Clearing & Driveways
Brush and tree clearing, defensible space, and a driveway or access road that holds up to delivery trucks.
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Site development · Start here
Ready to put a home on your land?
Manufactured, modular, mobile or tiny home — Peak takes your bare piece of foothill property from raw dirt to move-in ready. One call gets the ball rolling.
From bare dirt to move-in
We handle the hard part of getting a home on your property
Around the Sierra foothills, more and more folks are buying a piece of land and putting a manufactured, mobile or tiny home on it. It's one of the most affordable ways to own your own place up here — but getting raw land ready for a home takes real dirt work, a septic system, water and power, and a stack of county permits.
That's exactly what we do. Peak Excavating handles the site development end of the project from beginning to end, so your home lands on a graded, permitted, connected site that's ready to live in. Not sure where to start? That's fine — call us and we'll get the ball rolling.
- Raw, undeveloped land
- Replacing an old or red-tagged mobile home
- Adding a second home, ADU or tiny home
- Family land you're finally ready to build on
The order of operations
From land to move-in, step by step
Every property is different, but most home placements follow the same path. Here's the order things generally happen — and where Peak does the heavy lifting.
1
Check zoning & feasibility
Confirm what you can place, minimum acreage, setbacks and access with the county Planning department before you spend a dime.
2
Plan water & septic
A perc/soil test and septic design through Environmental Health, plus a well or water source. This often drives where the home can sit.
3
Pull your permits
Submit your manufactured-home placement and building permits to the county. We can point you to the right applications and online permit center.
4
Clear & build access
Peak: land clearing, defensible space, the driveway/encroachment and erosion control so trucks and the home can reach the site.
5
Grade the pad & septic
Peak: cut and compact the building pad, install the septic system and leach field, and shape drainage to keep water away from the home.
6
Run the utilities
Peak: trench and bore in water, power, propane and telecom lines — including directional drilling under driveways and sensitive areas.
7
Set, connect & inspect
The home is set and tied down, hooked to septic, water and power, inspected by the county and registered with the state — then you move in.
Skip the guesswork
Don't want to manage all of this yourself? Call us and we'll coordinate the site work and point you to the right people for the rest.
Call 209-819-9570This is a general overview, not legal or permitting advice — requirements vary by parcel and change over time. Always confirm the details with your county.
Our part of the job
The site work we do for you
The dirt, water and utility work that turns a parcel into a home site — all from one licensed contractor.
Pad Grading
A level, compacted building pad and proper drainage so your home sits high, dry and solid.
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Septic Systems
New septic and leach fields designed and installed to county standards — a must for rural home sites.
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Water & Utilities
Water, power, propane and telecom lines — trenched or bored in, including HDD under driveways.
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Where to go
County permitting offices
The official departments you'll work with. Start with Planning to confirm what's allowed, then Environmental Health for septic, then Building for your permits.
Mariposa County
Mariposa County permitting
For property in Mariposa County — zoning, septic and building permits, all now handled through the county's online permit center.
- Planning Department — zoning & land use
- Environmental Health — Septic
- Building Department & permits
- Apply online — Permit Center
Madera County
Madera County permitting
For property in Madera County, including the Eastern Madera foothills — planning, environmental health and building all under one department.
- Planning Division — zoning & land use
- Environmental Health — septic & wells
- Building Division
- County Permits Online
Registering the home: Manufactured and mobile homes are titled with the State of California. See HCD — Manufactured & Mobilehomes and Registration & Titling. Not sure which county your parcel is in or where to begin? Reach out and we'll help you sort it out.
Let's get the ball rolling
One call and we'll come take a look at your site.
Tell us about your property and your plans. We'll walk the site, talk through what it'll take, and give you an honest estimate to get it home-ready.