Kelly Kustom Homes

4 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 10 Carter has been happily following in her dad’s footsteps since she was 6 and saw her first new home coming up. A 2010 graduate of Mount Royal University in Calgary, Carter is known for her keen eye for helping clients. “Officially, I took home a pay-cheque for the first time in 2021,” she reveals, quippingly adding, “I just worked for free for a while!” Since Kelly Kustom Homes began 18 years ago, it has built 70 customized homes for some 130 happy clients. “We will build anywhere in Calgary and near surrounding areas within Alberta,” says Wenstrom. “As a family-run business, we only use quality materials and trades we trust. We feel that everybody deserves their dream home.” Carter concurs. “A lot of times, custom comes with a very hefty price tag, but for us, we’re a small company, and we’re in small communities,” she notes. “We give a lot of people the opportunity to build custom without having to go into that million-dollar range, and that’s pretty rare.” It’s this smaller-is-beautiful, customizable approach that sets Kelly Kustom Homes apart from big-box competitors that might advertise