Bloomfield Hills Water Damage Restoration

About 86 percent of occupied Bloomfield Hills homes are owner-occupied: 1,381 of 1,610, with 229 rented.

The median home in the City of Bloomfield Hills was built in 1972.

1,062 of the city's 1,736 homes (61 percent) were built before 1980, and 288 (17 percent) were built before 1950.

The 1980s produced the most homes of any decade in Bloomfield Hills (401), ahead of the 1960s (383) and the 1970s (245). Only 147 homes date from 2000 or later.

Detached single-family houses are 1,211 of the city's 1,736 housing units (70 percent). The city also has 194 attached units and 80 units in buildings of 50 or more.

Median home value in Bloomfield Hills is $947,900 and median gross rent is $3,501 a month.

Utility gas heats 1,364 of 1,610 occupied homes in the city, bottled gas 50 and electricity 156.

The 2020 census counted 1,786 housing units in the city, 10.6 percent of them vacant.

The city runs its own sanitary sewer system and inspects and rehabilitates it under federal and state mandates. The 2009 plan called the system built out and nearing the end of its useful life.

Sewage in Bloomfield Hills is billed on water use, and the city names DWSD and the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner as the other parties that receive that revenue.

The city's analysis does not support letting residents install secondary (irrigation) meters to cut sewer bills, because it says that would raise everyone else's sewer rates.

Some Bloomfield Hills properties still use on-site septic systems. The city's septic page lists backup symptoms to watch, including toilets or sinks that back up and pooling water near the system or in the basement.

The Oakland County Health Department (248-858-1280) is the contact for septic inspections and a contractor list.

The city engineering function coordinates sanitary sewer investigations and rehabilitation and reviews residential grading plans for permitting.

Few watercourses in Bloomfield Hills fall under the Oakland County Drain Commissioner. Most drainage courses are on private property and are the adjacent owners' responsibility.

The city drains entirely to the Rouge River, so every address is in the Rouge River Watershed.

The 2009 master plan places the city in the "Main" Rouge River Watershed and says the city enforces a wetlands preservation ordinance, a natural-features setback and floodplain protection provisions.

The city works with Detroit Edison's Community Lighting group on streetlight repair and asks residents to report outages to the city at 248-644-1520.

On June 24, 2025 NOAA logged a 3-to-4-inch tree limb on a power line at a Bloomfield Hills location during a thunderstorm line that ended a four-day heat wave.

NOAA logged 1-inch hail at a Bloomfield Hills location on April 6, 2010, in storms along the M-59 corridor.

On July 27, 2014 a spotter estimated a 70 mph gust at a Bloomfield Hills location, and NOAA also logged large tree limbs down and 1-inch hail.

NOAA recorded large tree limbs down at a Bloomfield Hills location on July 27, 2014.

On June 25, 2023, a 56-knot thunderstorm gust blew down trees at a Bloomfield Hills location during a line of storms that hit metro Detroit.

On June 24, 2025, a 56-knot gust uprooted a large tree at a Bloomfield Hills location.

The city grading ordinance (Section 7.5-2) requires sump pumps, roof conductors, gutters and downspouts to discharge to an established watercourse or storm drain. Where none exists, discharge may go onto the ground no closer than 25 feet to the nearest property line.

Under the same ordinance, existing drainage lines that connect to the sanitary sewer must be disconnected, and downspouts may not connect to footing drains or the sump pump system.

Properties on on-site septic systems must connect to the sanitary sewer when it is available.

Under Ordinance No. 372, air conditioners, generators and heat pumps need a site plan approved by the Building Official, and a unit may sit no more than 5 feet from the main building unless screened.

Construction working hours are limited to 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, with no work on Sundays or legal holidays. Signs stating this must be posted at each entrance.

Under city ordinance, residents must use the designated waste hauler the city contracts with for solid waste and recyclables.

The city's adopted codes include the 2015 Michigan Residential Code, 2021 Michigan Building Code, 2021 Rehabilitation Code for Existing Buildings, 2023 National Electrical Code, 2021 Plumbing and Mechanical Codes, the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code and the 2021 International Fire Code.

The city requires a building permit for basement waterproofing, roof tear-off and new roofing, window and exterior door replacement, siding, decks, and residential demolition.

City Hall is at 45 E. Long Lake Road, with Public Safety at 248-644-4200 and City Hall at 248-644-1520. Hours are Monday through Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The city runs the CodeRed emergency alert system for community updates.

The Department of Public Works is at 1805 Kensington Road, phone 248-530-1412, and handles road repair, plowing and forestry along city rights-of-way.

For pollution emergencies, the city points residents to the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner's 24-hour pollution hotline and the state Pollution Emergency Alerting System.