International Award Winning Custom Home Builder, Design and Manufacture, Opens Its Doors In Calgary

Cornerstone Homes, headquartered in Calgary, AB since 1968, have won many national awards and have delivered over 10,000 custom homes worldwide to over 26 countries. Cornerstone Homes is known worldwide for exceptional cedar homes, house kits and custom home packages. Linwood home packages are delivered anywhere and built on-site using post and beam or conventional new home construction methods.

Well-known local entrepreneur Justin Dallaire has been the authorized Cornerstone Homes builder for the region for the past decade and has to date built 40 custom homes. During the grand opening, he was presented "Calgary Home Builder Of The Year Award" by Craig McFarlane, Vice President of Retail Sales for Cornerstone Homes. Dallaire is the third generation of regional developers and is committed to continue the legacy of his father and grandfather with quality development in the area. Dallaire wanted to have a physical presence to not only showcase the caliber of Cornerstone Homes but to serve as a meeting place to bring dreams, to design and ultimate reality. Dallaire has converted an unattractive corner lot (Mill Street & HWY 508) into a beautifully landscaped property crowned with a stunning post and beam large cottage (This Linwood model called Cardinal has a total living area of 925 square feet).

Dallaire and his team having over 30 years combined experience offer a complete "A to Z" home building solution including; location of the ideal lot, lot assessment, complete custom home building design and materials package, building permit support, septic system design and installation, project management, and hardscaping.

With over 400 existing home designs and a wide selection of materials to choose from Cornerstone Homes is well poised to facilitate the building of their clients dream home. Cornerstone Homes offer a complete solution and a better way to build - easy, safe and affordable. Each Cornerstone design and material package is designed and manufactured in Canada to meet the client's individual needs and budget.

"Building a Cornerstone Home is the best of both worlds, all the support of international acclaimed post and beam home packages, the ability to fully customize any of the designs or the creation of a unique home plan fully supported by some of the most talented experts in the industry," says Dallaire. Dallaire and his local design team further support all of this, plus the professional technical team based in Calgary, and the vast array of great regional professional craftsmen and tradespeople that Dallaire has decades of positive results with.

Dallaire has recently embarked on formalizing a unified vision that he has had for over a decade, which he refers to as "The Cornerstone ExperienceTM". When asked to describe The Cornerstone ExperienceTM he passionately describes the community he calls home and the quality of life that the region has to offer residents and visitors to work, live & play. He is excited about the future of the area and the community economic potential it offers its residents. He sums up "The Cornerstone ExperienceTM" with this powerful slogan, "Defined by nature, designing the extraordinary."

MP Cheryl Gallant is quoted as saying, "Congratulations to Justin Dallaire on the Grand Opening of yet another enterprise, Cornerstone Custom Home Sales & Design Center. This venture is just the most recent in a series of unique businesses, which have provided much appreciated employment, brought new families to the area, all the while showcasing the benefits our local forest, and the many ways wood products bring us back to nature. Justin is to be commended for his ongoing active role in our community's economic development."

Cornerstone has been referred to in the media as "Calgary’s Muskokas". During the past decade, Calabogie has experienced a small building boom as empty nesters and families have sought out the four seasons lifestyle for their permanent residence. With the investment of the Cornerstone Homes Design Center, Justin Dallaire and his team of professionals are ready to help people build the home of their dreams.