The Amsted Advantage
Imagine a hassle-free custom home or renovation, innovatively designed exactly to your requirements, expertly constructed to your specifications, delivered efficiently and cost-effectively, on time and within budget. That and so much more is exactly what you get with Amsted Design-Build.
Our team is comprised of the most highly skilled designers and builders in the business. They are experienced professionals with knowledge and expertise in all the newest building technologies and green building practices, and who are dedicated to remaining on the cutting edge through on-going training. And they work together in a unique design-build process that blends design creativity and uncompromising craftsmanship. This ensures that your project is completed to the highest of standards – both yours and ours – and that your space is beautifully transformed into a home that is uniquely yours and ready for you to create many new happy family memories.
It’s a combination of people and process that we call the “Amsted Advantage”. And we apply it to each and every project we undertake, whether it is a custom home, a full-scale renovation or a modest reno involving only a single room.
Our Process
At Amsted we understand that a home is much more than just a “project”. Your custom home or renovation is an investment – of time, creativity, emotion, energy and money.
That’s why we involve our clients in every step of the design-build process – from assessing goals and alternative solutions, to deciding on the optimal design and choice of materials, to the final completion of construction.
At Amsted, we pride ourselves on being easy to work with, and committed to making the entire experience a pleasurable one for you.
A detailed description of what you can expect, can be seen here.
Our Team
Company founder and president Steve Barkhouse is not just a builder of award-winning homes – equally impressive is the team he has built at Amsted.
Our highly trained and skilled staff of full-time, in-house professionals – experienced designers, project leads, craftsmen, suppliers and trade professionals – are truly the best in the business.
Every member of the team shares an unwavering commitment to quality, consulting regularly with clients to ensure that everyone involved has the same vision and that construction proceeds on schedule and with no surprises.
5-Year Warranty
At Amsted, we want you to be totally satisfied with our work for as long as you own your home. So we are proud to guarantee every Amsted project for a full five years – a promise of satisfaction that few other builders or renovators are prepared to make.
To ensure you are completely happy when the job is complete, we’ll take time to walk you through the completed project, explaining exactly what was done, how everything operates, and any required maintenance. Then we’ll check back with you 30 days later, and again another 11 months later to confirm that everything is still entirely to your satisfaction.
If you have any issues or concerns in the four years following that, we ask you to contact us and we will quickly resolve them.
Vision Statement
We will be the most sought after company in its industry. To be highly respected for integrity, excellence and success. To provide a work environment that is enjoyable and achieves a balance between work and personal time.
Mission Statement
In order to realize our Vision, our Mission must be to exceed the expectations of our customer, whom we define as clients, partners, and fellow employees. We will accomplish this by committing to our shared values and by achieving the highest levels of customer satisfaction. In this way we will ensure that our profit, quality and growth goals are met.
Core Values
Integrity- Integrity is our trademark. We adhere to moral and ethical principles through soundness of moral character and honesty.
Excellence- Excellence is the key to our continued success. We consistently strive for excellence in all we do.
Teamwork- Teamwork is our strength. Our chosen team works cooperatively, achieving common goals.
Respect- Respect is the basis of all our relationships. We recognize and value both women and men around the world in all their diversity, whether inside or outside the group.
Trust- Trust is the foundation of our team. We build relationships and create a climate of trust among us all.
Loyalty- Loyalty is our commitment to the future. Loyalty is rewarded and highly regarded.
Fulfillment- Fulfillment is our obligation. We continually strive to exceed expectations and fulfill dreams.
Proud- Being proud is our reward. We set high standards for ourselves every day, both as individuals and in our teams, so that we can give our best and maximize our performance.
Empathy- Empathy provides our peace of mind. We know the importance of experiencing the feelings, thoughts or attitudes of another in order to succeed.
Progress- Progress is our movement toward a higher stage. We know how to look ahead, anticipate and educate, in order to develop new solutions that drive progress.
Associations
Amsted is proud to be a member in good standing with the Better Business Bureau. We are also active members of other key trade associations dedicated to the building and renovation industry.
Guild Quality is a third-party surveying company that helps Canadians find a building contractor or renovator, and then rates them afterward with a candid on-line review of the company’s performance.
We look forward to any feedback that can help us improve our customers’ satisfaction. And so we encourage all of our clients to post their review of our work at Guild Quality… and for prospective clients to look here to see what our past customers have had to say about our company.
The Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association (GOHBA) is a residential construction industry association which represents home building and renovation specialists in the Greater Ottawa area, and whose primary goal is quality housing for Canadians.
Amsted is an active member in GOHBA and for an unprecedented three years running (2008-2010) has won the association’s Renovator of the Year and Green Renovation of the Year awards. Company founder and president Steve Barkhouse and his father, Fred Barkhouse are both past presidents of GOHBA.
Amsted is one of only a select few Ottawa renovators qualified to display the RenomarkTM Renovators Mark of Excellence. Members of this unique program are committed to raising the level of professionalism in the building industry, and have agreed to adhere to a higher standard of quality and performance for renovations and remodelling projects.
Learn why you should hire a RenomarkTM renovator.