#TuesdayTips

Here’s a bunch of unsolicited free advice from the friendly staff at Dueck Homes. Not sure if you’ll find it helpful, humorous or just a waste of time. While I was framing, I thought I’d write down ideas or tips I though of through my chats with...

Winterizing your house!

And it’s here!  And there was much rejoicing. Winter is that cold time of year where breathing hurts here in Winnipeg. But we love it! We have to! We’re Manitoba! Unless you’re reading this from within Manitoba, in which case we all know we complain...

A Conversation About Branding

Wow what a process! We’ve been spending the last week in the office doing a bit of re-branding. Re-discovering our passion for building, re-tooling our approach to business and dreaming up a new way to be seen by our friends and clients that builds upon what we...

Benefits of Urban Living

Good Morning all! Yesterday we talked about a few advantages and disadvantages of rural living. Today we’re going to try digging into a few pros and cons of building your custom home in city limits. Again I don’t expect this to be an exhaustive list, but...

Benefits of Rural Living

Good morning friends! Today will be the first day of a two part series comparing rural and urban living. Most people will have an idyllic concept of their dream home location, so hopefully these posts will only address some of the more “hidden” advantages...

Happy Thanksgiving

Good morning all! Lately the topic of Thanksgiving and thankfulness have been on my mind for some strange reason. Something about the fall weather? Something about my neighbour baking a pumpkin pie for me? I’m not quite sure. In the spirit of the season...