Canadian Contractor 

Not a typical Spec builder

By definition, a builder who buys a lot and builds a house with  view to findings a buyer later, is a “spec” builder.   But the term can have a little of the pejorative about about.  When Rose finds a site and embarks on the design, she doesn’t do what most spec builders do, which is to make safe – even if luxurious – decisions on design elements. Barroso Homes’ projects are more like design-build projects with Rose as the owner-occupier (although she isn’t going to move in). Her projects are that personal to her.

Read Magazine Feature on page 16 onward….