Turn your property’s exterior wood into a plan, not a surprise.
Managers do not need a deck contractor as much as they need numbers that hold: what is failing, what it costs, and what order to fix it in. Detroit Deck Rebuild produces exactly that, then builds to it.
The program, in order
- Inventory walkdown. Every exterior wood structure on the property probed and photographed, ledgers and guards first. Free for a first look at multifamily properties; formal reports price on the cost guide and credit toward construction.
- Written condition report. Ratings, urgency ranking, and per-item budget ranges, formatted for the audience that has to approve money: board, owner, lender, or corporate.
- Phasing plan. Worst structures first, budget years respected, phase pricing held within a stated window. A capital plan that follows measured condition instead of guesswork.
- Construction with paperwork. Permits, engineering, insurance certificates, tenant communication, and inspection closeouts, run by us and reported to you by exception.
Who this fits
Management companies holding garden-apartment portfolios in Southfield and Warren, condo boards in Farmington Hills staring at a community’s worth of same-age balconies, and facility teams on the Troy corridor with plaza decks over occupied space. Different owners, same need: structure turned into numbers, numbers turned into a sequence.
The documentation habit
Every engagement closes with paper: the permit record, inspection signoffs, material documentation, and photographs of what got built. Exterior structure is invisible the day after it is finished, and the file is what proves the work at refinance, at sale, at the insurance renewal, and at the next inspection. We treat the documentation as a deliverable because for our buyers it is one.
Start with a walkdown
Property type, structure count, and any inspection paperwork to (313) 285-3323.
Manager questions, answered straight
What does a deck and balcony condition assessment include?
Every deck, balcony, stair, and walkway on the property gets probed, photographed, and rated, with ledger connections and guards checked specifically because that is where structures actually fail. The report ranks items by urgency, attaches budget ranges from the published cost guide, and reads clean enough to hand to a board, an owner, or a lender. $600 to $1,500 per property, credited toward construction.
How do balcony rebuild numbers fit a reserve study?
The assessment gives the reserve study its missing inputs: structure counts, measured condition, per-unit costs ($9,000 to $22,000 per balcony structural), and a phasing plan across budget years. Boards vote better with numbers in front of them, and phase pricing holds within a stated window so year-three plans stay plans.
Can work phase around occupancy and operations?
Always. Multifamily work phases by stack and building with tenants noticed ahead; hotel and office work schedules around occupancy data, off-hours where the property needs it. Insurance certificates naming owner and manager, a written site-safety plan, and a single point of contact come standard.
A city inspection gave us a deadline. What is the fastest path?
Call with the violation notice in hand. Flagged structures move to the front of the schedule, the scope gets written against the actual defect rather than the symptom, permits get pulled immediately, and closeout includes the documentation that clears the file with the city. Most flagged stair towers rebuild in under a week once permitted.
The construction side lives on the balcony page and the hospitality page, the numbers on the published cost guide, and everything starts at the homepage.