The strongest testimonial to any builder is knowing that if their customers were to build again, would they build with the same builder? We can say with absolute certainty that we would choose Irwin Homes again. After spending a year researching the various custom home builders and reaching out to numerous owners (who had built with our top choices) for their unbiased feedback, we chose Irwin Homes to build our amazing dream home. 

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Irwin Homes, in our experience, is one of the finest home builders in Manitoba and we have many friends and family that will confirm our claim. Irwin’s owners, Andrew and Krista Koop, are an honest & highly professional with a team who truly listened to our vision and compiled all of our ideas and made it into a reality. 

 

With multiple sketches in place, Andrew then focused on the detailed major building construction and costs. Their contract is transparent with no hidden unexpected costs. We appreciated that they were flexible in working with our ideas while advising and ensuring that we had a solid construction with the budget that we laid out. 

 

In our first meeting with Andrew, we knew we would hire him and his team. Andrew is down to earth and genuine in his business interactions. Krista was a pleasure to work with and her friendly personality made it easy for us to feel like we were working with a friend who happened to be an amazing interior designer. 

 

Knowing how busy our work schedules were, Krista would coordinate with the various vendors and narrow the product selection to keep with our vision. We were actively involved in our house build but she often worked her magic to bring our vision together. Once the construction begins, their project manager, Joel Neufeld, runs an efficient ship, managing every finite detail required of the large crew. 

 

We came to have great respect for Joel in his organization, closed-loop communication, and ensuring that our build was on schedule. Our home was a more complex project building on new fill land and their first experience building a residential home with limited city amenities. They always did their research and built us a solid home that, as described by the owner of the foundation company, was designed for a small apartment complex. 

 

Their projected date of possession was accurate, a rare feat in the building business. During our build, we had the chance to interact with multiple independent subcontractors who always had very genuine and positive remarks about the Koop family and Irwin Homes. 

 

Many of them are generation trades who chose to work for Irwin Homes through multiple generations and they stand by their loyalty towards Irwin Homes and their home product. The Irwin team is highly knowledgeable, ethical, hard-working, pleasant and accessible, resulting in an outstanding new home. Even after we moved into our new build when we had questions or minor issues, we have always been able to reach out to our dream team to help us trouble shoot. That is truly the sign of a builder who is accountable to their clients. 

 

We have been in our beloved home for 3 years now and we can say without hesitation that Irwin has built us a dream home that is solid in foundation, has impeccable craftmanship, and an interior design that is in line with our vision. Thank you Andrew, Krista, Joel, Josiah & team for building us our beautiful dream home and being truly great people to work with.