Outdoor construction & hardscaping in Highland, MI
Estate and equestrian-property hardscaping — retaining walls, drives, decks — across Highland's lakes and hills.
Highland Township is rural, hilly, and full of water — more than 25 lakes, plus the 6,000-acre Highland State Recreation Area that covers nearly a quarter of the township. It is also known as one of Michigan's first designated equestrian communities, with horse farms and estate properties on large, wooded, often sloped parcels.
Michigan Outdoor Creations builds across Highland's hamlets — Clyde, East Highland, Hickory Ridge, Seven Harbors, West Highland — handling the grading, walls, and drainage that big rural lots demand.
Building in Highland.
Oakland County · 48356 / 48357
Highland's estate and equestrian properties come with their own outdoor-construction list: long driveways, paddock and pasture grading, retaining walls on sloped acreage, and erosion control on wooded hillsides. These are not subdivision jobs, and they need a crew comfortable working at scale on uneven ground.
With 25-plus lakes, lakefront decks and lakeside patios are steady work here too. Across all of it, the moraine terrain, wetlands, and Oakland County clay mean drainage and below-frost footings are central — which is exactly where our background sits.
What we build in Highland.
Every service we offer is available across Highland and the surrounding area.
- Brick Laying & PaversBrick and paver patios, driveways, and walkways set on a deep compacted base with polymeric joints and edge restraint that actually restrains.View service →
- Deck ConstructionCedar, composite, and hardwood decks engineered on footings dug below the Michigan frost line — built to outlast the house they're bolted to.View service →
- Decorative ConcreteStamped, colored, and exposed-aggregate concrete patios, walkways, and driveways poured on a proper base and pitched to drain.View service →
- Stone MasonryNatural and manufactured stone walls, columns, fire pits, and seating built on proper footings with full mortar and drainage detail.View service →
- Retaining WallsEngineered retaining walls with geogrid reinforcement and drain tile behind every course — walls that hold the hill in February.View service →
- Custom LandscapingDesign-build landscaping that ties the hardscape together — grading, drainage, planting beds, mulch, and stone, planned as one outdoor space.View service →
We build throughout Highland, including: Highland State Recreation Area, Duck Lake, Pettibone Lake, Clyde, Hickory Ridge, Seven Harbors, M-59 corridor, ZIPs 48356 / 48357.
Why Highland homeowners choose us.
- Owner-operated, one crew
Travis Rife runs the build. The same crew that quotes your project does the work, start to finish.
- Drainage-first discipline
Every build starts with where the water goes. Pitched bases, drain tile, weep details — the part most crews skip.
- Engineered for Michigan frost
Footings poured below the 42-inch frost line on every deck, wall, and structure, so nothing heaves through the winter.
- Fixed-price scopes
You get a written, line-item scope with a fixed price before any dirt moves. No surprises.
- Owner-operated accountability
The same crew that quotes your project does the work, start to finish. We stand behind every build.
- Local accountability
We live and work in Oakland County. We are the same crew at the walkthrough as we were at the estimate.
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Free on-site estimate in Highland.
No deposit, no obligation. We walk the site with you and give you a straight answer on scope, price, and timeline.