The Construction Life

We open the show with no song, we have David Cairns the VP of Business Development at Ridley Windows and Doors and he was caught off guard…wink wink Jim.

Then we really open the show with some terribly sad insider info about the lumber industry and what’s really going on, Jim and Manny have to share this with the listeners and the industry. You must listen to what we discovered and prepare your business for more increases and possible hardships ahead. We run the gambit of all of this madness, and we even get into assisting the new trades, the young trades in the hope to help them prepare for the potential of a recession…there is a very good chance it will happen guys. The guys even bring up the Ford Pinto as your go to work vehicle, look it up listeners.

Now we get back on track, this show is all about relationships, this is show about making mistakes and how you handle those mistakes, nobody is perfect, and you have to admit that to yourself, your crew, your clients but you have to make sure you step up when things do go wrong, this is one show not to miss.

We get talking about windows and doors and how Ridley has come a long way since opening up in the mid 80’s. They handle all types of windows and doors and have worked on a number of Historical or as Jim puts it, Hysterical society, Ridley windows blend in as if they were original but they meet or exceed today’s standards. They won’t give out pricing over the phone, they are not interested in offering a product or service solely based on price. Clients should make the time and effort to walk in and discuss the units, discuss their home, discuss their lifestyle and figure out what they really are looking for when it comes to windows and doors for their home.

The topic of reno tv shows comes up and we discuss it, David brings up some good points and Jim and Manny bring up more good points.

Being a contractor isn’t always about the actual build, focus on building the relationships, those relationships will get you enough work to last a career.

Thank you, David, for an amazing chat about construction, lumber, windows and doors and construction relationships. Reach out to Ridley at www.ridley-windows.com his email [email protected], on social at FaceBook @ridleywindows and on IG @ridleywindowsanddoors

Find Jim Caruk @jimcaruk and @carukhallconstruction and Manny @hardcorerenos

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Let’s begin. Jason from @propertymaxdevelopment_corp discusses the pandemic and how there isn’t more support from so called “influencers” on social media. Jarrett from @pacificwildgeneralcontracting from Winnipeg brings up a new bullshit bylaw the city will be presenting to go after homeowners who didn’t get a permit. Andrew Maida from Georgian Renovations loves the show, would love to find the remaining seasons of Real Renos on Canadian Amazon Prime and would love to have a coffee with us to talk shop. We have Amy Perl from @amypeakson and @mydreamprep reaching out with a number of questions and all about her situation and we love it. She asks about union way, school, mom and pop shop or renovation co and she reminds us she’s 47 years young and has 3 kids. Thanks, Amy, for reaching out. Chris Goodwin @chrisscg82 sent Manny a pic of a lumber robbery at a local Home Hardware yard. It’s getting bad out there. Joe Rosselli shares his story about an opportunity to work for a company with full security vs staying on his own and building his own business and brand.

Josh @onhive asks will they shut down construction for 4 weeks? @rusty_carpenter reached out for stickers and thanked us for a great show. @matthewvincenttbg from Matthew Vincent Building Group since us a bunch of price increases. Jason from @thekeystonecontractor wants to be a part of and help out with the association coming soon and we share some exciting news about our association. M. A. P. @dlcinstalations a great comment about our show. Thank you, brother. @glenwoodconstruction with a couple of questions, how should we handle past clients contacting our trades and bypassing us? And should we breakdown our estimates even further? Ray from @buildingpassive and the fine work he’s doing on those side-by-side new builds. Jay McDonald from @elitehomerenovationsca has some big news coming and we support him with it and all the best Jay, we will shout it out when you’re ready. Griffin McCabe from @gcmccabe loved Manny’s interior van video and gave him ideas how to organize his trailer, plus he asking about security and how to protect your work vehicle investment.

@countryoakscontracting sent us a meme about a Fast and Furious stunt involving stealing lumber off a moving train. Shout out to Chris Mendolia, started at 16, he’s 18 now, OYAP student, huge fan of the show and he’s learning to build his skills. Find him @christhecanadiancarpenter. Filipe Juliao @filjuliao asks us would we rather hire a fresh kid or someone slightly older that is changing careers? Justin Misna @clearchoice_construction has a sad story to share about wanting to giveaway his older corded tools and the fiasco that unfolded online.

Kevin Soto from @ksinteriorllc asking clients need to speak up with us for lumber pricing. Ross Tyrell @tyrellconstruction sent Manny an image of distribution yards full of lumber and questioning what shortage. @craig7890 CDM Plumbing and Heating out of San Francisco, lumber is going crazy over there. Jarrett is back on the same show, twice, we love it, @pacificwildgeneralcontracting shares a story about a recent job and client, and her actions to hire another person while he was already on the job.

Find Jim Caruk @jimcaruk and @carukhallconstruction and Manny @hardcorerenos

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We open the show with a Portuguese classic Fabio belts out, thank you sir for such an amazing opening number.

We are at the Mare’s Carpentry and Construction Inc. Workshop and Jim and Manny are very impressed. Gary is back on the show, @marescarpentry the one and only email him at [email protected] and this time Gary has brought Fabio Andrerde from FNA Custom Woodworking @fabio.andrede51 and email him at [email protected] Fabio has been in Canada for 6 years, we have 2 finish trim carpenters on the show and we are going to be open and honest about the trade and the industry. Even the Old Man, the OG, the GodFather of woodworking shares a few words during the show as he hangs out for the conversation.

We begin by an upcoming giveaway from @bosshammerco we have 4 hammers to giveaway, stay tuned on how we are giving those away. Jim is disqualified from entry.

We talk about old school and new school, tricks and toys, we even discuss how Gary and the Old Man shaped a recent poplar jamb extension for a project for @wicklowcarpenter using his belly.

Joe from @uniquetouchcarpentry was scheduled to join us but things happened, we will schedule another show and have Joe on the show talking more finish carpentry, we miss you Joe. We dive even deeper into the world of adhesives and @akfixna and their line of products is shared and why. Pricing, we discuss pricing and how they don’t price off the drawings, the Old Man wants to go to the site and see the current state of the job site before submitting any price and they never do a price per square or linear foot. Who wins when it’s price per foot? How do you handle the extras? Since your tools are here, can you please…? Then everyone discusses the painter, where the clients make the mistake of hiring the wrong painter based on whatever budget is left over. You can’t…CAN’T. You need a professional painter to professionally paint the skilled trim work that has been recently completed. The talk even turns to stained wood trim carpentry with walnuts, white oaks, exposed material where you as a Trim Trade have to be perfect.

Towards the end of the show a huge special shout out to Tony from @tc.installations.inc and Jim said on the mic he will be calling you for some upcoming work. Thanks brother. We discuss how the rates of a finish carpenter has not risen as quickly and or fairly as most other trades, finish carpenters have a lot of liability with risk on the tools, risk hitting plumbing lines, electrical lines, the machinery they need to have for any given task. Finish carpenters should be compensated more than they are currently. Gary and the Old Man have always been about working together, building a construction community, other finish carpenters are never competition. A few more shout outs, Aaron from @wicklowcarpenter Andrew from @carpenteronsite Joel from @lanewaycustombuild Tony from @thetimbertailor great bunch of tradespeople and please reach out.

Thank you, Gary, aka 2nd in Charge, to the Old Man, the OG, the Godfather and Fabio for an amazing chat about finish carpentry and the invitation to your shop. Reach out to them both for your next project, you will not regret it.

Want a sticker, contact Manny at [email protected] or [email protected] or DM Manny @hardcorerenos He will mail you a sticker free of charge anywhere in the world.

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We are at the Skilled Trades College of Canada where Ralph started a hands on school for pre apprentice electricians, pre apprentice plumbers and he even started a introductory home reno course. With 65-70 student in each of the three school in the Toronto area, Ralph is adding to the industry. A little bit of background atmosphere as the classes are still going on when Jim and I arrive there to record a special show. Find the school at www.skilledtradescollege.ca on IG @stc_canada and email to reach Ralph or anyone at the school [email protected]

We get the students to step up to the microphone and Ask Jim and Manny anything they like to know more about. The questions and answers will add to the already growing positive vibe The Construction Life has created.

Ralph has been doing this school for 14 years now and he still runs his own electrical business, Neutron Electrical Contracting with a staff of 20, not bad for a small business.

On with the questions.

Samantha asks us – what is a typical day on site for us?

Chico asks us - What benefits do we think having these skills can contribute too the industry?

Savenish asks us – How valuable is renovating a basement before listing your property?

Kyle asks us – When you’re starting off what’s the biggest day to day battle? And When did we feel it was time to go off on our own? And how do we build a clientele?

Omar ask us – about being ripped off by General Contractors and how to avoid that?

Ron asks us – a two-part question, at 45 how tough is it for someone to start a career so late in life? How do we price our jobs?

Joseph asks us – about career changes early on?

Paul one of the instructors asks us – have we been able to upgrade our motorcycles from all the money we are making off the podcast? LOL. Paul does have a legit question even though Jim and Manny felt the motorcycle question was 100% legit. Paul wants to know if there is a way to weed out the bad flippers, the ones that don’t care and fly in and out to make a quick buck.

Eberhime asks us – How has Covid affected the materials costs for electricians?

Stevie asks us – where do we see electrical going in the near future? How big was the code book back in our day? LOL

Casey, asks us – What’s Jim’s favourite and lest favourite things about the Trades?

Eric asks us – what peeked our interest to get into trades?

If we had to start all over which trade would we choose?

Clive asks us – what are some good tips we can offer fresh out of school trade students? How do we stay motivated to go to work everyday?

Robbie and Callum ask us – How should we and when should we open up your own business? What tips could we share and what risks to avoid?

We end the questions with Frank the plumbing instructor at the school, a lot of the students speak highly of.

Thank you Ralph for the invitation and meeting all of the great students you are educating for the future of the construction industry.

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A minor technical glitch at the start of the show, 2 mins and then we get back to normal. Must be Manny with way too much on his plate these days. We discuss the rising costs of material, from lumber to metals, to everything is seeing increases and we begin with the why.

We begin the show with stats on how high lumber prices have gone from the 80’s to as recent as 2020 and how the USA is Canada’s #1 customer followed by China as #2 and that leaves next to nothing for the Canadian industry. Canada is a world leader when it comes to softwood and our government officials made deals to give it all away and that is the real reason why we are now paying for an $8 2X4.

Time for a RENOLUTION!!!

At the beginning of 2020 Jim and Dan of Caruk Hall decided to downsize after they invested into a new office space and they even had to let a few people go and consider where things were heading and Jim feels it will not be “normal” until 2022. As contractors we have to anticipate where the markets are heading and consider standing your ground with your labour rates but you also have to consider reducing your profit points, maybe lower 1 or 2 even 4 points that way we can still get the job and everyone has work.

We end today’s show on an interesting question, more of a four/five part question…how would you describe the perfect client and how would you describe a bad client? How would you describe a good or bad GC and what is your threshold for staying or walking away from the scope?

Thank you to everyone for adding their comments and two cents for this show.

@mas_araz @kyle1302 @jordanvers @versahomes @IamYodaOk @kb007 @nestorbarsllc @longjonggingers @homestarroofing @rahulderrodra @cluelessframer @viawoodworking @blucontractors @captainlirp @gibsoncarpentryinc @marleausactionmaintenance @dkmay87 @lewiswoodworking @yo.prmn @nickelgeneral @greekbuilder @blders.ca @tilebychristoppher @integrabell @e6analytics @upperlevelfinishes @b.curriecontracting @thejakedekker @electricallocal69 @ryanmatthews411 @lonewolfdrywall @ryanaberin @rjhattonrenovations @tonygdcontracting @mackconstructionsinc @fortunatos @cullenmch @stonesthrowconstruction @brydonperryconsinc @matthewvincentbg @khan.kharpentry @ksinteriorllc @binsplusdisposalsolutions @blackbroncoconstruction @nickoulton @northridgecorp @catarquiconstruction @renosbybill @cafecoccoalatte @mselyan @sever_homes @carpenteronsite @joemconstruction @baruchbuilderscorp @joefraschini @vanhoornscustom @ritewayconstruction @mikemooresold @macneilconstruction @gonellhomes @philbarbosa30 @hardworkcanada @righteouscontracting @sidde @rahulderodra @khan.kharpentry @nwoplumber @cascoagency @sheetmetalsteve @vivhosking @franksflooring @kylescustomwoodworks @tacobelli14 @jpstile @daytonhardwoodco

To all of our listeners, old and new, thanks for all the support, the kind words, the emails and messages about our little podcast. The word is spreading, tell your friends, family, subtrades, suppliers, tell everyone and anyone about The Construction Life.

Want a sticker, contact Manny at [email protected] or [email protected] or DM Manny @hardcorerenos He will mail you a sticker free of charge anywhere in the world.

Don’t forget to find Jim @jimcaruk @carukhallconstruction www.carukhall.com [email protected] 416 546-8602. Lastly, find Manny @hardcorerenos www.hardcorerenos.com and [email protected] 416 433-5737

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We are back at the R Club recording another great podcast with my guest co-host John from Craft and Clerk and Stones Throw Construction, we open the show with a few shout outs and a special shout out to the wine that John brings, thank you Sir.

Find Joe from Napa Valley Developments at www.napavalleycontracting.com and [email protected] and he is not on social media and Manny is very happy to hear that. The bell is wrung when Joe presents the truth behind a lot of social media images on construction business pages, are they really their work? The conversation gets a bit hot under the hood especially when Joe brings up TV renovations and how he refuses to discuss parallels with TV and a real construction to a potential client. Joe brings up his back story where he was the construction team on a show from the early 2000’s called Mondo Condo about renovating small spaces and he hated how TV pushed him, he worked for free and he disliked how TV always painted a negative image of contractors. Manny wonders where he has heard this before? Hmmmm. The stigma of “you’re just a contractor” sparks a debate across all three men and all three bring up some great points about how clients, designers, architects, the public perceives contractors.

John began his career in construction in 1982, working in subdivision track building as a labourer for a framing crew, framing 1100 sq ft homes in 4 days and the shit that he went through would literally make the new trades of today cry. The abuse he was subjected to would have child services on speed dial, but that’s how the industry was then and some people feel it should go back to that way, because things got done, and people were tested, confirming construction was for you.

Joe takes us down his construction path, from framing, to renos, to custom homes, to duplexes, triplexes, commercial, boutique condos builds and more, Joe has the skills to pay the bills, as John would say. These days Joe is actually comparing wood framing to concrete building for his triplexes and concrete is about par to wood and even if he was 15-30% more for concrete, he would still go with concrete because of the fire separation and added expense to safely secure wood framing for fire code. Things to consider these days.

What changed things for Joe was his Drive, his passion to move forward and while he was working, starting a family, he was driven to buy a place and flip it, so he did, then he bought a restaurant and partnered with his Uncles, bought more places and flipped them and still to this day he is still buying, working on them and selling them, even in today’s ridiculous real estate market. Joe says there is opportunity everywhere, just do the work and find them and besides he looks for places that most don’t want, whereas Joe has the skills to buy something that is not over his head.

What an amazing talk, thank you Joe. Loads of construction, old school, new school, restaurant building, cooking, handling clients and crews and so much more. Thanks you Joe for being on the show.

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Our first guests from outside of the Greater Toronto Area. We chat with two builders from Calgary, and we discuss how they build and what motivated them to begin Builders and Brews.

Here is the contact info.

Adrian: @uniqueprojectsyyc https://www.uniqueprojects.ca/

Byron; @brookwright_construction http://brookwright.ca/

Both involved in @buildersandbrews https://www.buildersandbrews.ca/ and @home_upkeep

http://homeupkeep.ca/

We apologize for the bad connection as we tried a new mixing board and were using Bluetooth connection with a mobile device. Future shows will not be like this and I am sure the guys will be back on the show soon.

We don’t open the show with our guests singing, instead we close thew show with our guests singing and you don’t want to miss that tune.

Jim opens up about your appearance, your brand, your face, and how to establish yourself to attract those million-dollar clients. The group discusses a very important detail in construction, site cleanliness and how it’s never beneath any GC to maintain a clean site. Byron shares a story of his site super, Brian and how some trade left the onsite toilet a mess and Brian went around to find out who and everyone was dick punched until he found the guilty party. At Brookwright there are a few company policies, such as Bum Touching Thursdays, and other great ways to build moral on the job site.

Adrian and Byron began looking at ways they could work together instead of against each other and that is how Builders and Brews was born and it’s been growing ever since. We discuss paying yourself again, because this needs to be understood. We discuss bridge loans and bank construction loans and lines of credit, milestones in construction to achieve next draw funds, we discuss, client relationships, where to find more clients and use “Mom” web sites and or committees to source out your next client, we discuss getting paid and why do we always have to feel bad about asking for money earned? We even discuss paying your trades what they ask because in the end will they have integrity, will they drop everything to handle any issues, will they be there for you?

Absolute pleasure speaking with Adrian and Byron and getting a better understanding of contractors out west, we all have similar ups and downs and the guys have great ideas on how to build better and build the construction industry. Thank you Gents.

Thanks for all the support, the kind words, the emails and messages about our little podcast. The word is spreading, tell your friends, family, subtrades, suppliers, tell everyone and anyone about The Construction Life.

Want a sticker, contact Manny at [email protected] or [email protected] or DM Manny @hardcorerenos He will mail you a sticker free of charge anywhere in the world.

Don’t forget to find Jim @carukhallconstruction www.carukhall.com [email protected] 416 546-8602. Lastly, find Manny @hardcorerenos www.hardcorerenos.com and [email protected] 416 433-5737

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Another great Question & Answer show with Jim and Manny. A jam-packed show with another long list of questions, comments, inquiries and more all about The Construction Life.

We open the show with Jim mentioning @renosforheroes and how the pandemic has made it tough to get donations to help our wounded soldiers. Jim and Manny as asking for tradespeople to go to the web site www.renosforheroes.organd donate any amount. Thank you so much for the support.

On with the show!!

Here is who reached out to us and thank you everyone for reaching out.

@hayesnulmandesigns wants to know how to scale up his business

@rabenbuilt – Does he partner up or continue to sub contract?

Tim from Ohio email comment

Updates from our good friend - @upperlevelfinishes

Tim Reed from Christiansburg, VA he left the business, now at 42 wants back in and wants to know how to ease back in

Danny Valado – a labourer for a large high rise builder would love to share his story on the show

@brook.peel – side hustle real estate opportunities

@libramplumbing – wants to learn how to improve his plumbing trade

Ryan Connolly – a 21 year old tradesperson would love to be a on the show and share his Millennial story.

The ASSOCIATION or should we be calling it a Mentorship. It is coming soon.

@mishaaksel – asks, what should a trade thinking about going on their own have?

Chris Goodwin from @chriscg82 – he’s 38 and wants to get into trades and thinks he might be too old.

@topline.painting – Increases in painting materials

Mr. Smith is Back with more insight into the building code and inspections.

Adam from @ozoconstruction – wants to know should he as a GC apply for permits?

@kiraveedesignbuild – clients keep asking him to itemize his estimates and they begin to cost compare trades.

@jake_buckman – Working exclusively for one builder, good or bad idea?

@hamiltondrywall – being robbed, truck broken into.

Lorenzo from @supersevengroup – Would love to see the Roundtable return, was curious about what Jim was up to and his google search found the podcast.

Aaron from @eastidohocarpenter – much respect for Jesse and the younger trades that step up.

@mas_araz Landscaping Company - The rising material costs

Stay tuned for a follow up show where we tackle the crazy rising costs of material and how an early morning story post on IG woke up 100’s of trades on line.

Thanks for all the support, the kind words, the emails and messages about our little podcast. The word is spreading, tell your friends, family, subtrades, suppliers, tell everyone and anyone about The Construction Life.

Want a sticker, contact Manny at [email protected] or [email protected] or DM Manny @hardcorerenos He will mail you a sticker free of charge anywhere in the world.

Don’t forget to find Jim @carukhallconstruction www.carukhall.com [email protected] 416 546-8602. Lastly, find Manny @hardcorerenos www.hardcorerenos.com and [email protected] 416 433-5737

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Let’s get dirty, we are talking about those heavy big boy toys full of all kinds of dirt, and concrete materials, we are going to dive into this world and the world that Laurie has been a part of for 22 years, and Parkview has been in business since 1995 and she doesn’t take any crap from anyone. We open the show by talking about her Dad, the person who built the business because nobody was doing what he needed done so with a few interesting phone calls to friends and family, Parkview Building Supplies was born. Welcome to Stone Therapy with Laurie.

We get right into all the different types of material they offer and the purposes behind each one, always comparing the bad vs the good trades out there. Why is that the yard once they open and the first trades walk in for material the place smells like a skunk, 7am pot smoking landscapers?

Back in 95, Laurie and company started seeing a shift in construction and felt it was time to shift gears from old school dinosaur mentality and bring things to a new more efficient way of offering customer service. Clients really have no idea what outdoor construction really costs and when they have finished the interior the budget that is left over in truly a fraction of what they really require.

We discuss the rising costs of material and how has the current world climate affected Parkview. When you have costs of containers going from $1300.00 last year to higher than $6000.00 and its turned into the container mafia with bidding overtaking everything. Time to look in our own backyard but then we have to deal with trends and clients requests.

Manny asks the question, where are clients going wrong when it comes to outdoor construction? Laurie tells us straight up what they are doing wrong.

Enjoy the great secrets that are shared about planting tomatoes. And lastly we discuss Nona and how Nono was going to be a nun and now she makes Nono meat on Fridays, something Laurie wished she never heard. Magically Laurie reveals the calculation for yardage, please write this down. The depth in inches, divided by 12, multiply by the square footage, and divided by 27 and that’s how you get the volume.

Thank you so much Laurie for being on the show and highlighting the wonderful world of building materials, keep doing what you’re doing, passion with fashion. Find her at www.parkviewonline.ca email her at [email protected] 416 752-4748 and www.romalaltd.com for their shoring and excavation part of the business.

Thanks for all the support, the kind words, the emails and messages about our little podcast. The word is spreading, tell your friends, family, subtrades, suppliers, tell everyone and anyone about The Construction Life.

Thank you to John my Guest CoHost from @craftandclerk and @stonesthrowconstruction and www.craftandclerk.comand www.stonesthrowconstruction.com

Reach out to Joe and Trevor at the following info. www.venturesxcanada.ca find them on Social Media @venturesxoakville reach them at 289 644-2393 and email [email protected]

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Joel, like Noel, is Laneway Custom Builds, a red seal framer from North Bay came to Toronto nearly a decade ago and jumped into urban construction. Joel has come across almost every type of “urban” scenario, neighbors, deliveries, inspections, tradespeople, working in very tight lots and spots, did we mention neighbors? Getting started with garage building, with his own being the first due to the neighborhood arsonist being kind enough to set his car on fire. Joel had absolutely nothing to do with the fire. He built his garage, another neighbor wanted a garage, and another and off he went with his construction business.

Laneway approval is only a couple of years old in Toronto and the city is starting to make things a lot easier for more and more homeowners to apply and construct more laneway homes. Visit the web site https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/planning-studies-initiatives/changing-lanes-the-city-of-torontos-review-of-laneway-suites/

We get into all the utilities attached in building the laneway and how all of it has to come off the main home. Best to review all the options and possibly handle these upgrades and changes before the building permit is even issued. Joel even scopes all of the drains to see what they may be up against and the homeowners might consider upgrading the waste lines at that point. From there the construction begins and it’s conventional building, 2x6 framing, batts, mechanical run throughs. Joel is finding working with forward thinking architects and homeowners is allowing him to take the conventional to new levels and build more efficiently. Joel is currently working with Solares Architecture https://www.solares.ca and what are the odds, there office is at 1113 College Street, the home where Manny used to live as a kid.

Joel introduces the listeners to a new way to do a slab on grade, ICF slab on grade by http://www.legalett.ca well worth checking it out. This product was used at the University of Toronto laneway homes and that is how Joel heard about it.

Joel has a new title given to him by his trades, #Air Boss, it’s all about air leakage and making sure trades do not make unnecessary holes and correctly seal any and all necessary holes. We discuss design layouts and really thinking outside the drafting box. We also chat about costs and realizing that laneway building is a premium construction budget and clients should understand that when they research. Laneway Homes are a great idea and time to move away from the fact only cars live back there.

Thank you so much Joel for finally being on the show and sharing your day to day. Love to have you back talking a lot more about construction. Find Joel @lanewaycustombuild on IG, www.lanewaycustombuild.ca and email him for your next project [email protected]

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