A Small City That's Stayed Small Since 1932
Berkley incorporated as a city in 1932 and has kept a compact footprint ever since -- about 2.39 square miles today, with a population over 15,000, making it one of the denser postwar-era communities inside Oakland County's ring of Detroit-facing suburbs.
Older, Closely Spaced Homes and Aging Infrastructure
A city built out this densely nearly a century ago tends to carry older storm and sanitary infrastructure sized for 1930s-era household counts, so a water event in Berkley is worth checking against both the age of the house and the age of the street's own drainage system.
Water Damage Restoration Project Paths in Berkley
Water extractionStructural dryingStorm damage cleanupContaminated-water cleanupReconstruction planning
What a Berkley Estimate Should Cover
Given Berkley's small footprint and tight lot spacing, a scope should look closely at shared property lines and how adjoining homes' grading affects where water actually collects.