Phase one of the Acheson Sales Centre has been open for over a year now and phase two has just begun. If you have driven the Yellowhead Highway recently, you may have seen that the rough grade is well underway. As modular construction continues to become more mainstream, we need more space in order to service our clients and continue to present the industry’s best show home parade. Phase two of the Acheson Sales Centre will add another 3 ½ acres and between the two lots we will have the ability to display upwards of 50 homes and structures.  Hank Starno, President of MHI Canada, had an opportunity to come out to our Sales Centre recently, and here’s what he had to say. “On a recent trip to Edmonton I had the pleasure of visiting the new and very impressive Edmonton area location of Jandel Homes. Jandel is a full-service family owned business established almost 40 years ago. It offers one of the largest selections of single family, multi family/multi storey housing and small c ...

Modular buildings are transforming expectations, all over the world. Cutting construction time in as much as half is an extremely attractive advantage compelling architects and engineers to choose modular construction when designing their projects all over the globe. In New York City, there are several large scale modular construction projects on the go, including the Inwood project, which will see a seven storey apartment building completed in half the time it would have taken to build on-site. In India, a 10-storey building was erected in just 48 hours. China is beating some impossibly fast construction speeds with the completion of a 30-storey hotel in 15 days and the same company is proposing that they will build a 220-storey sky rise in just 90 days. London council, in the United Kingdom is looking at pre-fab homes in order to solve its housing crisis, with those 3 bedroom homes being completed in just 11 days.  Enhanced construction timeframes were certainly a motivating factor for us when we b ...

Leasing land is a practical option to get into affordable home ownership, with some very attractive lifestyle benefits. Homeowners in land lease communities enjoy private yards with no shared walls between units like an apartment style condominium or townhouse would offer. The newer subdivisions often even have additional space on the lot for garages, carports and sheds. Gardening in an apartment doesn’t offer the same appeal.      Leased land communities provide a safe and secure environment. Most communities are gated with 1 or 2 entrances and have regular security patrols. Roads are plowed in the winter and common areas professionally maintained in the summer months. These communities have a sense of “neighborhood” which creates meaningful relationships among neighbors who look out for one another. Onsite Community Managers ensure the guidelines are respected for everyone’s enjoyment of the community. If you decide to move completely, sell your ho ...

CFCW will be hosting their 23rd annual Listener Appreciation Concert on May 21st at the Jubilee Auditorium. This year’s lineup includes Joe Diffie, Mark Chesnutt, Sharon Mallon and Danny Hooper. A live auction and silent will also be part of the evening’s entertainment, with proceeds going to Miss Rodeo’s Canada program.

Each year over 2,000 lucky listeners attend the show and one of them could be you. CFCW will be drawing 3 sets of 4 tickets from the entries in our ballot box, so you and three of your friends can enjoy the show. Come out to the Jandel Homes location in Acheson to enter the draw!

Hope to see you there!       

                                  
 

  Jandel Homes has got their hands on two awesome seats for the last weekend of the Tim Horton’s Brier. There’s nothing like being there for the finals, and this ‘Last Rocks’ mini pack delivers more drama in three days than ever before. Own the same seat for the last 3 round robin games, followed by all the playoffs and championship final. Eight games in total and free entrance into the famous Original 16 Patch. We have had such a great success on our Facebook page since we launched it last year. Wow! Thank you! We are so grateful for the amazing referral business we have, the continued support from our clients and business colleagues and we would like to give back. One lucky individual who has liked us on Facebook will win these tickets to the Brier. Everyone who likes us on Facebook will get entered into the draw – and the more passionate fans who share our Brier status with their friends will get TWO ballots into the draw.        &nb ...

Do you currently own an old mobile home that has seen better days?  Getting into a brand new modular home [built to TODAY’S building code] may be easier than you think!  With Jandel Homes’ exclusive Retire Your Home program, there are many different options available to you, with professional Housing Consultants here to guide you every step of the way. Trade In  Trading your old home in might be an option, if the home is in good condition.  Many buyers opt for this program because it is a very simple process. We simply buy the home from you, and knock that amount off of the purchase price of a new home of your choice. There are a few things that our Housing Consultants will need to know before making you an offer and assessing an approximate value for a trade in. Be prepared with photos and any relevant information in regards to condition, building, renovations, etc. Once we have your photos and information we will be better able to assess your options. Private Sale If the ...

                                   The dawn of another new year brings with it fresh hope for health, happiness and prosperity. We’ve each made our own personal resolutions and Jandel Homes is no different. This year, we resolve to continue to challenge convention and bring forth new and innovative products. In addition, we resolve to continue to honor the promises we made to the thousands of families who put their trust in us over the years. We will be implementing some great tools and resources this year – both for our clients, past and present – and for our employees.  We’re listening to your requests! In addition to continuing to provide our clients with an unsurpassed selection of fully staged and heated show homes to browse through, we are introducing some new floor plans and new decors! We have added new exclusive ...

In the TV show “Massive Moves”, they chronicle some pretty incredible transportation feats and a lot of house moves. While our moves aren’t usually quite so dramatic, or at least we don’t have the dramatic narrator, transporting a building truly does take great precision and planning.                            The methodology of transporting modular or prefab structures in Western Canada can generally be broken down into one of the following styles, or possibly a combination of each, depending on the complexity of the move: - Use a trombone trailer to haul truss floor modules (as pictured above). This type of trailer extends to meet different lengths of modules. Cranes will often be required when a building is transported on a trombone, but it can be rolled onto its foundation, or blocked onto wood cribbing and lowered down onto pilings. Trombone trailers may r ...

If you’ve ever seen the shows “Ice Road Truckers” or “Massive Moves” then you already understand that transporting fully constructed buildings requires truly precise coordination and logistical planning.                   If you’re considering factory construction, we’ve presented in the list below a few of the things to know about transporting your home or commercial building to its final resting site. ➢ Transportation falls under provincial jurisdiction. In Saskatchewan, for instance, a second pilot truck will likely be required. Transporting a home into BC requires a completely different set of regulations including some very specific width restrictions. In Alberta, we are very lucky to have nice wide open highways (for the most part!) and here we can ship up to 27’ wide in one section on many of our highways. ➢ There will be restrictions. 100% of the time our transporters will run into restrictions. ...

Remembrance Day has been observed in Canada since the end of World War I to memorialize members of our Armed Forces that have lost their lives in the line of duty. World War I hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month" in 1918 and we have observed Remembrance Day on November 11th since its inception in 1919.  In  World War I, approximately 650,000 Canadians served – more than 68,000 gave their lives In World War II, more than one million Canadians served – over 47,000 gave their lives In the Korean War, almost 27,000 Canadians served – over 500 gave their lives                                                               ...