How much does it cost to clear a wooded lot for a house?

Typically $1,500-$8,000 for the vegetation, plus the dirt work: a building pad needs roots grubbed out and the ground compacted, which runs $2,500-$8,000+ per acre-equivalent for the footprint. The money-saving sequence is mulching the whole lot cheaply first, picking the house site on cleared ground, then grubbing only the pad, driveway, and septic footprint.