Describe your project

The same five gates, in a form. A properly described project gets comparable quotes; a vague one gets four prices for four different jobs.

Published by the Land Clearing Authority editorial team · Last revised 2026-07-29 · Editorial policy · Corrections

The questions below are the five gates. Answering them properly is what makes the quotes you receive comparable — and it is what stops a contractor filling the blanks with their own defaults.

Where, and whose land

ZIP code *

Used to match the project to a market. Only the first three digits are ever reported in analytics.

Approximate location (optional)

A road name or a nearby landmark is enough. Do not enter a full street address.

Ownership or authorisation *

Gate 1 — what is on the land

Area to clear *

What is growing *

Largest trunk diameter *

Measure the biggest one, not the average. An estimate is fine — it is the single most useful thing you can tell a contractor.

How thick it is

Gates 2 and 3 — material and depth

Where the cut material should go *

What should happen below the ground line *

Grading expectation

Gate 4 — access and site conditions

Equipment access *

Terrain

How wet the ground gets

What is near the work area

Gate 5 — what the land is for

Intended use *

Timeline *

I want this quoted as combined work across more than one trade. Leave unticked and the project goes to a single category — which usually produces clearer, more comparable quotes.

Anything else worth knowing

Trees you are keeping, a crossing on the drive, old fence wire, a date that matters.

This cannot be sent

Consent to share the project description with contractors was not given.
Contact details are incomplete, so no contractor could reach you.

How a contractor reaches you

Your name *

Email *

Phone *

Preferred contact method *

I agree that this project description and my contact details may be shared with independent contractors in the matching category so they can contact me about it. *

When you choose to submit a project, the details you provide are passed to independent contractors who may pay for the introduction. That payment is for the introduction only. It does not buy an endorsement, a ranking, or a place in any guidance on this site, and no contractor sees your project before you decide to send it. Contractors are not vetted, screened, background-checked, or verified by this platform. Confirm licensing, insurance, and references yourself before work begins. What happens to your details

Not ready — work out the scope first