When you're talking pre:
manufactured homes —
whether you're in the West
Kootenays or the farthest
reaches of northwestern
B.C. — you're talking Paci-
fic Homes. That's because

the | longtime “B.C.-based
firm has built ‘its business
on dependability, quality
and service,

Pacific Homes is in fact a
member of 4 larger family
of housing manufacturing

firms that includes Paeitie
Truss: Ltd,“ and’: Pacific
Builders | Supplies Ltd.
with its head office’ -in
Cobble Hill, just south: of
Duncan on Vancouver. -Is-
land. es, :

With Ken “MeKCinnon as
president, “the “Pacific
group boasts three manu-.
facturing‘ centrés ‘in the
province one’ at Cobble
Hill, another at. Langley
and a third’at’ Cranbrook.
As well, the c company hasa
network‘of marketing rep-
stretching from the Koot-
enays to Prines Rupert. ©

In‘ ‘business: for ‘ more
than ‘a’ quarter-century,
Pacific: Homes offers‘ the
kind of stability and sound
financial base’ that home
buyers need.

“In this type of economic
climate that’s important to
a person,” explains Pacific
Homes’ West Kootenay
marketing” representative
Jorgen Munck. Home buy-
ers today want to be as-
sured their project will be

seen through to the final
- detail.

It's that kind of attention
to detail and home buyers’
neéds_that makes Pacific
Homes a leader in the
home industry.

‘An example of the kind
of care Pacific Homes takes
with buyers is reflected in
its sale of 10 pre-manufac-
tured homes to two Indian
bands in northeastern B.C.

Cutting and assembling .

the pieces for the. homes
was routine, -but getting
the houses to.the site was
another . matter.

were destined to. be de-
livered to Hazelton end
seven were earmarked for
the small community. of
Greenville, .80.. kilometres
from the Alaska border on
the banks of the Nass

_ River.

Getting ‘to. Hazelton
wasn't much.of a problem,

ae but Greenville is accessible

only by logging’ road and
by the river. The operation
had to: be planned. with
precision — there could be
no coming back for for-
gotten items. -

‘. The convoy had to catch
the‘ tide: at the right ‘mo-
ment for the barge: trans-
porting the trailer loads of
material ‘to navigate the
shallow river. -~"

Although the coast was
50’ kilometres’ away, the
operation depended on a
1,8-metre rise ‘in the river’
to get through. When the
trucks arrived at the load-
ing site for the barge, the
drivers had to manoeuvre
their trucks onto a ramp
slightly wider than the
width of the wheels — one
at a time — and make the
4.5-kilometre trip.up river
to the village.

There was no loading
dock for the barge and the
gravel banks of the river
served as a roadbed. The
trucks made the trip to the
village without incident.

Now the West Koot-
enays aren't quite as in-
accessible ‘as Greenville,
but Pacific Homes takes
the same kind of care. That
care is reflected in the fact
that almost all the homes
sold so far in the West
Kootenays have required
floor plans customized. to
the buyer’s specifications.

And that's where: the
Pacific -Homes: sloga

“We feel a person should A

get the home they want
and they’ can’ handle: —
whether it’s one of our
plans or not,” Munck said:
“It's ‘more: important’ to
give a person what they

want and what they can

‘And if the buyer can't

afford it, the Pacific Homes _

sales staff help come up
with a plan the buyer can
afford — and is still happy
with, |

“We try to make sure
the person gains know-
ledge,” Munck explains

that’s the role of the sales-

men. “The really important
challenge isto ‘understand
what people want, need
and can: afford.’

That. -means.':Pacific
Homes. salesmen work on

the “full price philosophy.”.

“We don't give a price until
we understand the “Gus
tomers’. ‘nebds,”" Munck
notes. ;

And the price includes a
full package price plus an
estimate of the balance: of
the on-site costs such as
sewer, water, site prepar-
ation, permits, etc.

“The, buyer’ must be
aware that the package we
sell is part of his’ total
cost,” Munck emphasizes,

“and helping the buyer ‘as-
sess that total cost is part
of the work. of our’ sales

als each havea minimum
12 years in the housing in-

housing units tothe West.

himself who joined Pacific

Homes after’ moving to:

Nelson from Saskatche-
wan. He lived in Salmo

until he graduated icon ;

pare! in
ued to live in Salio until
1978.

Munck received a Mas-
ters of Business Adminis-
tration in 1964 from ‘the
University of Washington.
He has been involved ‘in
the housing industry since
1971 whien he was manager
of a manufactured housing
oeereen in’ Saskatchew-

as & final néte, Munck
points out that’ the fact
Pacific Homes -has‘a plant
in Cranbrook makes it the
nearest manufacturer of
housing units to the West
Kootenays. That ‘ means
Pacifie Homes is better
able to fit the delivery to
the home -buyer’s. needs
and provides local service
as well.

Real estate is a good investment

EDMONTON (CP) —’

Small investors and even
home buyers in Edmonton
are beginning to see bar-
gain-busement prices and
good investment prospects
in. real estate, says in.
> vestment consultant Ron

igh. q
Haigh, president of Al-
pine Investment Consul-

tants, said developers.
were vulnerable to the re- <

.cession because. spiralling
prices of th

aged them to overbuild and
construct on speculation.
But Edmonton develop-
ers weren't hurt as badly
as those in other cities and,
because of its record of

strong economic growth:
and role-as gateway to the.

North, the city should be.

from the recession.

_ Already the local hous:
ing industry is showin,
signs of new life, Haigh

said. Until recovery takes
_ & firmer ‘hold, investors ' is getting more and more

who have the courage to
get back into the game can
find deals at 1979 prices.
The bargains are due, in
part, to lower interest

“Real estate (investing)

based on income ‘genera-
tion” than capital. appre-
ciation — a trend which
makes land -speculation
even more risky...

-sIn- commercial: real es-
tate;-investment Troped ts

‘New: apartment, build:
ings

tive :.investments since.
Multi-Unit Residential
Building tax incentives ex-
Pired last year.

But used apartment:
- buildings are being sought

because high vacancy rates
and. a. soft . market have,
lowered prices. =

=\Used. home glees are
lower because ‘of: foreclo-
sures and forced ‘sales.

Briati ‘Yakimi uk of AB:

LePage's Sherwood Park, .

branch, said )“there are.

definitely good values out
there,” especially at the

_high and low eads of tha

price. spectrum,

Yakimchuk, one of the
top: three salesmen in the
area last ‘year,’ said. in-
vesting’ now ‘for a: “quick

gain is “dicey.” But. he ~

PINEWOOD
te 1048 sq. ft.

CASTAWAY

768 sq. ft.

a. PACIFIC
: ” AND TRUSS

740 Industrial Rd. 17
Cranbrook, B.C.

426-3371

LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE

_SORGEN MUNCK ;

+ Phone Nelson 354:

i jie you choose

CASTLEGAR NEWS, February.20,1983 C7

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