Business View Magazine | December 2020

60 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2020 very high standard. The quality of the individual that works with LCS has to be high.” Building a home in Ontario’s remote waterfront areas can be challenging, but not insurmountable. “Particularly in Ontario, we are trying to make building a custom home as easy as possible,” says Mascott. “The goal is to make it accessible and make it cost transparent to people so that they feel willing to invest the money and live their dream lifestyle. That’s really what motivates us and drives us.” Linwood Homes has trademarked the term “Site- Specific Design” and used it for over 20 years due to the fact that it builds on remote sites so frequently. “Remote sites are certainly something that we have never shied away from doing. If anything, it has actually made us better as a company because we’ve seen such diversity in different sites and lot conditions,” says Mascott. A great example was a home that Linwood Homes completed in Alaska that was complete barge access, there were no roads on the island and the material package was helicoptered up from the barge to the build site. Site-Specific Design is all about understanding the lot, orientation of the home, and what foundation to use. This is an important part of the Linwood design process. Determining how work crews will get to and from the site is up to the company, as well. It’s all part of the pre-construction planning and can be an interesting challenge, especially if the lake doesn’t have barge service. LCS also looks after all of the infrastructure services required. Mawer notes, “If it’s a virgin lot that hasn’t been built on before, we look after putting in the septic system, drilling wells, bringing hydro in. If hydro’s not available, we’ve done off-grid homes that rely on generators or solar power.” Dream homes begin with just that – a dream. From there, building on that dream can take shape. “In Ontario, with the combination of Linwood Homes and LCS, we will actually sign on with someone, even before they purchase