Five Star Trusted Vendor Network
The Five Star Trusted Vendor Network highlights independent local service providers we know, trust, and confidently recommend to homeowners across Downriver and Metro Detroit.
These are companies we know through real project coordination and firsthand experience. This page helps homeowners understand who is featured here, why they are trusted, and where to learn more about each company.
A Curated Group of Independent Local Companies
Five Star Professional Contractors created this page to feature local companies we know through real working relationships and dependable service history. The goal is simple. We want to give homeowners a more trustworthy way to discover local service providers who have earned our confidence.
Before starting Five Star Professional Contractors, Chris King spent years in property management and coordinated residential work across many projects. Those years provided firsthand experience with how companies perform when timelines and communication truly matter. That real-world experience shapes the companies featured here today.
Inclusion in this network is not based on paid placement or casual mention. It reflects professional familiarity and referral confidence built through firsthand experience with reliable companies.
Remer Construction
Remer Construction is a Flat Rock, Michigan roofing and exterior improvement contractor serving homeowners and property owners throughout Downriver and Metro Detroit. Their services include roof replacement, roof repair, gutters, exterior trim, and siding installation.
Our Firsthand Experience
Chris first hired Bob, Danielle, and the Remer Construction team to replace the roof on a two-story apartment building in Gibraltar that housed six families. The project went exceptionally well from the initial estimate through final cleanup. Communication, service, workmanship, cleanliness, project speed, and pricing all exceeded expectations. The entire experience earned a genuine 10 out of 10 recommendation.
Why We Recommend Remer Construction
Since that project, Five Star Professional Contractors has confidently referred Remer Construction to customers who need roofing, gutters, exterior trim, and siding services. The feedback has remained remarkably consistent. Customers regularly praise their professionalism, responsive communication, efficient scheduling, clean work areas, fair pricing, and quality craftsmanship.
When Five Star recommends another contractor, our own reputation is attached to that referral. Bob, Danielle, and the Remer Construction team have repeatedly demonstrated the reliability and customer care we expect from a company featured in the Five Star Trusted Vendor Network.
Services We Commonly Refer
- Complete roof replacement
- Roof repairs and roofing evaluations
- Architectural asphalt shingle roofing
- Gutters and downspouts
- Fascia and exterior trim
- Professional siding installation
Contact Remer Construction
Website: www.remerconstruction.com
Phone: (734) 795-6114
Service Area: Flat Rock, Downriver, Metro Detroit, and surrounding communities
Curbside Property Services
Curbside Property Services is a Flat Rock-based property transition and cleanup company serving homeowners, families, seniors, contractors, property managers, and businesses throughout Southeast Michigan. Their services include whole-property cleanouts, estate and senior transitions, donation coordination, secure shredding, junk removal, and light demolition.
Our Firsthand Experience
During his years in property management, Chris worked with Brian and the Curbside team on bulk cleanouts, apartment turnovers, and demolition-related projects. He saw their performance firsthand on many occasions and consistently experienced dependable scheduling, clear communication, careful handling of properties, and reliable follow-through.
Why We Recommend Curbside Property Services
Curbside stands out because they can manage complicated transition projects from sorting and donation coordination through removal and final cleanup. Their respectful, donation-first approach is especially valuable for estate situations, senior moves, downsizing, renovations, and properties that need to be prepared for sale or occupancy.
Services We Commonly Refer
- Whole-home, estate, and apartment cleanouts
- Senior transition and downsizing support
- Donation pickup and redistribution coordination
- Secure document shredding
- Junk, furniture, appliance, and debris removal
- Selective interior and exterior light demolition
Contact Curbside Property Services
Website: curbsidepropertyservices.com
Phone: (734) 775-3190
Service Area: Flat Rock and communities throughout Southeast Michigan
Curbside Giveback
Curbside Giveback is a Flat Rock-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit connected to Curbside Property Services. The program helps keep usable furniture and household items out of landfills by redirecting donations to families, individuals, and community partners.
Why We Highlight This Initiative
Property cleanouts often produce usable items that should not be treated as waste. Curbside Giveback adds a practical community benefit to estate cleanouts, downsizing projects, senior transitions, and property updates by making donation and redistribution part of the process whenever possible.
Community Services
- Collection and redistribution of usable household items
- Donation-first support during property cleanouts
- Coordination with families and community partners
- Reduction of unnecessary landfill waste
Learn More About Curbside Giveback
Website: Curbside Giveback
Contact: (734) 775-3190
Location: Flat Rock, Michigan
Above Grade Excavation
Above Grade Excavation provides residential excavation, demolition, grading, driveway, drainage, retaining-wall, paver, land-clearing, and site-preparation services. Their published services include pre-grade and final grade work, utility trenches, post-hole digging, pole-barn preparation, concrete and asphalt removal, culvert work, forestry mulching, and related outdoor construction support.
Our Professional Connection
Five Star Professional Contractors knows owner Trever Blankenship personally and trusts his reliability, attention to detail, and commitment to doing site work correctly. His family background in excavation and his hands-on approach give homeowners a knowledgeable local resource for projects that require equipment, grading, drainage, or substantial ground preparation.
Why We Recommend Above Grade
Above Grade combines broad site-work capability with a precision-focused approach. The company is veteran owned and operated, licensed, insured, and equipped to handle work that must be completed properly before driveways, pole barns, landscaping, drainage systems, or other improvements can succeed.
Services We Commonly Refer
- Pre-grading, final grading, and drainage preparation
- Driveway installation, repair, and material grading
- Concrete and asphalt removal
- Retaining walls, pavers, and outdoor hardscaping
- Land clearing, brush cutting, and stump removal
- Post holes, utility trenches, and pole-barn site preparation
Contact Above Grade Excavation
Website: abovegrademichigan.com
Phone: (810) 295-1551
Primary Service Area: Livingston County and surrounding Michigan communities
Everyone’s Plumbing & Handyman
Everyone’s Plumbing & Handyman provides plumbing, remodeling, repair, and handyman services for homeowners in Monroe, Greater Flat Rock, Downriver, and surrounding communities. Their published services include emergency plumbing, faucet and pipe repair, toilet and shower repair, sewer cleaning, sump-pump installation, water-heater service, bathroom remodeling, kitchen remodeling, and general handyman work.
Our Firsthand Experience
Chris has known owner-operator Nick for more than 20 years and has worked alongside him on multiple projects. That long professional and personal history gives this recommendation real weight. Chris has seen Nick’s workmanship, problem solving, communication, and customer care firsthand and considers him a go-to resource for plumbing and bathroom remodeling.
Why We Recommend Everyone’s Plumbing & Handyman
Nick provides the direct accountability and personal attention of an experienced owner-operator. Customers work with someone who listens, responds, explains the problem, and remains personally involved. His practical approach is particularly valuable when plumbing repairs are part of a larger bathroom, kitchen, or home-improvement project.
Services We Commonly Refer
- General and emergency plumbing repairs
- Bathroom and kitchen remodeling
- Faucet, toilet, shower, and pipe repair
- Water-heater service
- Sump-pump installation and sewer cleaning
- General handyman and home-repair services
Contact Everyone’s Plumbing & Handyman
Website: plumbersmonroemi.com
Phone: (734) 506-6306
Service Area: Monroe, Greater Flat Rock, Downriver, and surrounding communities
Additional Trusted Vendors Are Being Added
The Five Star Trusted Vendor Network is a growing program. Additional independent local service providers will be added as the network expands through established working relationships and firsthand project experience.
Companies included in this network are not selected through paid applications or directory listings. Each vendor is chosen based on professional familiarity, reliability in the field, and a consistent record of supporting successful residential projects.
This approach helps keep the network practical, selective, and useful for homeowners who need services outside the direct scope of Five Star Professional Contractors.
Companies featured in the Five Star Trusted Vendor Network are independent businesses. Inclusion on this page reflects professional familiarity, referral confidence, and firsthand experience only. Participation does not create a partnership, joint venture, shared liability, warranty, or ownership relationship between Five Star Professional Contractors and any featured company. Each business operates independently and remains solely responsible for its own work, scheduling, agreements, and customer service.
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Five Star Professional Contractors continues to serve homeowners throughout Downriver and Metro Detroit with professional painting, drywall repair, and project support backed by clear communication and a clean, reliable process.
Explore More From Five Star Professional Contractors
Many homeowners who visit the Trusted Vendor Network are also preparing for painting, drywall repair, or broader home updates. If you are planning work in Downriver or Metro Detroit, these pages can help you learn more about our services, the areas we serve, and how we approach common repair and improvement projects.
Learn more about our painting and drywall repair services in Downriver, explore our broader home improvement contractor page for Downriver, or review our interior painting services in Southeast Michigan.
Homeowners can also visit our project gallery, read answers on our painting and drywall repairs FAQ page, or reach out directly through our contact page.