Projects 

Growing up as the daughter of a tradesman, I learned early that who you hire matters . My dad worked in paving. He wasn’t a plumber or an electrician — but I grew up around job sites, crews, and the kind of work where reputation traveled fast. If someone did good work, people remembered. If they didn’t, word got around just as quickly. That environment shaped how I understand trust in the trades. Today, finding a local contractor looks very different. There are ads everywhere