Nicholson BrosDevelopments
the Hastings Highlands & Bancroft area

Custom builds in Hastings Highlands.

Nicholson Bros builds custom homes, cottages, and shops across the Hastings Highlands — Bancroft, Maynooth, and the lakes and bush of the northern county — where the ground is rugged and the sites are remote.

The Highlands are rock and lake and bush, and building here is honest work: shallow shield rock that changes every excavation, remote sites a long way from services, and winters that set the schedule whether you like it or not. This is country our family has always worked in, and the sitework — access, blasting where it's needed, footings on rock, power and water to a build site off the grid of town — is exactly the part we came up doing.

The builds up here are often a primary residence or a serious four-season place on a lake, frequently paired with a shop or outbuilding because a rural Highlands property has to be self-sufficient. We plan for the remoteness and the season up front, carry the whole job ourselves rather than waiting on subcontractors who won't drive this far, and build it to stand up to the climate for fifty years.

What we build in Hastings Highlands

Four ways we work.

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Common questions

Building in Hastings Highlands.

What's an owner's representative, and how is it different from a general contractor?
A general contractor runs their own crews and answers to their own margin. An owner's representative answers to you. We sit on your side of the table — managing the architect, the trades, the budget, and the schedule on your behalf — so your interests are the only ones in the room. On most of our builds we do both: represent you and run the work.
Will the budget I start with be the budget I finish with?
Closer than you're used to. Every allowance is named in writing during the Design phase, so you choose finishes against real numbers rather than guesses. Surprises come from vague budgets and undocumented decisions — we remove both. Where the world moves on us, you hear about it the week it happens, not at the end.
Do you build on land I already own, or help me find it?
Both. If you own the land, we start by walking it with you before anyone draws a line. If you're still looking, bring us in early — we've spent three decades reading sites across this region, and the right answer often starts with the wrong-looking lot.
How involved do I have to be?
As involved as you want, and never more than you have to be. The decision schedule tells you exactly what we need from you and when. Between those points, you get a weekly photographed site walk — whether you're down the road or in the city. The point of hiring us is that you don't have to become the contractor.
How many projects do you take on at once?
A small number each year, by referral and direct inquiry. We'd rather run a handful of builds properly than spread two brothers across a dozen. It's worth reaching out early — often years before you break ground.
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