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Water damage restoration and cleanup in Southfield, Michigan

Southfield is home: our office is on 9 Mile Road, minutes from every part of the city. We answer at any hour for homes, apartment communities and the office towers along Northwestern Highway and Telegraph Road.

Call 248-845-0000Request help
From our office
3.2 miles, about 7 min
ZIP codes
48033 · 48034 · 48075 · 48076
Area codes
248 · 947

Recent jobs in Southfield

Our main office is at 18000 W 9 Mile Rd, Suite 520, in Southfield.

  • Commercial
  • Water damage
  • Large loss

Two office buildings on Nine Mile flooded, two hours apart

Two major floods hit two Southfield office buildings on Nine Mile Road, the Epicenter at 18000 W. Nine Mile and Nine Mile Crossing at 17515 W. Nine Mile, the second about two hours after the first. In one of them, water had run through seven floors.

We had a team of 15 people at the buildings within 20 minutes and worked both at once: water out, wet materials assessed floor by floor, and drying set up before the damage could spread. Both buildings were saved, and the owners were spared what could have run to millions of dollars in damage.

2
office buildings, flooded two hours apart
7
floors of water in one of them
15
people on our team at the buildings
20
minutes from the call to arrival
  • Residential
  • Water damage

Homes and rentals around our office

We also handle mitigation for Southfield homeowners and landlords: a flooded basement after a storm, a burst supply line, a water heater that let go. Our main office is here, so we know the streets, the buildings and how fast we can get to them.

How fast we reach Southfield

Our office in Southfield is 2.5 miles from the middle of Southfield: about 3.2 miles by road, or 7 minutes when traffic is light. Across Oakland County a crew is on site in about 60 minutes, day or night, and when you call we give you a real arrival time.

Our office is in Southfield. Crews reach any address in the city in minutes by Northwestern Highway, Telegraph Road, the Lodge Freeway (M-10), the Southfield Freeway (M-39) or I-696, which meet at the Mixing Bowl near Lahser and 11 Mile.

  1. You call

    A person answers 248-845-0000, day or night, and asks what happened and where.

  2. A crew heads to Southfield

    Trucks leave with the pumps, extractors, air movers and dehumidifiers the job needs, 3.2 miles from our office.

  3. On site in about 60 minutes

    The crew stops the water, makes the property safe and starts the drying the same visit.

Why Southfield homes and buildings flood

When homes in Southfield were built

79%before 1980

  1. 1939 or earlier: 4% of homes
  2. 1940s: 5% of homes
  3. 1950s: 19% of homes
  4. 1960s: 24% of homes
  5. 1970s: 26% of homes
  6. 1980s: 10% of homes
  7. 1990s: 5% of homes
  8. 2000s: 5% of homes
  9. 2010s: 1% of homes
  10. 2020 or later: less than 1% of homes

Median year built: 1969, across 38,305 homes and apartments. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024, table B25034.

Households that asked FEMA for help
  • August 2014 flood (DR-4195)1,722
  • June 2021 flood (DR-4607)677
  • August 2023 storms (DR-4757)3,409

Registrations from Southfield 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.

  • Combined sewers in the east end

    The city says its east end is on a combined sewer system and its west end on separated sewers. After a June 2024 storm, residents of east-end streets such as Templar, Maryland and Harden told City Council their basements had flooded. The city reports spending $35 million since 2015 on sewers in that area.

    Source: C&G News

  • The Rouge runs through the city

    About 90% of Southfield is in the Rouge River watershed, and the main branch runs through the city. Its floodplain ordinance also covers Pebble Creek and the Franklin, Farmington and Carpenter branches.

    Source: City of Southfield

  • August 2014

    A storm spotter reported 6.25 inches of rain in 12 hours in Southfield during the August 2014 storm, the costliest weather event in Michigan's history.

    Source: weather.com

  • Frozen pipes in office buildings

    In January 2024 a frozen pipe burst on the fourth floor of an office building near Nine Mile and Greenfield. Ceilings collapsed onto tenants, and small businesses lost equipment.

    Source: WXYZ

Services in Southfield

Southfield has more than 27 million square feet of office space and over 10,000 businesses, from the five towers of Southfield Town Center and the American Center to the office buildings along Northwestern Highway. Water in a tower spreads down floors and into tenants' suites, so we contain it, document it for the owner and the insurer, and keep the building running where we can.

Local resources for Southfield property owners

Incorporated as a city in 1958. About 76,236 people live in Southfield (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.

Southfield neighborhoods

  • Northland Gardens
  • Plumbrooke Estates
  • Southfield City Centre
  • Northland
Southfield ZIP codes, with housing age and FEMA history (4)
Southfield ZIP codes, with the median year homes were built and FEMA aid registrations after each flood
ZIP codeMedian home builtFEMA 2014FEMA 2021FEMA 2023
480331972202137701
4803419768772353
4807519669162381,247
4807619646102581,311

ZIP codes from the Census Bureau’s 2020 ZIP-to-place relationship file; housing age from ACS 2020–2024; registrations from OpenFEMA.

Southfield questions

How fast can you get to Southfield?

Southfield is about 7 minutes from our Southfield office in light traffic (3.2 miles by road). Across Oakland 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.

Which Southfield ZIP codes do you cover?

Every part of Southfield, including 48033, 48034, 48075 and 48076. If you're near the edge of Southfield, call and we'll confirm right away.

Do you handle office towers and multi-tenant buildings?

Yes. We work in occupied office buildings, plan the work around tenants, and keep the owner, the property manager and the insurer up to date with photos and moisture readings.

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