Acreage lots, not subdivision lots
Greely is a rural community in Ottawa’s south end, built mostly on acreage and estate-sized lots rather than tight subdivision spacing, and surrounded by working agricultural land rather than the next street of houses. Many Greely properties rely on a private well and a septic system instead of municipal water and sewer, and that changes how a demolition or site-clearing job gets planned. Locating and safely disconnecting a septic tank, or capping off a well, is a different scope of work than shutting off a city water line, and it has to be sorted out before any equipment moves onto site. Backfilling around an old foundation, an in-ground pool, or a septic bed also has to respect Ottawa’s 1.8 metre frost depth standard, or the ground can heave and settle unevenly the following spring. We walk every rural site first so nothing gets missed.