Family owned  ·  Since 1949
A custom home built by Strouss Construction in Jackson County, Michigan

Custom Home Builder in Parma, Michigan

Serving Parma

Village Lots and Working Farm Ground

Parma sits on Michigan Avenue, the old US-12 route running west out of Jackson toward Albion, with I-94 just north of town and farm ground in every direction past the last streetlight. Strouss Construction has been building in Jackson County since 1949, with the fourth generation of the family on the job.

Building here usually means one of two very different projects. Inside the village you are on a tight older lot with village sewer and a neighbor close on each side. Out in Parma Township or Sandstone Charter Township you are on acreage with a well, a septic field, and a lane that has to carry a concrete truck in March.

Where We Build Around Parma

Downtown Parma and Michigan AvenueParma TownshipSandstone Charter TownshipDevereauxSpringport RoadDearing Road

In the Village

The village is barely a square mile, and most of what stands in it went up a long time ago. Older frame houses near Main Street and Michigan Avenue with small footprints, shallow basements, and additions tacked on over the decades. Our village work is usually an addition, a kitchen or bath remodel, a rebuilt porch, or a garage fit onto a narrow lot where the setbacks decide the size, and we confirm what your lot allows with the village office before anything is drawn.

Out on the Farm Roads

Outside the village line it changes completely. Parma Township covers about thirty six square miles and holds fewer than three thousand people, so most sites are cropland, pasture or wood lot along Springport Road, Concord Road and the section roads out toward Devereaux. That is where the new homes, barndominiums and pole barns go, usually on five or ten acres split off a larger farm. Commercial work tends to sit on Michigan Avenue or near the I-94 exits.

1949
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What Our Customers Say

Roy Southerland

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Strouss Construction did excellent work on the exterior of our home. They work great as a team, were here every day and made our project a priority. Dan Jr. and Aaron did exceptional work and communicated the whole way. I would recommend the Strouss team.

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Mike & Laura Rogers

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Strouss Construction built us a beautiful custom home that we have been in for two years now. The quality of work, attention to detail, and commitment to our needs have been fantastic. Dan Strouss and his team were an absolute joy to work with.

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Dianne Stanley

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The Strouss family has done an amazing job for my family. Our pole barn is beautiful and they put it up quickly. You cannot go wrong hiring them. They are dependable and trustworthy.

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Questions From Around Parma

Yes. Most of what we build around Parma sits on acreage in Parma Township or Sandstone Charter Township, which means a private well, a septic system sized for the house, and a driveway built to hold up under delivery trucks. If the homesite is being split off a larger farm parcel, that split and the new access point need to be settled before we set footings. We walk the ground with you first.

Older village houses were built in stages, so what is behind the wall is rarely what the last owner described. We open things up and look at the foundation, framing, and how the earlier additions were tied in before we price the work. Village lots are also narrow, so setbacks and the sewer line often decide where an addition or a garage can actually go.

In the village, zoning gets reviewed with the village office before the building work starts. Out on the farm ground, Parma Township runs its own building and zoning department, and the well and septic permits come through the county health department. We handle the applications either way and tell you what your lot allows before anything is drawn.

It has to, and in this part of the county that means building the lane for spring, not summer. A drive that carries a loaded concrete truck in March needs the right base and drainage, and seasonal weight limits on the county roads can affect delivery timing. We plan the drive as part of the site work, not as an afterthought.
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