Lucie →
- Something else?If your job is missing from the list, call anyway. We price odd jobs too.Call (772) 310-3298 →
Every type and size, all over St. Lucie County
Tell us what has to come down, and we will quote it.
Romco Builders is a licensed Florida general contractor, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. A kitchen wall in Tradition and a strip center on US 1 are quoted the same way: on paper, line by line.