SE Michigan Restoration · Wayne County
Livonia’s Restoration Contractor
We Fight Your Insurance Claim.
Then We Rebuild.
From postwar brick ranches to 1980s colonials — Phase III handles every phase of fire, hail, water, and smoke restoration while maximizing what your insurance company owes you.
Local Knowledge. Proven Results.
We Know Livonia
Livonia is defined by its postwar housing boom. Block after block of brick ranch homes from the 1950s and 1960s, split-level colonials from the 1970s, and the occasional 1980s two-story built as the city’s remaining lots finally filled in. These are solid homes — built when brick was standard and craftsmanship was the expectation — but they carry 50 to 70 years of plumbing, electrical, and roofing that performs accordingly.
A fire in a 1963 Livonia brick ranch behaves differently than a fire in a 2005 subdivision colonial. The older home has original knob-and-tube wiring in some walls, lath-and-plaster that absorbs smoke deeply, and hardwood floors under carpeting that adjusters routinely miss or underprice. Phase III has worked Livonia claims long enough to know exactly where every adjuster cuts scope and what documentation is required to recover it.
We’re based in Westland — about 10 minutes from most Livonia neighborhoods. When you call Phase III, your claim is managed locally and personally, not handed to a national call center.
What Sets Phase III Apart
- We document before anything is touched — the step most contractors skip and every adjuster depends on
- 30+ years of SE Michigan claims experience across Livonia’s ranches, split-levels, and colonials
- Original-spec brick ranch restoration — proper plaster repair, hardwood refinishing, material matching
- Deep Xactimate expertise to recover what adjusters leave out of estimates
- On-site within 2 hours anywhere in Livonia or Wayne County
- We handle the insurance carrier so you don’t have to navigate it alone
Full-Service Restoration
Our Services in Livonia, MI
- Pre-mitigation documentation before anything is moved
- Thermal imaging for smoke penetration in wall cavities and attic
- Original-spec plaster repair and hardwood floor refinishing
- Supplement filing for all items missed in adjuster estimates
- Emergency board-up and structural stabilization
- Forensic roof inspection across all four faces
- Impact documentation on gutters, siding, and AC condensers
- EagleView aerial measurement reports
- Formal supplement filing for every missed damage item
- Full replacement scope where documentation supports it
- Emergency water extraction and containment
- Structural drying with calibrated moisture mapping
- Mold prevention and remediation
- Insurance-grade documentation throughout
- Complete interior rebuild after drying confirmed
- Thermal imaging to locate hidden smoke penetration
- Full HVAC duct cleaning and decontamination
- Odor neutralization — eliminated, not masked
- Contents cleaning and pack-out services
- Complete remediation documented for insurance
Phase III In Action
How We Work
The difference between a Phase III claim and a typical contractor claim shows up in the settlement. Here’s what that looks like on Livonia projects.
Kitchen Fire in a 1964 Brick Ranch — Smoke Throughout the Attic
A kitchen fire in a postwar Livonia brick ranch caused visible fire and smoke damage to the kitchen and adjacent dining room. The State Farm adjuster produced an estimate covering those two rooms. The homeowner called Phase III before signing anything.
What the adjuster’s scope missed was significant. Phase III ran thermal imaging across the full structure before any mitigation began. The original lath-and-plaster walls had allowed smoke to migrate into the uninsulated attic cavity and down into the interior wall framing on the opposite side of the house. The scope grew from two rooms to the full first floor plus attic.
We supplemented for original-spec plaster repair throughout the affected first floor, hardwood floor refinishing across all affected rooms, and full attic remediation. State Farm approved the complete supplemented scope. The family came home to the house they had — not a modern approximation of it.
Full first-floor restoration plus attic remediation. Original plaster repaired to spec. Hardwood floors refinished. Insurance supplement recovered 41% above initial adjuster estimate. No out-of-pocket beyond the deductible.
Major Hail Event — Four Roof Faces, Gutters, and AC Unit All Under-Documented
A spring hail storm hit a 1979 Livonia colonial. The Auto-Owners adjuster walked the roof and approved replacement on the two front-facing slopes. The homeowner was told the back slopes were “minimal damage.”
Phase III inspected all four roof faces and found granule loss and impact bruising consistent with full replacement on every slope. The gutters showed functional damage across the full run. The AC condenser had bent fin damage that Auto-Owners hadn’t documented. None of this appeared in the original estimate.
We documented with close-up impact photography and submitted a formal supplement. Auto-Owners approved the complete scope: full four-face roof replacement, gutter system, and AC condenser. What started as a partial re-roof became a complete restoration.
Full four-face roof replacement, complete gutter system, and AC condenser approved. Final settlement exceeded initial estimate by 47%. No additional out-of-pocket.
The Phase III Process
How We Handle Your Claim
Most contractors fix the damage and hand you a bill. Phase III manages the entire claim — documentation, filing, supplements, and licensed rebuild — so you walk away with what your policy actually covers.
Local Coverage
Livonia Neighborhoods & Wayne County
Phase III serves all of Livonia and the surrounding Wayne County communities:
Common Questions
Livonia Homeowner FAQ
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Phase III Construction LLC · 37600 Ford Rd, Westland MI 48185 · [email protected]