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JULY 2016
NU-VIEW HOMES HAS SERVED VICTORIA MARKET SINCE 2003 “I kept being drawn Company Provides Clients Both Design & Construction Services
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ICTORIA – When a hands on builder with home construction part of his genetic makeup meets an innovative designer with a flair for thinking outside the box the result is NuView Homes, one of the Capital Region’s premier custom home builders. “We’re a full service Design/Build company with a corporate mantra of Design. Build. Live.” explained company President Keith Andrews. “We’re unique in that we have an in-house designer with a degree in Environmental Design and she handles all of our design needs, which at times can be very needy. As a builder and developer I want a great product going up at the end of the day so it’s nice to have her by my side looking after all that.” Martine Kiliwnik, Nu-View Homes’ Vice President and inhouse Designer (who has been with the firm for the past three years) was born with a love of design, claiming that when still a tot she had to rearrange the furniture in her room to make it ‘just right’ for her exacting tastes and standards. A native of Minnedosa, MB, she earned her Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Architecture and has been working as a professional designer for the past decade. “So often designers and builders can butt heads, where the designer is only concerned about “their vision” but Keith and I typically have a shared vision about how the project should look,” she explained. “I may come up with an idea, but he facilitates the best way to create that idea, and determines the most efficient or most cost-effective way to build it. And that applies to all our projects whether they’re for our development
back toward a career in construction, so here we are today.” KEITH ANDREWS PRESIDENT, NU-VIEW HOMES
company or a client the approach is always the same.” Serving the Greater Victoria area Nu-View Homes’ origins go back to 2003 when Andrews struck out on his own. About a decade ago a rebranding occurred and Nu-View Homes took its place as a leader in the Victoria home construction sector. Today the firm is an award winning developer, custom home builder and renovation specialty firm. With a skilled staff and working with a core of trusted sub trades, the company has been responsible for some of the most innovative and spectacular single family and multi-family residences in the city. “I certainly do have a core of sub trades that I’ve worked closely with now for many years, some I even went to school with. For example my plumber went through his apprenticeship at the same time I went through mine, and we’re still friends,” Andrews said. Just a few of the recent accolades the firm has won include taking home two Vancouver Island Building Excellence (VIBE) Awards this year, for the Best Renovation $350,000 and Over, and the Best Single Family Kitchen Renovation Under $50,000. The VIBE Awards are held each year by the Canadian Home Builder’s Association of Vancouver Island (CHBA-VI) and is considered among the top honours a practitioner in the building industry can receive from their peers. A third-generation builder, A nd rews ex pla i ned that i nitially his career direction was more toward a legal profession such as law enforcement. He had previously earned a diploma in
The Isabella is a distinctive two bedroom condominium designed and built by Nu-View Homes Criminal Justice and had served as an RCMP Auxiliary Constable before genetics won out and he returned to his first love and became a Red Sealed Journeyman Carpenter. “I guess it was in my blood as my Grandfather was a builder, but I didn’t take this path originally. I was going down a road toward a career in Criminal Justice, the law or something along those lines. But I kept being drawn back toward a career in construction, so here we are today.” Both Prairie born (Andrews was born in Calgary) Nu-View Homes’ two principles bring that back-tobasics philosophy to every project they undertake. “We’ve really honed in our skills and focus on our strengths. We know what we want to build, we know what our strengths are, that’s why we’re selective about the projects we undertake,” Andrews explained. “Quality in all aspects, taking the time to talk with the client and finding the right solution for them, and building something that has value and will last is all about the work we do.” While new home construction
The Isabella project is a typical Nu-View home, designed from the outset to be elegant and functional is Nu-View Homes’ main focus the company also has an extensive experience serving the renovation market. At one point the company’s workload was fairly evenly divided between new builds and renovation projects. In more recent years it has gradually put more emphasis on building new homes, which the firm considers reflective of the present local market demand. Today
Nu-View’s assignments are divided 70/30, with new construction taking up the lion’s share of the work. Having served the local market for more than 13 years, NuView Homes finds that much of its present business arrives, thanks to repeat and referral clients. “One of my more interesting years was what I call the Year of the Presidents. I was hired by the
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