Local coverage
Project conversations across West Oakland County.
Independent coverage varies by town; each page below explains local housing and site context.
Farmington
Founded in 1824 around an original village core, Farmington's older, tree-shaded lots call for careful footing placement around mature root systems.
Local planning notes →Novi
Explosive growth since the 1977 opening of Twelve Oaks Mall means a broad mix of subdivision ages and yard sizes to plan around.
Local planning notes →Wixom
A small city built around the former Ford assembly plant, with modest mid-century lots sized for practical, straightforward deck footprints.
Local planning notes →Walled Lake
A lake-named city where waterfront setbacks, shoreline access, and lake-adjacent grading shape most outdoor-living projects.
Local planning notes →West Bloomfield
Roughly two dozen named lakes make lake-view and multi-level decks the norm rather than the exception here.
Local planning notes →Southfield
Postwar ranch and split-level neighborhoods built up alongside the city's corporate-office boom bring their own ledger and siding considerations.
Local planning notes →Bloomfield Hills
Large wooded estate lots from the city's early-1900s Detroit-estate era support larger, multi-level outdoor-living footprints.
Local planning notes →Commerce Township
Known as "The Lakes Area," Commerce Township mixes older lake-cottage lots with newer construction around a dozen-plus named lakes.
Local planning notes →