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perspective, which leads to peace of mind for
the client.
“This is a strategy that’s tough to initiate,” he
said. “It’s very time consuming and certainly
not easy for three or four trades to give you
an estimate on a major portion of the work.
But this was something that really helps us
control the costs.”
“The combination of selling products and
managing the projects is a win-win situation
because the clients end up paying less at the
end of the project and we get to sell our ser-
vices as well as the products we offer. It’s a
very competitive market in Vancouver, but
it’s worked out very well for us.”
LUXURY HOMES
Nothing is typical at Future Living. Ghaf-
fari’s business sense combines both a plan
and a vision.
“Our specialty is custom homes, but I like to
call them designer homes,” he said. “With a
custom home, people will have a certain idea