Our Story Two Decades of Halton Lots, One Simple Idea
Marcus Van Dyk started in 2003 with a Burlington residential general contractor, rebuilding post-war homes on Aldershot and Downtown infill lots. Those early projects taught a lesson that still shapes everything we do: the lot decides the budget. A creek at the back of the yard, a setback that changed since the house was built or an undersized water lateral could undo a careful estimate in a single afternoon.
From 2010 to 2019, Marcus led an Oakville custom home division, building larger homes on lakeshore, creek and estate lots and learning the Town of Oakville's site plan and tree protection process from the inside. In 2019, he launched Custom Home Builder Burlington to build homes the way he believed they should be built: lot first, price in writing, one accountable team.
Today, we build four types of custom homes (modern, Craftsman, farmhouse-contemporary and transitional) across Burlington, Halton Region and west Hamilton. We have assessed hundreds of Halton lots, including ravine, escarpment-protected and Lake Ontario waterfront parcels, and we keep a dedicated permit expeditor in-house so most projects reach permit-in-hand in 14 to 18 weeks.
