The Construction Source

JUNE 2021 Gursharan realized their love for building homes. It didn’t take long for them to move into building full time. Gursharan says that “building a successful business takes a lot of perseverance and grit.” He credits his and Kulwant’s perseverance to his parents and his grandparents, and to the “entrepreneurial spirit” they passed on: “My grandfather had a small street food shop in India where he sold sweets,” he recalls. “In Canada, my father and my mother decided to open a restaurant in downtown Toronto. Both Kulwant and I spent a fair amount of our lives in that space. I was a bit younger, so I learned a lot by osmosis, while Kulwant was more involved in the operations of the business. She helped manage it day-to-day. That experience has helped drive us forward.” When Gursharan and Kulwant committed full-time to PCH, they focused on the “affordable luxury” market. After research and experimentation in Calgary’s inner-city new home market, they discovered affordable luxury homes were highly desirable. As such, in the years since, they have grown quickly in size and reputation, and have doubled their output for several consecutive years. These days, PCH builds a variety of homes and various inner- city neighbourhoods, with values ranging from $600,000 to $1 million. Their customers can enter the customisation process at any time during the project. For example, PCH may start a spec home to be sold once completed. Sometimes the home is completed and sold on the open market. But often, customers enter the process mid-way, and PCH works with them to add unique customisation to the home. “We do the heavy lifting on the boring parts and leave the fun for our customers,” Gursharan says. No matter what stage of the building they become involved,