AUGUST 2024 “We’re an early, six-year-old company, but a third of the trades we started out with we continue to use today,” he says. “We’re cautious of taking the lowest quote. We look deeper when bidding out a project. It’s as important that a job is finished properly and on time as it is quoting a good price. There’s a balance between economics and reliability.” Their attention to the little things can be seen in two of Fairbrother Homes’ projects. Last fall they completed a custom home in Maple Ridge, and recently they completed a spec home duplex which is on the market now near the Italian Cultural Centre in East Vancouver. “It’s a nice location and floor plan. We’re very happy with this project,” says Thomas. “The team would rate it a 9 out of 10 or better. There’s very little we would do differently”. Once this duplex is sold, they will start on another spec home. “Ideally, we want to build two custom homes and one spec home per year at a minimum, depending on the municipality and permitting timeline,” says Thomas. “We like being the size we are. Because of the volatility of the building process, it is unrealistic to believe we will get the right number of projects all the time. We may go 3-6 months without an active construction project, but if someone offers us five projects tomorrow and asks if we can adequately manage it, we are confident in our teams ability to manage a project or projects of that scope.” Thomas feels that Fairbrother Homes has that capacity if the market demands it, but his primary concern is that they feel good about the projects they do. “Pride in the finished product is as important as making an income for us,” he says.
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