The Spruce Homes Show Brad & Kaitlyn Blair

This one is going to get you thinking!  If you think custom home building is complicated, wait until you listen to this one :).  We are joined with Amelie Caron to talk about energy efficiency, high performance homes, and different ways to think about affordability and the investments you make into your home.  If you are interested in smart building and data driven building decision, this episode is for you!  We are entering into a new era of home construction, and this episode will help bring a little bit of insight into what that looks like.

Have you ever considered completing your own build or renovation?  Is it coming from a point of pride or a way to save some money?  On today's episode, we are joined by Dustin Sikler and Heather Fritz to talk about their personal experiences.  Both have completed renovations and builds of their own - some by themselves and others with professional builders.  We sit down with them to have a frank conversation about their experience and see things from their side of the table plus bring up some things to think about ourselves.  If you are considering building or renovating, this is a MUST listen!  

Affordability, quality, and sustainability are at the forefront of the home building conversation right now.  Those three concepts are very difficult to combine in our worlds current climate and it’s critical that we have people on our side advocating for us (as builders and consumers).  In today’s episode we talk with the Saskatoon & Region Home Builder’s Association to understand the importance of the work they do for us as home buyers (locally, provincially and federally) and also to understand the importance of building or renovating with reputable companies that are part of a local association!

On today's episode we are VERY excited to welcome a special guest, Kerri Tucker!  Kerri is a real estate agent here in Saskatoon and has a very personal story about the risks of radon. On this episode Brad and Kerri talk about what radon is and why you NEED to be aware of it.  We live in a province that contains high radon exposure, so being educated and aware is important.  Enjoy this episode and share it with everyone you know to get this important message out there!  

Living in Saskatchewan, we often get questions about building through the winter.  Should you? Shouldn't you?  How does the process change and how can that affect both quality and pricing?  In todays episode, Brad dives into some of those questions and gives you some answers, busts some myths about off season building and gives some general takeaways to consider!  

In today's episode, Brad and Kaitlyn talk about the top ten things they would consider including in a custom home.  The joys of custom building is that you get to design a home that is beautiful, functional and comfortable.  We consider all three of these in our top 10.  We'd love tp hear what you would include - find us on Instagram and comment with your top inclusions!