RMO serves Metro Detroit today. These pages describe where we plan to grow.
Middle East
Redford Township borders Detroit's northwest side, about 17 minutes from our office. Ninety-four percent of its homes were built before 1980, and flood-aid registrations here nearly tripled from 2014 to 2023.
We look after a lot of properties in Redford, as we do in Westland, Canton, Taylor and Lincoln Park. Most are post-war homes with basements, which is where storms and sewer backups do their damage.
Our office in Southfield is 6 miles from the middle of Redford: about 8.6 miles by road, or 17 minutes when traffic is light. Across Wayne County a crew is on site in about 60 minutes, day or night, and when you call we give you a real arrival time.
From our office, crews come straight down Telegraph Road, which crosses 8 Mile into Redford; I-96 and Grand River Avenue serve the township too.
A person answers 248-845-0000, day or night, and asks what happened and where.
Trucks leave with the pumps, extractors, air movers and dehumidifiers the job needs, 8.6 miles from our office.
The crew stops the water, makes the property safe and starts the drying the same visit.
94%before 1980
Median year built: 1955, across 19,515 homes and apartments. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024, table B25034.
Registrations from Redford mailing addresses. A registration is a household asking for help, not proof of damage, and mailing addresses don’t follow city limits exactly. FEMA, OpenFEMA Housing Assistance data, pulled 2026-10-12.
Parts of Redford have combined sewers. A retention basin at Puritan and Lola Drive has controlled overflows in the north since 1997, and a new Central basin with 1.45 million gallons of storage is under construction from fall 2025 to fall 2027.
Source: Redford TownshipWhen the Rouge River passes 18 feet at its Detroit gauge, flooding begins on Fenkell Avenue, Middlebelt Road and residential streets in Redford; it crested at 18.94 feet in June 2021.
Source: NOAA river gaugeThe Rouge runs through Redford, with Lola Valley Park on its floodplain; Tarabusi Creek flows through Bell Creek Park, and Ashcroft Creek crosses the southeast corner.
Source: Alliance of Rouge CommunitiesRedford's businesses line Telegraph Road, Grand River Avenue and 8 Mile Road.
Named Redford in 1833. About 48,338 people live in Redford Township (Census, 2020–2024 estimate). If a public sewer backed up into your building, Michigan law asks you to give written notice to the agency that runs the sewer (the city, township or county) within 45 days of finding the damage.
| ZIP code | Median home built | FEMA 2014 | FEMA 2021 | FEMA 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48239 | 1955 | 1,267 | 1,455 | 3,336 |
| 48240 | 1955 | 255 | 333 | 1,041 |
ZIP codes from the Census Bureau’s 2020 ZIP-to-place relationship file; housing age from ACS 2020–2024; registrations from OpenFEMA.
Redford Township is about 17 minutes from our Southfield office in light traffic (8.6 miles by road). Across Wayne County a crew is on site in about 60 minutes, day or night. Call 248-845-0000 and we'll give you a real arrival time.
Every part of Redford Township, including 48239 and 48240. If you're near the edge of Redford Township, call and we'll confirm right away.
The township's Water and Sewer Department, at 313-387-2670, as soon as you find it; then file a written claim with the department within 45 days if you want to seek damages. We document the damage from the first visit.
Leave your name and number and a coordinator will call you back. If water is still coming in, or there’s smoke or sewage, call now.
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