Successful teams thrive on collaboration built on open communication, trust, and shared goals to navigate renovation challenges. Award-winning designer Jessica Bremner and builder Andrew Kennedy showcase the synergy of design and construction, demonstrating the dedication it takes to achieve exceptional results. Tune in now!
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About the Speaker
ANDREW KENNEDY, OWNER/OPERATOR, KENNEDY CONSTRUCTION
Andrew has been in the game since completing his Red Seal Certificate from BCIT in 1999, and continues to stay on top by training through various organizations to be up-to-date with all the latest building techniques. He is a certified Passive Home tradesperson, giving him an advanced approach to energy-efficient design and construction.
Local through and through, Andrew gained his experience working with reputable building professionals who taught him the importance of high standards. He’s done custom millwork, high-end renovations, complex additions and custom home builds—the work ethic gained from his years of working for others has translated into his business values. While Andrew oversees every job, his confidence in the team to carry forward the values he instilled from the early days gives him the opportunity to maintain a bird’s eye view of the work.
When he’s not busy with work, Andrew loves to spend time with his wife and two young boys at their family cabin, spending time with grandparents, and making memories.
JESSICA BREMNER, PRINCIPAL DESIGNER, JESSICA BREMNER DESIGN
Meet Jessica, the visionary founder of our interior design firm. Her journey into the world of interior design is fueled by a passion for instilling inspiration in people’s lives through their connection to their homes.
Jessica’s firm belief is that a beautifully designed space not only enhances aesthetics but also profoundly influences how people feel and function. She approaches each project with an understanding of the “psychology of space,” striving to create environments that resonate with the unique essence of each client.
As a natural creative, Jessica’s affinity for the arts has been a lifelong pursuit. Growing up in a construction-intensive family has imbued her with a natural talent for design. Her self-taught journey extends to experiences in travel, which she considers integral to her creative evolution. Jessica honed her skills at BCIT, where she studied Interior Design, and brings a unique background in Finance to her creative pursuits.
In her personal life, Jessica finds joy and inspiration in her role as a mother to her toddler daughter, Lenora. Balancing the demands of motherhood with her professional endeavors, Jessica draws from the everyday experiences of family life to infuse warmth and practicality into her designs.
Jessica and her dedicated team specialize in crafting high-quality designs that seamlessly marry beauty with functionality. Through the years, they have fostered enduring relationships with trades and suppliers, both locally and internationally. Vancouver is not just where Jessica works; it’s her proud home, surrounded by a community of talented industry professionals who continue to inspire her.
Proud of her diverse portfolio, strong work ethic, and creative instincts, Jessica’s journey is a testament to her commitment to creating spaces that reflect the essence of each client
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MTCO Ep 72 Kennedy Construction Jessica Bremner Design Transcript
Jennifer Lee
0:00
Hey Mike, we’re back with Season 8 of Havan’s Podcast, Measure Twice, Cut Once.
- Mike
0:07
It’s always great to be back in the studio and always great to be having these amazing conversations especially this season because this season is focusing on award winning projects and there’s absolutely nothing better, well let’s take it a step back, there’s nothing better than seeing amazing people win the awards that they so, so deserve. But beyond that, it’s great learning from people who’ve gone through this process because they can show us the process of how they got to where they got, but also some of the insight that went into creating that project. So we’re really excited about this episode and we are today welcoming Andrew Kennedy, who’s the owner and operator of Kennedy Construction, and Jessica Bremner, the principal designer of Jessica Bremner Design Studio. Welcome to Measure Twice, Cut Once.
Jessica
Thank you so much.
Andrew
Thank you.
- Jennifer Lee
0:52
I’m excited to finally have Andrew on the show because at the awards Andrew tried to avoid my red carpet so finally I get you on the microphone. I wasn’t avoiding I didn’t notice you were trying to find me. You were just too excited about your wins. It’s probably what it was. I was running around with my words.
- Mike
1:09
And so you should. I mean listen at the end of the day you think about how many projects are built in the lower mainline every Year and then of those how many were even nominated and those who become finalists So you’re already in a very elite group of people and then to walk up on stage Wow, what’s big honor that don’t don’t don’t glaze over that. That’s a big deal
- Jessica
1:28
Yeah, and we’ve worked together for years. I think winning together for me also meant a lot
- Andrew
1:34
Yeah, it was it was really awesome because you know, I mean Jessica used to work with me in her office. She started as a young designer and it was great having her work through me and watch her grow and become an amazing designer she is today.
- Jessica
1:53
Yeah, now we still love working together. It’s just always been a really natural fit. I’ve known the team and the people on the ground building, so it’s always really nice to have that like open communication and friendly rapport with the people that you’re working with.
- Jennifer Lee
2:09
It’s also a big honour to be interviewed by Jen on the red carpet, but you know, I’m going to leave it at that. I’m sorry about that, Jen. I really love your story, though, because usually when we meet contractors and designers, they meet on a project. I like the fact that you actually started at Kennedy Construction.
- Jessica
2:29
He hired me when I was still in design school. So there was a lot of learning on my part together and he’s taught me so much. So I yeah, it’s just again, a natural fit.
- Andrew
2:45
Yeah, I think the great thing is that Jessica worked with us that she understand building from the ground up and she understands the process and she’s You know done it and she’s done you know a bit of project coordination for us and she’s always been great with the clients.
- Mike
3:02
Well, I think you just underscored one of the hallmarks of success in this business and the one consistency that we’ve seen Holy moly eight seasons of doing this now is that firstly these projects don’t come to life with any one person. It takes a team. And secondly, when you’re working with the right designer, they have relationships with great builders. When you’re working with great builders, they have relationships with great designers, and it just underscores what we’ve been saying all along. Pick your team very, very carefully because the team you pick correlates the results you pick. You have a good experience. You might have an okay experience. You might be winning Havan awards. It all depends on who you choose to work with and it sounds like you guys have a great synergy.
- Jessica
3:43
I couldn’t agree with that more, having like a good team is the formula to a successful smooth project because that communication is so essential to a positive outcome I think for everyone.
- Jennifer Lee
3:56
Well I imagine the accountability too
- Mike
4:00
because we have two people don’t know each other that the passing the buck could occur But I know that’s probably not going to ever happen here. So you actually have better communication forwarding to better end results, right?
- Jessica
4:10
Oh, absolutely
Jennifer-Lee
Yeah, and Andrew has now set the bar high for you for when you work with other builders, right? I like can’t I full honesty It’s so hard because building that trust designers have a bad rap like we all know this We all know that it’s like an undertone with contractors Oh this designer and I never feel that way when I work with Kennedy construction Maybe they talk a little bit behind my back. They should know whatever but you know like there is a respect that’s being built and I think that’s so important. It is because you’re not going to be able to get the end result I know from being involved in construction through my family’s business and it’s like again going back it’s a team and when you don’t understand each other or you discount someone’s work because you have an opinion of how that job should look and feel it’s not going to work out for the client and that’s the end of the day that’s why you’re doing it. It’s not for you guys, you’re not going to live in the house with the clients. If you do that’s a totally different story but you want to make sure the client has a great experience.
- Jessica
5:14
Well, and sometimes I have like these ideas and I’m not always sure how to like bring them to vision, but I can call up these guys and be like, is this a crazy idea? How about we try this? And they’re like, yes, this is how we can do it. This is how much it’s going to cost. And we can work together to like make something that’s feasible, functional, on budget. And it’s just a casual phone calling conversation. I talk to these guys like multiple times a day. So it’s nice to have that.
- Jennifer Lee
5:39
Was there anything in any of the projects that you went for that you had to give one of those phone calls to, to see if it was feasible?
- Jessica
5:46
Oh, it happens on every project. So for example, our accessibility home, we really wanted to vault the main space and we really wanted to do this like ceiling detail in the primary. It was a total pain in the butt.
- Jessica
5:59
We had to bring in the engineer work, but they understood the vision and they trusted the vision and we worked together to create something that really changed the feel of the space, especially for a little rancher.
Mike
6:12
Well, let’s dive into these projects because unfortunately we only have limited time. I mean, if we had four hours, we could really get granular here, but we don’t, at least not this episode. So the couple of projects that you won awards for, and it was great, we were all at the awards as well And we love seeing our colleagues go up there and win those awards. It’s so awesome to see and you know You guys look pretty happy, so that’s a great. Let’s talk about the first project so you won an award for best renovation 1 million under 1.5 million It was called Arborland homestead overhaul Can you guys tell us a little about? first of all the people behind the home and second of all what the results were after those conversations with those people and what you were trying to achieve in doing that type of renovation?
- Andrew
6:54
Well I mean it was I mean they were first off they were great people they were very local they’ve been in that home for many years. Their kids you know the kids kind of grew up there have two children the kids grew up in that home they love the area they don’t want to move and you know their renovation kind of you know they wanted more space and you know so we so you know they just we just got designed a big addition on you know addition on the on the house and then and then yeah and then actually turns out we were you know mid we started to dig around the back of the house and put an addition on the back and it turns out it was actually very old trees, it was like really poor land. So we had to quickly pivot on that project and redesign and add the addition on the side of the house instead.
- Jessica
7:50
Yeah, so we had done the full design package, elevations, lighting plan, everything and we had to rework the design and the finishes in the new footprint, which was a bit of kind of a surprise, obviously, but I think in the end, a lot of these things happened for a reason. I think we ended up with a much better project at the end and a lot more functional space for the client. So I always tell my clients, you have to plan until you’re blue in the face and then be extremely flexible. And that’s kind of what keeps renovations exciting, in my opinion.
- Jennifer Lee
8:29
It was almost like a love it or list it moment. Did you have to give them the bad news and be like, sorry, we can’t do it this way.
- Jessica
8:36
Those pile foundations were not cheap.
- Andrew
8:39
Well, you know, they were very understanding people, right? So they understood and it was just, when they looked at the numbers and make it in the back, it was just, it was going to be too expensive and too many unknowns and So then we quickly pivoted to making put an addition on the side in actual fact I think this the design we did now or we completed is much better. It was more cost-effective
- Andrew
9:04
We got the vaulted ceiling the vaulted ceilings and a better kitchen layout and we still had to do You know these pilings, you know, because it was very soft ground. We dug down and we found like old fir trees buried and you know, just the land is I guess just kind of lots of fill there. So we didn’t know how far to dig so we had to work with engineers and geotechs trying to you know most cost-effectively put some helo piles down and make that so we can put the addition on the house.
- Jessica
9:37
And I think it’s always hard for clients when we look at these budgets on these pretty large renovations. I always warn them a lot of money goes into stuff that you can’t see. So we need to be responsible on the design end of things,
- Jessica
9:53
Like making smart decisions there and making sure that you have that contingency because with renovations and large extensions, you just never know what you’re going to find. So I think that is really important, just setting that expectation before you start construction that like, we’re going to find something. Because have you ever worked on a project where you haven’t found anything?
- Jessica
10:16
No. No, right? Like, there’s always something. And these clients, having that open communication, and they were just so nice.
- Andrew
10:22
Yeah, I think they realized they were trying to do areas of the home and they were trying to meet a budget under a million and they just sort of realized, you know what, this home was just too dated.
- Jessica
10:38
Yeah, it was their forever home so they just decided to one, do it all at once because bringing people in multiple times is disruptive to a family, especially with kids. And obviously, having all the trades there, it does make some financial sense at the same time
- Jennifer Lee
10:57
if you can swing it.
- Mike
10:58
With all these things that came up, what, well I guess at a higher level, what was the timeline like for the renovation and what did these challenges do to the timeline and how do people handle it when they go, I signed a one year lease for a place and now I have to get an 18 month lease for a place. Like how do you deal with these situations as they come up? Because it’s certainly not unique to you guys. I think this is a very common issue. We’re surprised.
- Andrew
11:20
Yeah, I mean, luckily these people were able to, you know, obtain a month by month rental just around the corner. So they had some, luckily they had some flexibility in the rental as we had to pivot on the project. What was the timeline overall for that project? I don’t even remember. It was going to be first it was going to be about eight months and then it turned out to be about just over a year I think.
- Mike
11:47
Did those findings in the backyard like did you have to alter your permit? Did that?
- Andrew
11:53
Yeah so we had to yeah we had probably about two month delay where we had to do revisions and then resubmit and then then we had the Geotech in there and then Christmas came and then it was weather, it snowed a lot so it was probably a couple of weeks where we couldn’t really do any drilling in the backyard there.
- Jessica
12:12
And I think this is, like when stuff like this comes up, it really speaks to like the relationship you have with the client, right? Like those expectations that you have set and the open communication that you’ve set and the team like working together to make up time, come up with solutions and just like reassure the client that it’s going to be okay, right? Renovations are stressful and I think if they see a sweat, it just makes them feel a little bit more stressed.
- Andrew
12:41
Yeah. We have constant communication with them, so.
- Jennifer Lee
12:45
And having the right builder too because the thing is when you’re dealing with property, especially in Irfan, you can have rock that you have to blast. Or like you said, you had some maybe more squishier ground. So if somebody hires a contractor that’s not necessarily going to hire the Geotech, know what they’re looking for, the foundation of whatever structure you’re going to build is
- Jennifer Lee
13:05
going to collapse in a few months, might not even get approved.
- Jessica
13:10
So it’s really important to have somebody that knows what they’re doing. Well, and if you don’t have a team that especially like knows the area, knows the permit process, like that can cause a lot of delays on your project. Like if we run into these issues, we know the specialists that we need to talk to. We know who we need to connect with at the district or the city to kind of work through these things in a very efficient manner. And working in the shore so like, you know, we have people’s numbers, you know.
- Jennifer Lee
13:39
We know people.
- Andrew
13:43
Absolutely, yeah.
- Mike
13:44
So this is really cool stuff, but this is only one project. There’s another project, and it’s a very different project. Yeah. However, before we can talk about that project, we have to take a two minute break to thank our sponsors.
- Mike
13:57
So if you guys can hold on for two minutes, we are going to dig into this next one, because this next one is really cool.
- Jennifer Lee
14:04
Not that the other one wasn’t cool. We teased it a little bit at the beginning because you talked about vaulted ceiling in the universal project so excited about that. Learn more in a second. All right, let’s go.
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- Mike
15:42
All right we are back with Andrew Kennedy from Kennedy Construction, Jessica Bremner from Jessica Bremner Design. Now the other award that you won was Best Universal Designed Home. We just want to set the table before we start the conversation. So back in the day we used to talk about something called aging in place. However accessibility certainly exceeds aging in place and there’s a lot of other arguments for creating universally accessible design. Before we talk in the specifics of the home, can you each give us a short take on what you consider a universal design home to be? What are some of the elements? What should someone be thinking about? Because this is going to be a term that’s going to come up more and more and let’s be honest, we’re all getting older.
- Mike
16:22
So it’s going to be a discussion we’re going to have to start having more and I’d love to get your respective takes on it, please.
- 5
16:27
Well, Jess, I think, uh,
- Andrew
16:28
yeah, I’ll start.
- Jessica
16:29
So accessible design to me is typically single floor living. In this project, we added an elevator so that if they wanted to access the basement, um, they could. We also future planning, if they ever needed an in-home caretaker, we kind of allocated space for that. And then more importantly, just the flow of how they were living, we made sure that there was larger circulation paths, good space around the bed for them to get in and out of, wider hallways, larger spaces around the island and the kitchen, no curbs on the floor, curbless shower. And then too, we added grab bars in the showers and bathrooms that they would be using on a regular basis. And what I really wanted to prove with this project is that accessibility could be sexy. And I think that when people think grab bars and, like, accessibility, they have these kind of, like, you know, old school washrooms at the hospital. Like, that’s what they’re thinking when they think grab bars. And I just wanted to prove that it didn’t have to look like that.
Jennifer Lee
17:34
I agree. I feel like I’m picturing things that I think of like, or like a senior’s home and you’re like, and even those have evolved in design, but like the really old rustic ones that you see on TV and you’re like, okay, these clients trusted us and we got this really modern, sexy space that was kind of moody and layered and we love it.
Jessica
17:58
I wanted it to feel like a high end resort and I definitely think we got that aesthetic in the I agree.
Andrew
18:05
I mean I honestly it doesn’t even look like universal design accessible ability home. It’s fantastic, right? I mean my favorite features is the lighting you just you just basically move throughout the house the lights turn on down the hallway, so you don’t need to flick a switch or you know into the
- Jessica
18:20
Bathrooms, you know late-night bathroom visits. We have this baseboard lighting that comes on with a motion sensor that leads you like through the through the closets and into the bathroom same with under the vanities and stuff so it creates this beautiful low lighting
- Jennifer Lee
18:37
without having to turn the lights on for safety and accessibility.
Mike
18:42
We’re getting into a space where I’m starting to get excited. Tell us a little bit more about the home. I mean, we understand how the decisions for how it was designed were taken into account. Were there any other considerations for creating that space for somebody? And Jessica
19:06
I’ll make this a two-parter, if someone else is considering a project, should they be considering some of these principles even though they may only be in their 40s? I don’t know if you found this, Andrew, but we kind of went through this phase where we were building as big as we could on these lots, right? And these kind of like McMansion, just like big boxes, oversized, using every square foot. And I feel like I’ve seen a trend in the last five years where people are building what they need and investing in the square footage that they’re building.
- Jessica
19:35
And I’m finding that a lot of people like the single floor living. They don’t want to live in a four-story house where everyone’s all separate either. So I don’t know, I’m seeing that trend and I’m definitely instilling the value of that to my clients.
- Jessica
19:49
Like more isn’t always better. Sometimes it’s better to invest in the space that you have and make it just super functional. So I think that works for everybody.
- Jennifer Lee
19:59
And stairs are scary for any age group because I lived in a home during COVID and it was a beautifully built home but man I don’t know how my friends, senior parents lived there too. I lived in the basement suite but I had to go up for laundry and there were so many stairs in this place and they were not very big. I don’t know how they were ever passed and I fell down them one time and I was like I’m all for single plain living.
- 11
20:26
Yeah.
- 7
20:27
Yeah, I know.
- Andrew
20:27
I’ve noticed a trend, like Jess said, that people are living in more modest homes rather than large homes. You know, small, easy to clean, one level living. On this particular home, we even rebuilt the garage out back, so the garage was at the same level, so we poured the walkway, you know, from straight from the garage right to the back door there.
- Jessica
20:53
And it was all heated, so they never had to shovel snow.
- Andrew
20:56
Yeah, all heated walkways and stairways.
- Jennifer Lee
20:58
What snow? We don’t get that much snow.
- Andrew
20:59
Yeah, exactly.
- Jessica
21:01
But when we do, they don’t have to shovel.
- Andrew
21:03
Yeah.
- Jessica
21:04
So just a lot of thoughtful details like that. And two, just in terms of like the finishes on the exterior, the type of landscaping we did, we wanted it to be stuff that was low maintenance and two, because these clients don’t have children, we could go a little bit more luxurious with the finishes. We used natural stone, beautiful hardwoods, marble tiles, so we got to kind of… Yeah, well, they have children but not living with them.
- Jessica
21:34
Yeah, they have children but not living with them. They moved out a long time ago. Adult children.
- Jennifer Lee
21:38
When I think of about accessibility and design, something you said recently, I just didn’t even think of because I think when I think about accessibility, you’re like, oh, okay, can you get in the front door? Is there stairs? All that, but like the shower, like I never even think about that because even if I think about the shower in my parents’ condo, you know, they’re very mobile, my parents are, but like, oh yeah, there is a bit of a lip
- Jennifer Lee
22:05
. Like, what if you need assistance with a walker or a wheelchair eventually?
- Jessica
22:09
Exactly. And two, we added in a bench that was heated, so it’s more like, right? Like, just little things like that. We made sure that the location of the handheld was convenient for the location of the bench. Just all of those thoughtful details that will make daily life, currently at any age, but also as you age or need help with assisted living. And you can still do that in the comfort of your own home because it’s designed for that.
- Mike
22:35
In designing or building a home like this, we’ve talked about other areas, the bathrooms, the lighting, even the garage. How do you approach a kitchen in a home like that? Because for me, being 6’5″, I can’t reach any of the lower cabinets and my wife 5’6″, can’t reach any of the taller cabinets and that just gets exasperated when we’re using walkers and wheelchairs, mobility devices, and just in general. How do you fix a kitchen for people who are looking to age in that home or to, you know, manage whatever it is they’re dealing with in that home?
- Mike
23:03
I love that you brought this up because we actually don’t have a ton of upper cabinets.
- Jessica
23:06
So most of the dishes and dishware is on the bottom. And we used a peg system to allow for flexible organization. So all of the dishes and everything are actually kept in the lower cabinets in the island.
- Jennifer Lee
23:22
What’s a peg system?
- Jessica
23:24
Yeah, so it’s like the-
- 10
23:24
I’m thinking pirates.
- 9
23:25
So I don’t know.
- Jessica
23:26
Kind of like a pirate’s leg, but it kind of fits into these different slots and you kind of put your plates down, put the pegs around it. And the clients, they very much like organization and they very much want everything to have its place.
- Jessica
23:40
So we went in, we organized all their dishes, arranged all their peg systems for them so everything fits into its little slot and area, lots of organizers and all of the millwork.
- Mike
23:51
When can you come to my house?
- Jennifer Lee
23:53
Anytime. You still have to bend down though.
- Mike
23:56
Well no, we’re going to make everything up above. I’ll be the only one who gets at it but I don’t mind.
- Jessica
24:01
See, we can work on compromise. There’s always a sweet spot in the middle that can make somebody, the tall and the short, happy.
- Mike
24:07
I figured we’re going to put a hydraulic lift in our aisle. I was not going to adjust it as we need it. Hey, and every time we do a renovation, there is always some sort of surprise. And we talked about the last project. Were there any big surprises on this one?
- Mike
24:24
What were they? Had you overcome them? How was everyone feeling afterwards?
- Andrew
24:28
Big surprises I mean basement slab yeah the basement slab we cut up a lot and then we had to cut up a lot of basement because he added an elevator you know in the house so we had to cut a big section out there and then and then we ended up getting a lot of groundwater so we had to like deal with that so a drainage and then we moved the bathrooms around a little bit downstairs. So we ended up cutting a lot of that basement slab out and repouring it.
- Jessica
24:56
It was very muddy. It was a pretty muddy basement there for quite a while. And then the mechanical room was the other big thing because we ended up doing a smart home and needed way more space.
- Andrew
25:04
Yeah. So we took away, I think, what, a closet or something? A bedroom. Oh, we took away a bedroom for this big mechanical room. So because we put, you know, so he did everything, so he wanted to control as much as he could on his phone, so we had to put this big AV box in there.
- Mike
25:23
How many racks did you have in there?
- Andrew
25:25
Two, I think we had two racks.
- Jessica
25:26
It was the sexiest mechanical room I’ve ever seen.
- Andrew
25:29
It is, it’s nice.
- Jennifer Lee
25:30
Yeah, the way that the electricians worked and all of the sub-trades, it was a beautiful room.
- Andrew
25:35
Yeah, and then, you know, he wanted the nice, you know, heat pump system with filtered air. We did the iFlow with the boiler, with the all-water-demand boiler with a backup system with the forced air.
- Jennifer Lee
25:48
I guess getting rid of a bedroom, they don’t want their kids to come visit them.
- Jessica
25:54
There were so many bedrooms anyways.
- Andrew
25:56
Yeah. We still had another bedroom downstairs and then had the big family room downstairs.
- Jessica
26:00
Yeah, we had-
- Andrew
26:01
Then we had a gym area.
- Mike
26:02
Well, it’s about having your priorities right. If I had a choice between having my kids stay with me or having a bunch of electronics and a rack-mounted system, I know what I’m choosing. We didn’t obviously have this conversation to talk about technology, but it’s something I love to talk about. Can you quickly talk about any technology that was put in place specifically to, I mean, we talked about some of the lighting that falls in around. What are some of the other technologies that you applied in this house to make their lives easier so they could balance the playing field between what is and what they want it to be?
- Andrew
26:30
Well, I mean, you can basically control the heating, all those locks, lighting, everything from his phone, from his app, right?
- Jessica
26:39
Yeah, he doesn’t like carrying keys, car keys, house keys, anything, so everything had to be keyless entry. And then two, they spend, they’re snowbirds, so they spend half their time down in Palm Desert and half their time here.
- Jessica
26:54
So really having a home that was flexible, if there was people coming, they can give them access without them being there.
- Andrew
27:02
And you know, cameras, he put cameras everywhere, security, so he can make sure if Wayne is away, he knows what’s going on around his home.
- Jennifer Lee
27:11
Keyless entry scares me. When you’re like, he doesn’t want to carry his phone or keys on I just
- Mike
27:19
feel like oh it’s okay you get a lot like you love their future there’s her
- Jennifer Lee
27:29
backup so you have Bluetooth you can access there’s usually a keypad
- Andrew
27:38
yeah thumbprint identifier and if failing that there’s the garage with a
- Jessica
27:47
key okay because I left my phone in
- Mike
27:51
someone’s car for 24 hours and I was
- 8
27:55
like if I needed it to use my home open my
- Andrew
27:40
keypad and everything on his doors but he can literally also use his phone or somebody’s or the cleaner has to come in or yeah and you can provide different
- Jessica
27:49
codes so that you know who’s coming and going from your house all right so for
- Mike
27:53
the next two hours you’re just going to talk about technology and we would talk about this all afternoon if we could but we can’t so we do have to wrap it up. But I mean, what a great conversation and what a great working relationship you guys have developed. I mean, that’s impressive. The biggest takeaway I’m looking at from this is more than anything else, not the specifics of the design or the implementation of the construction, but how the two of you work together in partnership and play off each other to the benefit of those clients and those homeowners. And so it’s no surprise when you have people working like that in that synergy that you are winning awards and of course chatting about the technology, let’s be honest, that was kind of cool too. But overall, we really, you know, the thing that I like actually was the way the lighting followed people around with those occupancy sensors because that cuts down on so many injuries in the home just having proper lighting. So that was my takeaway from all these amazing, amazing takeaways.
- Jennifer Lee
28:52
And I have to ask this question to all of you, but what is one more little tip you can give consumers that are thinking of either building or renovating a home? Each of you can’t share one. They have to be different. Mine’s a little sassy, but it’s trust your designer.
- Jessica
29:07
Love it. Both of these clients trusted, trusted the vision, trusted the process, and you can really tell what the end result. Well, my takeaway is, you know, just have a great,
- Andrew
29:18
you know, have a great design team with you, and like Jessica, and your build makes our process a lot easier, and just having that relationship with Jess has been phenomenal over the years. Totally.
Jennifer-Lee
Your answer wasn’t sassy enough.
Andrew
Moderately sassy,
Jennifer-Lee
it was alright.
- Mike
29:42
Well folks it’s been a great conversation. Before we go I’d be remiss if I didn’t give our listeners and viewers an opportunity to get a brand new barbecue. So we’re going to invite everyone watching this, everyone listening to this, to both like it, to share it, to tell your family, tell your friends about this episode. And if you do so you have a chance to win a Napoleon Prestige P500 stainless steel natural gas barbecue valued at $1,600, compliments of our podcast partners, FortisBC. Details are available at www.havan.ca/measuretwicecutonce.
- Jennifer Lee
30:14
And for notes and links to everything mentioned on today’s episode, including resources shared by Andrew and Jessica, go to www.havan.ca/measuretwicecutonce. Thank you to Trail Appliances, FortisBC, BC Housing, Rami Films, J-Pod Creations, and AI Technology and Design. It takes a team to build a home, and it does so a podcast. Thank you for joining us.
- Jennifer Lee
30:37
See you next week.
- Jessica
30:38
Thanks, that was fun.
- 7
30:39
Thank you.
- Jessica
30:40
High five, Andrew.
- 6
30:41
Right on. Right on.
- 5
30:42
Yeah.