is also a testament to the quality that Make It Home provides. Over the years, that quality has also been recognized with a long list of industry accolades and awards from respected industry bodies. Since 2013, for example, the company has been the winner of 18 RenoMark Renovation Awards from the Manitoba Home Builders’ Association (MHBA), and four National Awards for Housing Excellence from the Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA). (Recently, at the 2023 MHBA Milestone Awards, Make It Home was also recognized for being a 10 Year Member.) According to Doreen, that history of industry recognition is largely a credit to the company’s tried-and-true roster of subcontractors and tradespeople. She says they have been working with many of those partners for over 15 years now: “We work with the same people over and over and over again,” she says. “Our expectations are well communicated to everyone we work with.” Speaking of communication, Doreen says that’s the key with subcontractors. She says the partners they stick with are the “ones who communicate well.” “We’re looking to create longlasting partnerships,” she says. “We’re looking to work together. When we quote a project, we want to be able to quote it as a team. So we need their input. It’s not that we secure the client and then we secure our contractors – we secure our contractors and then we secure our client.” “A lot of the same goes for our suppliers,” she adds. “We work with the same people over and over again. We have some suppliers who have been with us from the beginning, all 19 years. The reps have changed as their staff has turned over – but they actually haven’t changed a lot. With some of our main suppliers, I can count on one hand the number of reps we’ve dealt with in their showrooms. We’ve had a lot of continuity and that’s been very valuable.” THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA
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