Building a custom home in Creemore

Building a home in Creemore

If you are planning to build a home in the Creemore area you have chosen a wonderful and beautiful place to build your home.

The Creemore area can be a tricky place to build if you are not from the area. This is the reason that you should hire a local General Contractor to build your home. There are certain things you should look for when you are looking into hiring a general contractor.

·         They should have the appropriate insurance to cover you and there employee’s. There is nothing worse than having a worker get hurt building your house and you find out that the general contractor is not WSIB compliant. Then everyone is in trouble including the homeowner.

·         They should have a solid reputation of building quality custom homes and can supply you with a list of references.

·         You want a company that is involved in the community and is local. If a company lives and works in the area that they build then they will want to keep their clients happy and keep the quality of the workmanship high so that their reputation is kept in high regard.

·         Your general contractor should be using local trades. This is a great way to make sure that your new home has local flare with local craftsmen constructing it.

·         Local contractors can give you service when you require it in the future even if it’s past the warranty. It’s a great thing to be able to call your contractor and have him stop by the same day to check the current problem you are having. Or if you are away, you can call them and ask them to check on a problem without you even being there.

·         Depending on the size and scope of your building project you don’t want to hire a general contractor that has never taken on something of its size and ends up in over there head.

·         Local contractors know the weather and will be driving the appropriate vehicles so that they can always get to your house even in the middle of winter.

·         Creemore is in the snow belt. It snows in Creemore when it’s not snowing anywhere else. A local general contractor will be able to include that in their budget so that you don’t get hammered with a large bill of extra’s at the end of the project.

·         You want a general contractor that uses the best sub-trades that are available in the area so that you get the best workmanship.

·         You want a company big enough that they don’t get bogged down when they have 2 big projects on the go and are not able to finish your home in a timely manner.  But you don’t want the company so big that you are just a name to them and not treated like the important client that you are.

In Creemore that General Contractor is Village Builders Inc.  They are a family run and operated company that builds custom homes in and around the Creemore area. Village Builders has been in business for over 30 years and has a great reputation, giving clients exactly what they want for the price that they were quoted. They are also able to give it to them in a timely manner with a proper schedule to let them know how and when the project will be completed.

Village Builders stands head and shoulders above the competition in the Creemore area and has a long list of happy and satisfied customers to prove it.

If you are thinking about building a house in the Creemore area feel free to stop in and talk to them at 3 Caroline St. East in the middle of Creemore. They are located in the old fire hall. Or check out the website at villagebuilders.ca or give us a call 877 866 3202.

If you have any questions about building or renovating in the Creemore and surrounding area please feel free to email me at robabbott@villagebuilders.ca

Rob Abbott

Operations Manager

Village Builders Inc.

Village Builders construction forecast for 2012

What it looks like for Village Builders in the upcoming year of 2012.

The upcoming year of 2012 looks to be a anther good year for Village Builders Inc.

Every year since the credit crunch and stock market crash of 2008 Village Builders business and production has increased year over year. With 2011 being such a good year for Village Builders it will be hard to top it. But perspective project starts for the spring of 2012 look to be shaping up for a record breaking year for the company.

With the new management structure being put in place in 2011 it seems to be allowing Village Builders to identify new clients earlier in the planning process and to form a relationship of trust and honesty between the two parties. This is breeding more loyalty in the customer base and allowing Village Builders to play a larger part in the planning process of the projects. We are now installing driveways, wells and other essential services before the building process even starts.

Because of this planning and customer service Village Builders looks to be able to plan for the future with more work and larger projects in the precious years.

With the design department into its second year of operation, the prospect for growth seems at the moment to be limited only by the amount of employee’s in the design department.

With a record number of employee’s in 2011, Village Builders looks toward keeping a stable number of employee's as it heads into the spring and the summer of 2012.

The Current apprentices (carpentry) in Village Builders were at an all time high in 2011 and that trend will continue in 2012. With a focus on expanding skilled labour, apprenticeships for carpentry will be available to perspective new employees. There will be a focus on trying to improve the attrition rate of 50% on apprentices.

Current apprentices with schooling will be asked to take a greater role in production and more responsibility on smaller projects in 2012.

With the current construction climate looking to be extremely volatile in 2012 for a lot of Village Builders competitors as it was in 2011 the ability to higher skilled labour such as carpenters looks to be very promising.

Overall Village Builders looks to be heading for another good year in 2012. With our ability to successfully manage and build projects at an extremely high level with an equally high level of customer satisfaction, we look to be able to stay the course of giving our clients what they want for the price that they expect.

Rob Abbott

Operations Manager

Village Builders Inc.