# Custom Home Builder in Concord, Michigan — Strouss Construction

> Strouss Construction is based in Concord, Michigan, building custom homes, barndominiums, additions and pole barns from right here at home.

Concord sits about fifteen miles southwest of Jackson on M-60, and it is where Strouss Construction is based. We have been building in Jackson County since 1949, the fourth generation of the family is doing it now, and this is the town we work from.

Most of what we get called for in Concord Township is on acreage. A few tillable acres off a gravel road, a pole barn already standing, a well and a septic field instead of municipal hookups. Inside the village the lots are narrow and the houses are old, a lot of them from the late 1800s.

## Old Houses in the Village
Frame houses on tight lots off Hanover Street and the M-60 stretch through the village, many built before 1920, with stone or block basements, balloon framing, and additions tacked on over the years. When somebody in the village wants a kitchen bumped out or a second bath added, the work is mostly about tying new framing into old framing and getting the rooflines to agree.

## Acreage Toward Pulaski
Out in Concord Township and down toward Pulaski Township, parcels run five, ten, forty acres of former farm ground, and the driveway is often the first real expense. Those sites need a well, a septic field sized by the county, and usually a propane tank because natural gas does not reach every road out there. Soils shift from sandy loam to heavy clay within the same section, so the perc test and soil borings decide the foundation. Near Swains Lake and the low ground by the North Branch of the Kalamazoo River, drainage and setbacks drive the site plan.

## Where We Build Around Concord
Village of Concord, Concord Township, Swains Lake, M-60 corridor, Pulaski Township, Falling Waters Trail

## What We Build in Concord
- **New Homes & Barndominiums** ([details](https://stroussconstruction.com/services/new-homes-barndominiums.md))
- **Additions & Remodeling** ([details](https://stroussconstruction.com/services/additions-remodeling.md))
- **Garages & Barns** ([details](https://stroussconstruction.com/services/garages-barns.md))
- **Commercial Construction** ([details](https://stroussconstruction.com/services/commercial-construction.md))

## FAQ
### Do you build barndominiums on acreage outside Concord?
Yes. Barndominiums are a good fit for the kind of parcels around Concord Township and Pulaski Township, where somebody buys former farm ground and wants living space and shop space under one roof. We handle the slab, the shell, and the finished interior. Site work comes first, the driveway, the well and the septic field, since those parcels almost never have anything run to them.

### We have an older house in the village. Can you add on to it?
Most houses inside the village are close to a hundred years old or more, and they were built with methods nobody uses now. We open things up, look at what the existing foundation and framing will actually carry, and build the addition to match the house instead of looking bolted on. Village lots are narrow, so setbacks and where the addition can physically go get sorted out early with the village.

### You are based in Concord. Does that matter for my project?
It means the crew is close. We are on site fast when weather moves, deliveries shift or something needs a second look, and checking your site before a pour is a short drive instead of a scheduled trip. Concord jobs get watched the way you would watch a build in your own town, because it is.

### Can you build near Swains Lake or the low ground by the river?
Yes, with the site plan driving everything. Ground near Swains Lake and the North Branch of the Kalamazoo River holds water, so drainage, setbacks and where the septic field can legally go get settled before the house is placed. Sometimes the right answer is shifting the pad a hundred feet, and we would rather do that on paper than fight water for the life of the house.

## Contact
Phone (517) 750-0031 · https://stroussconstruction.com/contact