The realtor who’s also a tradesman.
Red Seal carpenter. Engineering technologist. Thirty-five years in heavy industry. Off-grid for years up north. I bring all of it to every deal — because a house is more than a photo and a price.
I can’t take fifty listings and answer none of my calls.
What I love is the part most agents skip — the zoning, the water licence, the septic, the second opinion. The work that protects a family from a deal that should never have happened.
I’ve watched people get sold trailers that should never have been sold, properties without water rights, lots you can’t legally build on. People one bad purchase away from real trouble. I keep ending up the one who cleans it up — so now I’d rather be the one at the table before the offer is signed.
That means I take fewer listings and I see them through. The inspection. The water licence. The contract clause that gives you the right to check the septic two days before you pay. The honest “don’t buy this one.” A lot of my best work has been for people who barely felt like clients — just neighbours who needed help.
If you want a realtor who knows the house, the land, and the paperwork — and who’ll still pick up the phone after you have the keys — that’s the whole idea.
35 years, heavy industry
Three and a half decades in the oil patch — including running multi-billion-dollar jobs. Where you learn that the first rule is: when one guy goes down, you don't go down with him. Plan, check, protect.
Red Seal carpenter
A hard-earned Red Seal ticket. I know framing, foundations, roofs, and renovations from the inside — not from a listing photo.
ASET technologist
An engineering-technology background that lets me read drawings, systems, and site conditions, and know when to call for a second opinion — and how to get one efficiently.
Lived it up north
Years of off-grid living. Solar, water, septic, heat, access — I've relied on these systems myself, so I know what a remote or rural property really needs.
Licensed REALTOR®
I got my real-estate licence at fifty. Late, on purpose — the 35 years before it are exactly what make me useful at the table.
Tickets, diplomas & certifications.
Not just talk. Red Seal carpentry, real-estate licensing through UBC Sauder, scaffolding, construction law, project and financial management, FINTRAC compliance — earned over decades. Scroll through, and click any one to read it.