Snow removal in West Bloomfield Township, where lakefront homes, gated communities and long wooded drives set the price.
This is a referral service. In West Bloomfield, the plowing, shoveling and salting are done by an independent operator under its own name and insurance.
West Bloomfield is built around its lakes, including Orchard, Pine and Upper Straits, and much of its housing is large homes from the 1970s through the 2000s on wooded lots. Many sit in gated or private communities whose roads are owned and cleared by the association, not the county.
That makes the first question who owns the road. If the association clears the streets, a single-home contract only needs to cover the drive, walks and steps; if the road is a private lane without an association contract, the lane may have to be part of the job. Long, curving drives and paver surfaces are common enough that it is worth describing yours in detail.
Private roads and shared drives covers the association question, and salting and ice control covers treatment on pavers.
Lakefront driveways are the distinguishing feature of this market and they change the job in two ways. The approach is frequently long, sloped and constrained by the shoreline, which typically prices a property like a circle drive — about $2,500 to $3,500 a season — rather than the $1,500 to $2,000 a rectangular suburban drive commands. And there is nowhere neutral to put the snow: a pile placed on the lake side drains back across the drive on every thaw. Say both at the time of quote. Why the equipment choice follows from the storage.
83.6% owner-occupied across 66,049 residents, median home value $426,200 — a large, affluent township with a substantial lakefront component. The county is notably lake-heavy here: the difference between the county’s own 907-square-mile figure and the Census land area of 867.28 square miles is water, and much of it is in this part of the county.
Nearby: Rochester Hills · Farmington Hills · Royal Oak · Southfield · all service areas
The address plus a rough description of the drive, the walks and the frontage is enough to price a West Bloomfield season.
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