Home remodeling in Commerce Township, Michigan

Commerce Township sits at the intersection of Oakland County’s suburban growth and Michigan’s natural lake country. With a population just above 40,000 and a median home value approaching $490,000, the township draws families who want space, water access, and a 35-minute commute to downtown Detroit via M-5 and I-96. Homes along Commerce Lake, Long Lake, and Lower Straits Lake regularly sell above $600,000. Properties on Oakley Park Road, Sleeth Road, and the Richardson Road corridor tend toward larger lots where the original 1980s and 1990s builds now need structural and cosmetic attention.

That aging housing stock creates an obvious gap. The kitchen that worked when the home was built 30 years ago no longer matches how families cook, eat, and gather. The single bathroom on the main floor no longer serves a household with two remote workers and three kids in Walled Lake Consolidated Schools. The unfinished basement below a $500,000 home represents 800 to 1,200 square feet of unused space that could be a home theater, a home gym, or a guest suite for visiting family.

Wright’s Renovations is a design-build renovation company headquartered in Ypsilanti, serving homeowners across six Southeast Michigan counties. The Commerce Township team handles everything from initial design through final inspection, including Oakland County permitting, material sourcing, and trade coordination. One contract. One point of contact. No subcontractor handoffs where accountability disappears between crews.

Most renovation contractors in Oakland County operate as general contractors. They take the homeowner’s design, bid it out to subcontractors, and manage the schedule. The homeowner ends up coordinating between a designer, an architect, and the GC, each of whom has a different timeline and a different idea of what the budget allows.

Wright’s Renovations works as a design-build firm. Designer, project manager, and crew all sit under one roof. That means the person drawing the kitchen design is talking to the carpenter who will build it. Material selections happen before the first wall is framed, not in a panic two weeks into demolition. The budget Connor Wright quotes is the budget the homeowner pays. Change orders happen when the homeowner wants something different, not when a subcontractor discovers something the GC missed during the initial walkthrough.

For Commerce Township homeowners managing a renovation around work schedules, school pickups at Walled Lake Central or Walled Lake Western, and weekend soccer at Dodge Park, that single-team structure removes an entire layer of coordination stress. One phone number. One project portal. One crew that shows up every morning knowing exactly where the project stands and what happens next.

Michigan’s construction season also shapes how Wright’s plans Commerce Township projects. Spring and summer scheduling fills fast, especially for exterior work like custom deck builds and additions that require foundation pours before the first freeze. Interior work, such as basement finishing and shower and tub installations, runs year-round. Homeowners who book fall and winter interior projects often benefit from tighter scheduling and shorter material lead times.