Brownstone Estates, led by founder and director Cody Brown, is an acclaimed Winnipeg builder of high-end luxury homes. Throughout their seven-year history, they have primarily designed and built homes on spec and then marketed and sold the finished products, but in recent years they have started working more and more for clients directly. In a short time, they have become one of the premier options in Winnipeg and Kenora for clients looking for beautifullydesigned and immaculatelyfinished custom estate homes. Though Brownstone Estates was only founded seven years ago, Cody has personally been working in construction since he was 16 years old. Prior to starting his own business, he spent close to 15 years working with Maple Leaf Construction, a local heavy civil construction company. While in that role, he bought a new house for his growing family and attempted several times to hire a contractor to renovate it. His bad experiences made him realize there was a niche in the market: “The first contractor I called I worked with for a few months, but when it came time to start the job I asked him some questions that he didn’t have the answers for,” Cody recalls. “I got cold feet, he could sense that, and he kept asking for a deposit. I kept asking more questions and then all of a sudden he just kind of ghosted me. He stopped answering calls. Ultimately that was for the best because the budget he had given us turned out to be wrong for the work that actually needed to be done.” “So I moved on to another builder and asked for help,” he continues. “He said ‘yes,’ so I started working with him. Then I said ‘Okay, so we need an architect, we need to some demolition, et cetera.’ He said ‘Oh, you take care of that stuff and we’ll help you once you got it all ready to go.’ So that guy wasn’t much of a help.” OCTOBER 2023 Photo: Suite Six Design
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