Based in Wakefield, Québec and founded by owner Stéphane Charette, Bala Structures is entering its tenth year of home building in the Gatineau Hills.
We are a fully licensed general contracting company that works collaboratively with architects, designers and homeowners to provide our clients with healthy, high performance homes designed to stand the test of time.
Our team of skilled and energetic builders bring a variety of specialties to the table, giving us the versatility to meet all the building needs of our clients.
Originally specializing in handcrafted timberframe homes, a long term relationship with many clients has given us a chance to take on projects big and small, from commercial structures and restaurants to gazebos, garages, even some pretty fancy play houses for some lucky kids.
Timber frames will remain a passion for us, but over the years we have added significant expertise on backseat to resilient design, energy efficiency and passive heating and cooling. Due to a changing climate, it has been predicted that homes may face more severe weather in the future, including more extreme temperatures, heavier precipitation, high winds and likely more frequent power outages. Resiliency in home design means a greater ability to withstand forces that are both predicted, and unpredicted.
It is our clients that led us down the path to where we are now, those looking for homes that offer greater heat security, energy security and durability.
In striving to build the most comfortable, affordable and energy efficient homes possible, a natural evolution took place that brought us to where we are now. The vision of our client base and our expertise with the versatile craft of timber framing has given us the opportunity to work with a variety of high performance building designs and wall systems.
From our beginning until now, products have changed, techniques have changed, and the priorities of home owners have changed. We have risen to these challenges, and because of it we can offer a much greater diversity of skills to our clients.
From our beginning until now, products have changed, techniques have changed, and the priorities of home owners have changed. We have risen to these challenges, and because of it we can offer a much greater diversity of skills to our clients.