How long have you been in business?
Doug and Barbara Pocha have been in business as Fine Point Cedar Homes for 25 years. Our parent company and supplier, Lindal Homes, was established in 1945, 80 years ago.
How many homes have you built?
Lindal Homes has shipped over 50,000 homes. As a Lindal Dealer, we have built approximately 175 homes across western Canada.
We are also currently working on designing and rebuilding several homes in Jasper. We have experience building in national parks, regional parks, environmentally protected lakes, oceanside, mountainside, and on the prairies.
How would you describe a typical Lindal build?
Breathtaking! Customers that have built their Lindal several decades ago absolutely love their homes. We offer architectural designing to create any style of home, whether traditional, craftsman or contemporary styles. All architectural designing is included in the Lindal package, which is a cost saving advantage over going out on your own to an individual architect. we have an exclusive partnership with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, working with his original Usonian designs.
Lindal Homes offers the industry’s only lifetime structural warranty based on the high quality of the post and beam building system, made exclusively with triple grade A kiln dried materials.
We design, supply, and build based on our clients’ desires, lot size, budget expectations, and wish list. No two homes are ever the same; all are as unique as the customers we serve.
We offer full-service construction: from walking the site on day 1 to complete construction to handing over the keys on move-in day. Our customers are in charge of all decisions.
We support full transparency throughout the building process through our web-based construction organizational software system. “CoConstruct” helps our customers with scheduling, budgeting, specs and selections decisions, accessing their files, plans and photos, and more.
We provide a new home warranty, and we meet full insurance requirements.
Can leaseholders provide their own plans, or do you only build from your own plans?
Yes! Leaseholders can most certainly provide their own plans!
We also offer an excellent selection of plans that can be tailored to our customers’ needs.
What standard features come with your homes?
The standard feature of our homes is the post and beam construction system. There are no trusses in our homes, allowing for high energy efficiency. Our ceilings can be designed to any height allowing for large soaring windows taking in those fantastic mountain views. We offer full energy prescriptive reviews ensuring high efficiency for a long gain cost savings on energy consumption.
What options and upgrades are available?
Many features considered upgrades by other builders are standard to Lindal Homes. For example, all our interior doors are a solid core fir, alder or oak with multiple profiles available. Oversize openings of patio doors can be accommodated. We offer windows that are basically self cleaning! We offer a finish on the windows inside and out where the dust particles and raindrops basically roll off without marks.
What energy-saving features are in the homes you build?
We design every home for passive solar, including triple pane high energy efficient windows. Through our LEED team, we also offer options to exceed current energy code standards. For example, a simple and cost-effective choice for new homes is to increase the R (insulative) value substantially through insulation upgrades.
We offer high energy efficiency options up to Net Zero design.
We offer our customers various heating options including geothermal heat, heat pumps, or high-efficiency gas furnaces. Solar panels with a backup generator are a standard option in a Lindal home.
How are you building to “climate proof” your homes?
The siding we offer is a composite, maintenance free material with a woodgrain or smooth profile. It is fire retardant, has some insulative value and comes pre-stained in your choice of colour, giving you that wood-look profile without the maintenance! We also provide a beautiful slip resistant composite decking material in many colour choices, all manufactured in Canada
What efforts are made to shop locally for materials?
All our building materials are sourced from British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Our customers choose their interior finishings – cabinets, flooring, tiling, fixtures, etc. – from the suppliers of their choice. Our customers can choose to purchase from any supplier such as Rona or IKEA or to work directly with an interior design firm.
Who will oversee construction?
We are a full-service builder offering services from start to finish. We have a site supervisor at the building site daily.
How long will a home in Jasper take to build?
Depending on the size of the build, once the excavation starts it’s usually from 8 to 12 months to move in ready!
Contact With Us
Douglas Pocha – President doug@prairiecedarhomes.ca
Barbara Pocha – Owner barb@finepointcedarhomes.ca
Custom Building Across Western Canada – 1-855-554-6325 (1-855-5 LINDAL)
