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10/20/2026

The Blueprint: where it all started.

Before the systems, the process, and the homes that followed, there was this cabin off Rainbow Road on Salt Spring Island. The Blueprint was our first prototype, built to prove that our panel system could make a thoughtful, refined home.

1,200 sq ft. Three bedrooms, two baths. Natural cedar siding, big windows to the forest, and a footprint placed to save as many trees as possible.

We’ve come a long way since then. Our systems are sharper, our designs have grown, and every home teaches us something new. But this is where we learned the most, and we still look back on it fondly.

“Nestled into the hill and amongst the trees, it makes me feel so calm and at ease. It’s just perfect in every way.”

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10/13/2026

Every Blend home starts with you.

Our building system is a defined kit of parts: mass timber glulams, steel connectors, and fire-resilient SIPs, engineered to every site. Width, roofline, levels, foundation, even two living spaces on one lot. None of it is locked in.

On Salt Spring Island, Project SSB brought two volumes together under one roofline, mixing our Craft and Lite systems, with the mass timber up in just 10 hours of labour.

Read the full story in this month's newsletter, or let's talk about your site. Link in bio.

10/08/2026

Building a custom home is a big decision, and trust is everything. Here's what our clients count on:

One team from first call to final key.

An in house portal that keeps you informed.

Clear costs before you commit.

A home engineered to last.

And a team that's still here after move-in.

Thinking about building? Let's talk.

Glulams from FraserWood Industries
SIPs from Zs2

10/01/2026

Wildfires are more common than ever, especially across North America. When one passes, some buildings are still standing and others are gone. That isn't luck. It comes down to an envelope built to resist fire, not just slow it down.

That's the standard we build to on every Blend home: a 1-hour fire-rated envelope, walls and roof, in partnership with . For sites that need more, we step up to 2-hour.

Building or rebuilding in a fire-prone area? Let's talk.

09/28/2026

We’re hiring: Assistant Site Supervisor.

Full-time and in the field every day, on modern prefab homes across Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.

You’ll work alongside our Project Managers and Site Supervisor on carpentry and deficiency work, QC and safety checks, coordinating trades and deliveries, and daily reporting. The job is keeping every Blend site clean, safe, and on schedule.

What You’ll need:

Carpentry and construction experience
Valid First Aid
A reliable vehicle and your own PPE
Strong communication and comfort with digital tools

What we offer:

$25–35/hr, depending on experience
Paid travel time
Extended health and dental after probation

Apply by emailing [email protected]

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09/14/2026

We love what we do.

Yes, we build beautiful homes, but it’s the relationships and the experiences along the way that we remember.

Last week Brett and Nate went on the road (or the water) to check in on a few projects.

First stop, Salt Spring aboard BC Ferries. We have two projects currently underway. One in design and planning and we caught up with our wonderful clients, Nick and Lawrence. The other custom rancher is about to get erected. Can’t wait for our Glulams and SIPS to arrivenext week. Stay tuned.

Then we hitched a ride to Galiano with a charter from Island Excavating. Our client, John, met us on his dock for our first site visit to his beautiful plot of land.

A day in the life for our team. It’s dreamy. We build design led custom prefab homes for amazing humans.
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08/21/2026

John bought land in the Tonasket valley a few years ago. His plot is remote, beautiful, and not easy to build on. He wanted a home that fit the place: modern scandinavian design, built right, without the usual chaos of a custom build in the middle of nowhere. That's what brought him to Blend.

Recently, our project team drove down to support our local build partner, TimberQuest Homes, through the critical phase of assembly. Specifically the glulam er****on and SIP installation. We don't just deliver a kit, we are also committed to being on site when it matters most, making sure the build goes right for the client and the builder.

Getting materials to a site like this is no small feat. Our partners at and got the glulams and SIPs there in pristine condition. Watching them come trucking up the road was so exciting. Prefab components arriving on a remote site, ready to go.

The Blend system was built to serve clients and builders. Improving timelines, cost, performance, and the experience of building something you'll live in for decades. Great design shouldn't require you to figure it out alone.

We're here for the whole thing, start to finish.

07/30/2026

This week we hosted Vierra Fine Homes, our California build partner, on Vancouver Island to check out some of our build sites. We stopped by an epic Rancher 10 in Maple Bay in the middle of standing up glulams.

With Blend’s first US project under construction, Lou Vierra shared what drew him to Blend in the first place.

Streamlined Design Process. Shortened Permitting Timeline. Savings on labour with simplified architecture.

Simplify. Simplify. Simplify.

06/24/2026

When most people hear "prefab," they think temporary.
A placeholder. A starter. Something you'll outgrow.

They don't picture a live-edge dining table where three siblings will sit for decades.
Or French doors that open to the same shoreline their grandparents walked.
Or a home carried by 120 years of family history.

This Rancher 7 was never a stepping stone.
It's a place to keep coming home to.

The cedar cladding was milled locally in Sooke by Madrone Milling, finished to weather naturally with the coast. Over time it will soften into the same grey as the rocks and the trees around it- sitting more quietly in the landscape with every year that passes.

If you're thinking about building on family land, or wondering whether prefab is right for a property that matters to you, we'd love to hear about it.

Let's talk 🖤
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06/21/2026

As a builder, you learn early on that no project goes exactly to plan.

A flash storm appears the day of the foundation pour. The hardware you spec’d is backordered because of a strike at a port you’ve never heard of. The permit sits at the municipality for six weeks longer than anyone expected.
You adjust. You figure it out. You find a way.

As a dad, you learn that fatherhood is the same.

You had a blueprint in your head. The version of yourself who had all the answers. Planned the schedules, ordered the materials. You knew exactly how it was going to go.
Then the site conditions changed and you were improvising before the first coffee went cold.
But you show up. Even when it’s raining. You measure twice. You adapt the plan. You keep on building.

The best homes we’ve built weren’t the ones that went perfectly to plan.
They’re the ones you can look back on and still see the care in every detail.

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there- especially the ones building alongside us.
The ones who poured the foundation years ago and the ones still breaking ground. The bonus dads who stepped onto someone else’s job site and made it their own. The dog and cat dads who absolutely count. And the dads-to-be getting ready to try their best to follow the blueprint.

The best part is being built. 🖤

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