provider has requirements we need to meet, and as a team, we exceed all those requirements.” “We also build really safe homes,” he adds. “We build homes that people can live in for a long time and homes they can age into. When we build a house, we build it with features that make it really easy to add grab-bars and zero thresholds, at a later date. Our homes are fully wheelchair accessible, and clients can add all the extra elements and items they need as they age. Our customers can stay in their homes as long as possible. I think that’s very comforting to them.” One more ‘big reason,’ Lloyd says, is the company’s ability to self-perform a significant percentage of the scope of each project. They aren’t relying solely on subcontractors – they employ 16 full-time employees, many of them carpenters, and they perform all their own exterior and interior finishes. “That’s huge these days,” Lloyd explains. “For one, there’s a labour crunch. If we were relying solely on subcontractors, we wouldn’t have very much control over our schedules.” “Also, we’re very designfocused, and our carpenters understand that,” he says. ‘’They know the drill. They’re used to providing an MLK-level finish. We don’t have to teach them what that means on every single project. They know what that means, they understand the expectations, and they deliver to those expectations consistently.” The company’s commercial clients tend to choose MLK Properties for the same big reasons – though Lloyd believes they also have a couple additional points of difference THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA
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