Cleared.
Graded.
Drained. Done.
Metro Atlanta's ground crew. Land clearing, grading, drainage, demolition and hauling — one team, one number, the whole job. Fifty inches of rain a year on red clay is an unforgiving place to get ground wrong. We get it right.
- Licensed & insured
- Free on-site quotes
- Our own fleet
- Fixed written quotes
Licensed & insured
Certificates on request for contractors and property managers
Free on-site quotes
We come out, look properly, and give you a fixed price
Fixed written quotes
The price we agree is the price you pay — no drifting hourly rates
Direct line
You speak to the crew running your job, not a call centre
One crew, the whole job.
Clear it, grade it, drain it, haul it away. Most contractors do one of those and hand you a list of other people to call. We run the whole job with our own machines and our own trucks.
Swimming Pool Removal
That pool costs you money every month and you stopped swimming in it years ago. We take it out and give you the yard back.
View service02Grading & EarthworkLand Grading
Grading is how water is told where to go. Get it right and everything else on the property works.
View service03DrainageYard Drainage
Atlanta gets more rain than Seattle, on soil that barely drains. Standing water is not bad luck — it is a solvable design problem.
View service04Land ClearingLand Clearing
Take a lot back from the woods. Cleared, stumped, graded and ready to build, plant or simply use.
View service05DrainageFrench Drain Installation
A gravel-filled trench with a perforated pipe in it. Simple — and easy to build badly.
View service06DrivewaysGravel Driveways
Most gravel driveways fail because nobody built a base. We build the base.
View service07Landscape & HardscapeRetaining Walls
Retaining walls fail from the back, not the front. The drainage you cannot see is the part that matters.
View service08Site ServicesBobcat & Skid Steer Services
Machine, operator and truck. If it involves moving dirt, rock or debris around a property, this is the service.
View service09DemolitionDemolition
Small-structure demolition done in a day, with the debris gone and the ground left flat.
View serviceFifty inches of rain.
On clay that won't drain.
Metro Atlanta gets more rain than Seattle, and almost all of it lands on red clay — among the worst-draining soil in the country. Water that would soak away somewhere else sits here, finds the lowest path, and takes your topsoil, your driveway or your foundation with it.
That is why grading in Georgia is not just levelling. It is deciding where every drop of water goes before it decides for itself.
Fix my drainage- 50"+
- Rain per year in metro Atlanta — more than Seattle
- 6"
- Minimum fall over the first 10ft from your foundation
- 48hr
- Georgia 811 notice we give before every single dig
- $1,000
- Fine for digging without it. We never skip it
Four steps. No surprises.
- 1
Call or send photos
Tell us what you are looking at. Photos are usually enough for us to know whether it needs a visit or a price straight away.
- 2
We come and look
Free, on site, properly. We check access, soil and where the water is really coming from — the cause, not the symptom.
- 3
Fixed price, in writing
A real number and a date. Not an hourly rate that drifts, and not a low quote with extras added later.
- 4
We do it and clean up
Machine in, job done, debris hauled, ground graded and seeded. You should not be able to tell we were there except for the thing we fixed.
What drives the cost.
Ground work is priced on what the site actually demands, not on a rate card. We come out, look properly, and give you a fixed price in writing before anything starts — so the number you agree is the number you pay.
These are the four things that move it on almost every job.
Get a free quoteAccess
Whether a machine reaches the work through an open drive or a narrow side gate
Volume
How much earth, stone or debris has to be moved, and how far
Ground conditions
Clay depth, rock, slope and how wet the site is when we work it
Haul in / haul out
Material brought to site or taken away — usually the single biggest factor
All over metro Atlanta.
Based in metro Atlanta and covering roughly two hours in any direction. These are the towns we work in most — every one has its own page, because the ground is genuinely different in each.
- MariettaCobb County→
- RoswellFulton County→
- AlpharettaFulton County→
- KennesawCobb County→
- AcworthCobb County→
- WoodstockCherokee County→
- CantonCherokee County→
- CummingForsyth County→
- BufordGwinnett County→
- LawrencevilleGwinnett County→
- DuluthGwinnett County→
- AtlantaFulton & DeKalb→
Not listed? See the full coverage area or just call — we travel further than most.
Straight answers, before you call
What areas does SouthGrade cover?
All of metro Atlanta and roughly two hours in any direction — Cobb, Gwinnett, Fulton, DeKalb, Cherokee, Forsyth and the surrounding counties. If you are unsure whether we reach you, call and ask.
How much does grading or drainage work cost?
Every job is different, so we quote after seeing the site rather than guessing over the phone. Each service page explains exactly what drives the cost for that type of work, and our estimates are free, fixed and in writing.
Do you give free quotes?
Yes. We come out, walk the property, and give you a fixed price with no obligation and no sales pressure.
Why is there no email address on this site?
Deliberate. Ground work is visual and specific — slope, access, where the water goes — and those get settled in five minutes on the phone rather than three days of email. If you would rather write, use the quote form and we will call you back.
Do you work with builders and contractors?
Yes, regularly. We sub for general contractors and work for property managers and developers on small and mid-size commercial sitework, and can provide insurance certificates naming you as additional insured.
What machine do you run?
A compact track loader — the tracked version of what most people call a Bobcat. Tracks spread the weight, which matters enormously on wet Georgia clay where a wheeled machine would rut your yard. We rent in additional attachments and equipment as each job needs.
Tell us what you need moved.
Free on-site quote, a straight price, and a date. No pressure and no sales call.
Mon–Fri 7am–6pm · Sat 8am–4pm · Phone only, no email