The plan had been to do the 2024 Season with The West Coast Wilderness Lodge, doing tours and helping with the builds, and then line up some projects for Regenerative Developments in the fall.

My plans got postponed for a season, as I opted to continue with Summerhill in order to fulfill the financing requirements for my house. I ended up taking the lead framing a garage in Robert’s Creek, and then got involved in framing one more custom home build with Summerhill in Madiera Park. This was followed by a lean to for the Salish Soils farm project. Since then there’s been a few weeks helping out with a comercial project in Sechelt and then finishing up my with siding a contemporary build in Middle-point.

In my 6 or so years with Summerhill, it’s been a blessing to interact with so many skilled carpenters, different leadership styles, and learning all the different ways to ‘skin a cat’, so to speak.

Im grateful to have been able to work on all the high-end passive houses, with all the air barrier details, exterior insulation, window bucks, and blower door tests that go with it. I also throughly enjoyed the rough and dirty, but often adventurous, SCRD ports contract, inspecting, maintaining, repairing, and compiling the detailed inspection reports.

My favourite home builds without a doubt have been in the West Coast Contemporary style. I find this relatively simplistic style, showcasing real wood not only to be a beautiful aesthetic, but is also efficient to build. This style also tends to be practical use of resources, requiring less waste, and less maintenance costs long term than the modern house designs that lack overhangs, and rely heavily on tapes and caulking for their waterproofing.

Going forward I am grateful to embody the learnings and skills acquired and realign with my origin vision and the reasons I got started on this journey in the first place. I always intended to have a creative, as well as physical role in building phenomenal, inspiring and nature oriented human habitats. I also like to do this while invoking positive and healthy working environments for all involved. That’s what I’m going to do.

As anticipated, I’m already being approached with some fantastic opportunities, and I’m staying busy, while also scouting out some significant projects in and around Pender Harbour, Sakinaw lake, Nelson and Hardy Island and In the Agamemnon Channel.

I’m especially motivated by projects that evoke a connection with nature, where clients care specifically to orient spaces to morning light and setting suns, and utilizing local flora to frame views and create privacy.

If any of that resonates with you please reach out to me at RegenerativeDevelopments@gmail.com or call or text 604 741 8325 and I’ll be happy to help turn your vision to reality.