Don't get us wrong, we love to get our hands dirty, but that’s not what we’re here for. We are not here to teach you how to be a jack/jill-of-all-trades and DIY your own home because we believe an investment this big shouldn't be learnt as you go. We’re not a DIY community, and here’s why…

If your mind is on a continuous loop of questions or uncertainty, you don’t have complete clarity on your project, and your to-do list is never ending - test out a few of these tools! You might be surprised at how helpful (including financially helpful), mindful, and seamless your home project will run when you utilize these programs to help you out.

Five years ago, I purchased a piece of property and set into motion my own new home project and all the hurdles you typically come up against. Being in the industry, it was nothing that my retired contractor dad, my machine operator husband and I, an architectural designer, couldn’t handle, but I got to see it for the first time from my clients perspective.

The results are not what I expected…