Pasture & Field Reclamation
Ground that stopped being grazed.
Paddocks and fields lost to brush, brought back. Priced by the acre, and the tier most Woodford jobs land in.
Pasture & field reclamationLand Clearing in Versailles, KY
Fence lines, paddock edges, overgrown lots and small trees, cleared and hauled off, not mulched and left on your ground. Woodford County is working horse country, and most of what we clear here runs along something somebody paid a lot for.
- Cleared material leaves the property: we run our own trucks and dumpsters
- Versailles’ limit is twelve inches, and a board can lien the property
- Board fence, plank fence and gate posts are protected, not cleared
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Twelve inches, and a board rather than a letter
Versailles enforces this through a Code Enforcement Board, which changes what happens after the first notice more than it changes the number.
12″
Grass height above which Versailles’ Code Enforcement Board treats it as a civil violation
City of Versailles, Kentucky, Code Enforcement, 196 South Main Street, (859) 873-5436
The figure is twelve inches. Versailles’ Code Enforcement Board treats overgrown grass greater than twelve inches tall as a civil violation. That is two inches more than Fayette and Madison allow and the same as Jessamine, which is a fair summary of why assuming one county’s rule applies in the next one is a bad idea.
Board enforcement means a civil citation, not just a request. The code enforcement officer can issue citations carrying fines and fees rather than only asking you to cut it. That is a different posture from a notice that simply sets a date.
And the city can recover what abatement costs it. Where the city ends up having the work done, those expenses can be recovered and a lien filed against the property. A lien does not announce itself: it surfaces when you go to sell or refinance, which is usually the worst possible moment to discover a mowing bill from three summers ago.
Which makes the arithmetic simple. Whatever clearing costs, having it done for you and billed through a lien costs more, and costs it at a time you do not choose. Code Enforcement is at 196 South Main Street on (859) 873-5436 and will tell you exactly where your property stands.
This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice, and codes change. The city’s Code Enforcement office is the authority on what applies to your address and on anything already filed against it. Send photos and ask
Land clearing work we do across Woodford County
Every job here ends the same way: the material on a truck and off your property. See the full land clearing service
Right-of-Way Clearing
Along the fence, not through it.
Drives, fence lines and boundaries. In this county that usually means clearing up to maintained fencing rather than derelict wire.
Right-of-way clearing
Overgrown Lot Clearing
The one that arrives with a letter.
Vacant lots and neglected parcels inside the city, where the twelve-inch rule applies.
Overgrown lot clearing, in detail
Site Preparation
Clearing to a plan.
Pads, drives, barn and outbuilding sites made workable.
Site preparation
Tree Removal & Stump Grinding
Under about 20 feet. Taller is a tree service.
Volunteers along fence lines and the stumps they leave behind.
Tree removal & stump grindingMost of what we clear here runs along good fencing
Woodford County is working horse country, and that changes the job in one specific way: the thing the growth is attached to is usually valuable and still in use.
Why this is not ordinary fence work
The fence is an asset, not a boundary
Painted board and plank fencing is maintained, expensive and load-bearing for stock. Brush and vines growing into it cannot be pulled out with a machine without taking rails, posts or paint with them, and a damaged rail is a repair bill plus a horse problem.
So it is cut, released and pulled clear by hand along the run, which is slower per foot than open ground and priced accordingly.
What we agree before anything is cut
The line, in writing
What stays and what goes: the fence itself, gate posts, any established planting you want kept, how far back from the line we work, and whether stock will be off that paddock while we are in it.
On a shared boundary that conversation is worth having with the neighbor as well. It is five minutes and it prevents the only complaint this kind of job ever produces.
Land clearing prices in Versailles
The same published ranges as the main land clearing service. A page about one town should not quote you a different number from the page about the service.
Small residential lot
$400 to $1,200
Light brush and undergrowth. A back corner, a side yard, a fence line that’s got away from you.
Medium or overgrown lot
$1,200 to $3,500+
Dense brush and small trees. A full honeysuckle thicket, or ground that hasn’t been touched in years.
Full site preparation
$800 to $3,500+
Clearing plus rough grading, worked to your plan rather than to a tidy-up.
- Property size
- The single biggest driver, and the one you already know.
- Vegetation density
- Waist-high weeds and a honeysuckle thicket are different jobs on the same square footage.
- Accessibility
- Whether a truck and trailer can get to the work, or it’s carried out by hand.
- Haul-off
- Priced into the quote rather than added afterwards.
Land clearing jobs around Versailles
PLACEHOLDER: three real Woodford County jobs, before and after. Name the road or the part of the county in each caption; that detail is the part a competitor cannot copy.
Clearing ground across Woodford County
CROWN’s own published list of the parts of Versailles and Woodford County we work most often.
- Downtown Versailles
- Midway Road
- Tyrone
- Woodford County
- Huntertown
- Troy Pike
- Lexington Road
Woodford County ZIP codes40383 · 40384
Outside Woodford County? We clear land across Central Kentucky: Lexington, Georgetown, Nicholasville, Richmond, Frankfort, Winchester and Paris. The rule described above is this town’s own; every one of the eight sets its own and the figures genuinely differ.
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Questions we get from Woodford County
If yours isn’t here, call: we’d rather answer it before you book than after.
Got a notice with a date on it?
Send the photos with the address and a picture of the notice. Whether the date is workable is the first thing we come back on, not the last.
(859) 213-6077How tall can grass legally be in Versailles?
Twelve inches. The city’s Code Enforcement Board treats overgrown grass greater than twelve inches as a civil violation. Note that it is two inches more than Fayette and Madison counties allow, so do not carry a figure across from a neighboring county: the numbers genuinely differ across an area you can drive over in an hour. Code Enforcement is at 196 South Main Street on (859) 873-5436.
What happens if I just leave it?
It becomes the expensive way of getting it cut. The code enforcement officer can issue a civil citation carrying fines and fees, and where the city ends up having the work done it can recover those expenses and file a lien against the property. A lien sits quietly until you sell or refinance, which is the worst moment to meet an old mowing bill. Clearing it yourself, or having anyone clear it, is cheaper than the alternative in every version of this.
Will you damage my board fence?
That is the part of this job we price for. Growth into painted board or plank fencing has to be cut, released and pulled clear by hand rather than dragged out with a machine, because a machine takes rails and posts with the brush. We agree what is protected before anything is cut (the fence, the gate posts, any planting you want kept), and we would rather you told us the fence is already damaged in places, because it changes the method rather than the price.
Can you work while stock is in the field?
Tell us at quote stage and we will plan around it. Whether animals need to be off a paddock while we are working it depends on what we are clearing and how, and it is the sort of thing that should be settled before a crew arrives rather than at the gate. It affects sequencing more than cost.
Will the honeysuckle grow back after you clear it?
Yes, unless the stumps are treated. It resprouts, so cutting alone does not kill it: lasting control means repeated cutting over several years or a herbicide treatment on the cut stumps. We cut, load and haul; we do not spray. The Woodford County Extension office is the right place to ask what goes on the stumps, and it is a far smaller job once the thicket is down.
What does land clearing cost in Versailles?
A small residential lot with light brush and undergrowth runs $400 to $1,200, a medium or overgrown lot $1,200 to $3,500 and up, and full site preparation is quoted on the plan. Acreage reclamation is priced by the acre. These are the same figures as our main land clearing page. Fence-line work prices by the running foot rather than the area, because the length is what the job actually is.
Get a price on your Woodford County ground
Photos along the run or across the paddock, the address, and a note of anything that must not be touched: fencing, gates, planting. On fence work, a rough length gets you a band before we even look.
- Quotes guaranteed within 2 hours, 8am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday
- Free and no obligation. You only pay for completed work
- Clearing several properties? Ask about trade terms