Duncan Harwood Custom Homes

According to Matt Spence, founder and owner, Duncan Harwood’s dream-realizing ability is a credit to their staff, and the deep well of knowledge and expertise they possess. He says the company is backed by many years’ experience in project management, architectural design, customer service, and sales. He calls that vast and varied experience “our main point of difference.” Matt has personally been working in the industry since high school, when he was finishing basements and workingpart time inwoodshops. Since then, he has embarked on an unusually varied career: he has obtained a BCIN design license; he’s worked with cabinet-making companies; he spent years with EllisDon, one of the largest construction and building services companies in the world. In his time with EllisDon, in particular, Matt says he received “some of the best training you can get.” He also got the chance to be involved in some large scale ICI projects. In that role, he was involved in a number of large scale and high profile projects, including the Ivey Business School and the Western Fair District Agriplex in London, Ontario. Homebuilding was always a dream of his, however, and in 2017 he moved on and founded his own business to pursue that dream. DUNCAN HARWOOD CUSTOM HOMES “The first iteration of Matt’s company was called ‘Duncan Harwood Design Build.’ In order to build their reputation, they started by taking on smaller projects, mostly kitchen and bathroom renovations.”