Population and Housing

[white_brian]

When I started in the construction field I was brought into the drywall and acoustics union in Toronto (they were the union for light steel framers) we primarily did work for the Katelyn Group and I was appalled at the fact that these town homes we were constructing were flimsy tin and Styrofoam and selling for 600+... A few of the more seasoned contractors said that what was really holding the homes together was the interior drywall and the brick facades.
A little over a year later we had done a few custom homes off King Side Rd north of Vaughan and I knew the the light steel was not for me. I hooked up with a local framing crew and we did production home for Reids Heritage and their subsidiaries but for me it was more of the same, stick framing with 2x4's and Styrofoam insulboard. We did do a number of custom homes where they spent the money and we constructed some homes that would last well beyond my years but sadly not enough. I eventually moved onto renovations and property management/maintenance because at least that way I was fixing things so that it would last and doing things my way with in the reason for the customer.
Sadly people don't understand what they are paying for, or why even with all the shows on HGTV they still really don't get it
I like Renomi, he has a good thing going as far as being the go between. The contractor knows what has to be done but the customer isn't always available when decisions need to be made. His program kinda helps to smooth the process out. The contractor can basically list off everything that needs to be done and the program can break it down so that the the client can really understand what is going on and understand why things should be done a certain way. They can decide against (for cost as an example) but then it saves time for everyone cause the program is designed in such away that there are very few mixups or miscommunication between everyone.