An owner,
not a call centre.
Glammis Homes builds rental housing, keeps it, and looks after it. We are not a management company acting for someone you never meet, and we are not building to sell.
The model
Developer. Owner. Operator.
Those three roles are usually three different companies, which is why the person who answers your call has never seen your building. Here they are the same people.
We own roughly 120 homes and have no intention of selling them. The person who signs your lease is the person who answers when something breaks — and the person who decided how thick the walls would be.
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We build it
Our own team and a bench of trades we have worked with for years. The details that decide how a building performs — membranes, insulation, airtightness — are ours to get right or wrong.
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We keep it
No sale at completion. That changes what we spend money on: a wall that lasts thirty years beats a finish that photographs well.
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We run it
Leasing, maintenance and repairs are in-house. No call centre, no ticket number, no runaround.
Why this exists
After two decades of fixing other people's mistakes, it was time to start with a blank slate and make a few of my own.
Our founder is a professional engineer who spent twenty years on industrial mega-projects — Bruce Power, Boundary Dam, Coastal GasLink. Projects where every weld is inspected, every system is commissioned, and nothing is assumed.
He brought that discipline to eight-unit buildings. It is why the walls are inspected before they are closed, why the airtightness is specified rather than hoped for, and why we can tell you what is inside them.
How we build
The parts you can't see.
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No gas line
Heat pumps for space and water heating, induction cooking, no combustion inside the building. No carbon monoxide risk, no furnace dryness, no gas bill.
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Geothermal and solar
Ground-source boreholes at Brickburn and The Junction, rooftop photovoltaic arrays sized to annual consumption, EV charging on site.
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A sealed envelope
Exterior mineral wool, R60 ceilings, triple-glazed argon windows, and membranes detailed at every joint. Airtightness is written into the specification.
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Prefabrication where it helps
Panelised wall systems and engineered framing for tighter tolerances than site-built framing usually achieves.
The same envelope that keeps you comfortable keeps the bills down. That is not a coincidence — it is the same wall doing both jobs.
Being honest about scale
We are growing. Here is how we intend to stay reachable.
We keep the portfolio small on purpose, and we know that promise gets harder as it grows. So we will say plainly what we can and cannot promise: we will not always be two people, but the same company that built the building will still own it, and you will always be able to reach a person who can make a decision.
Who we work with
Named, not anonymous.
Good buildings are a bench, not a genius. The people we rely on:
- ArchitectureSLVGD Architecture (Birchwood Terrace) · Keystone Architecture & Planning (BowRise, 8527 Bowglen) · Orchard Design Studio (Farmers Inn)
- EnergyEcosynergy and 4 Elements Design — CMHC-funded modelling, F280 airtightness calculations
- GeothermalEnvirotech Geothermal
- SolarSimple Solar — integrated standing-seam mounting
- FramingRemuda Building — prefabricated wall panels and engineered systems
- Membranes475 Supply
Ready when you are.
Tell us which building you are interested in and how to reach you.