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Seniors Helping Seniors

Making retirement living more affordable, meaningful and fun! Are you a “Senior”? That word is a handy catch-all that generally describes experienced, mature Canadians 55+ who have retirement plans as individual as each person – or no plans to retire at all! Smart Homes HQ Inc. understands your needs because we were formed by Seniors for Seniors, to help extend our quality of life and independence no matter what our plans are – or become. We supply affordable Senior apartments with sustainable design that allow you to live-in-place, longer, and budget for the lifestyle you choose. Our Senior Design Panel has identified simple, elegant and stylish solutions to address the issues that can accompany aging so your quality of life is future-proofed in each Smart Homes unit. Among Items most often requested are accessibility features and thoughtful touches, as standard, that make life easier. Built-in, press-open drawer-shelves for clothing in the bedroom and food in the kitchen, counter-height non-combustible appliances and under-counter foot space to ease meal preparation and improve safety, walk-in showers and raised toilets, a small utility sink beside the washer-dryer for hand-washed items are among the details included. Further, we help keep your monthly costs down by going green on our new construction and powering many of the utilities with solar power. This keeps monthly electricity costs low which avoids the burden of ever-increasing hydro bills and allows us to include electrical power in one, low, monthly lease payment. Our leased buildings are managed by an experienced local organization that ensures a quality lifestyle for residents. Smart Homes offers 1 and 2 bedroom or hybrid eCo-Housing apartments that allow up to 4 Seniors to live independently within one townhome to share costs and comradery, yet still afford privacy to each individual or couple. We call these our “Companion Homes”. For further independence, a young PSW can live-in, if required, so you can offer a room to the care-giver as part of their remuneration package. Contact us, or attend the Smart Homes eCo-Housing Webinar, to see drawings and suite layouts.
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Sunshine Village

Smart Homes “Sunshine Village” project, offers sustainable, affordable living within the friendly, small town atmosphere of beautiful Penetanguishene, Ontario.

Penetanguishene has a rich heritage of cultures and people. Recognized as having one of the most beautiful and protected harbours, it is a haven for boating enthusiasts. Being within Simcoe County it offers many attractions and events. Many of those large attractions are native to Penetanguishene

Penetanguishene has many cultural attractions, a wide range of leisure & recreation activities to choose from at our community centres and libraries and our sports fields. Experience the a relaxed, quality, Seniors’ lifestyle, outdoors in our parks, along our pathway system, our beach and harbour and the vibrant Senior’s community..Smart Homes HQ’s solution does not depend on Government subsidies but will be based upon SMART PLANNING, SMART BUILDING and SMART FINANCE as we cleverly combine existing and new products and processes into our Tiny Towns© Concept

Resources
For a list of events and Seniors Programs,  go here
For a PDF of the Ontario Seniors Guide, go here
 For a full list of attractions, go here 

Smart Eco-housing - Redefining Luxury as The Priceless Value of our Planet

Smart Homes HQ Inc. was formed by Seniors for Seniors, to help extend your quality of life and independence with our affordable Senior apartments offering sustainable design, for Canadians 55+

We help keep your monthly costs down by going green on our new construction and powering many of the utilities with solar power. This keeps monthly electricity costs low which avoids the burden of ever-increasing hydro bills and allows us to include electrical power in one, low, monthly lease payment. Our leased buildings are managed by an experienced organization that ensures a quality lifestyle for residents. Smart Homes HQ Inc. offers  hybrid eCo-Housing apartments within a shared townhome we call “Companion Homes”.  They are designed to allow 1, or up to 4, Seniors to live together and share costs and comradery, yet still give privacy to each individual or couple. Younger care-givers can live-in, if required, so you can offer a room to the care-giver as part of their remuneration package. Contact us, or attend the Smart Homes eCo-Housing Webinar,  to see drawings and suite layouts.

All buildings are built to the high standards of Municipal Building Codes, with an emphasis on safety and sustainability.

Why Us?

Why compromise? Smart Homes HQ Inc builds Affordable Senior Apartments that increase your independence, reduce your carbon footprint and encourage pride of place.
Our units are holistically designed with an eye on land cost, financing costs, construction cost, labour, modular design and building charges to reinvent how affordability can be designed into a building at each stage. These eCO-Housing units are comfortable, fun, accessible, live-in-place units AND make sustainable living affordable on a basic pension.

At Smart Homes Penetanguishene project, “Sunshine Village”, we created Tiny Towns© Maisonettes, designed to give maximum comfort to their Residents and will include heating, air-conditioning and electricity mostly powered from rooftop solar panels. We expect overall maintenance costs will be reduced by at least 35%.
 
Smart Homes HQ’s solution does not depend on Government subsidies but will be based upon SMART PLANNING, SMART BUILDING and SMART FINANCE as we cleverly combine existing and new products and processes into our Tiny Towns© Concept.

Seniors' Affordable green Housing Covid Recovery Plan

Over 1,500,000 Canadian Seniors live below the poverty line (and growing daily) [1] which is made even more difficult by the COVID-19 pandemic . Their biggest expense is housing. On the cusp of beating this vicious pandemic, we have an opportunity for a compassionate, wise and united Green COVID Recovery Plan that uses joined-up Political thinking to rebuild our economy while meeting the Paris Accord targets [2] and our own needs for Canadian Seniors’ affordable, long-term, Green housing. nits start at $695/mo/incl.
By supporting this bold plan, Canada’s Minister of Seniors, The Honourable Deb Shulte and Minister for Environment and Climate Change, the honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, can facilitate our Seniors’ Affordable, Green Housing as part of a Green COVID Recovery and create thousands of jobs while saving taxpayers’ money, healthcare costs and reducing our carbon footprint. Let’s embolden them with thousands of signatures from across Canada, to make sure they include Seniors’ housing needs in a Green COVID Recovery Plan and deliver our Smart Housing Plan to the Prime Minister’s Office. Please sign and share our petition with all Seniors and their supporters in your network. REMEMBER Prime Minister Trudeau : There are over 6 million Canadian Seniors and each vote counts.
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Our Team

Carl Strand

President

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Wally Saikali

B.Sc Eng. MBA-Federal Housing Policy

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Ray Jarvis

VP of Construction and design

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Myrtle Gordon

Advisor - Seniors Design

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William D.Carley

VP Finance

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John Strand

VP Communications

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Testimonial

Carl has brought me a lot of great projects over the years and always managed to pull things together, in the end. His experience as Founder and President of Golden Triangle Development Group and STRAND Energy Corporation makes him eminently qualified to lead Smart Homes HQ Inc. I look forward to working with him on future projects.
Ray Jarvis
Ray JarvisDeveloper / Contractor / Renewables Installer
I worked for several years with Carl Strand, then Founder and President of Golden Triangle Development Corporation. My job was to work directly with Mr. Strand on his many various projects to ensure, from an Engineer's perspective, that each project met Municipal, Provincial and Federal codes. Carl always made prudent decisions quickly to insure there were no delays on any of our projects. I look forward to working with Carl to engineer his Tiny Towns concept for Smart Homes HQ Inc.
Len Girard
Len Girard Girard Civil & Structural Engineering
I have known and worked with Carl Strand for many years in Property Acquisition and Project Management. Carl has an unusual combination of Business acumen, Financial Intelligence and Creative Legal Expertise that is formidable. He is one guy you definitely want on your side!
Dan Shevchuck
Dan Shevchuck
I have known Carl Strand since 1982 and I'm very familiar with his accomplishments in the real estate development business. Carl's attention to detail in business and construction is impeccable. Carl exudes a level of knowledge and expertise that simply inspires trust.
Nic Gallo
Nic Gallo General Manager, 2000-Unit Portfolio
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Carl Strand

Maverick Property Developer, Carl Strand, has a background in Engineering with decades of experience in design and manufacturing. While centred primarily in construction and related industries, he has also developed a number of technical projects.

As owner of various companies, including some with 100+ employees, he has designed and developed numerous large scale building projects, including FIT and MicroFIT solar installations. As a child, he lived within his Mother’s Senior Care Facility. As a Baby-Boomer and Founder of Smart Homes HQ Inc., he comes full-circle to utilize his expertise to care for Seniors’ wellbeing, once again.

Wally Saikali

After completing his B.Sc. in Engineering in 1995 and an MBA in finance and operations in 2003, Wally Saikali became an R&D Engineer in telecom, designing the RF transmitter for what is known, today, as XM Radio.

In 2007,  his career path then took him to the Operation’s Division of Bell Canada where he earned his 6 SIGMA Black Belt and won three Bravo/Eureka Gold Awards: EVI Improvement, Top 60 Reporting and How to Measure Data Service Provisioning. These achievements positioned Mr. Saikali to lead Operational Governance for Bell Canada on the whole. Wally utilized technology, process improvement, 6 SIGMA methodologies and strategic thinking to increase profitability, while reducing cost.

In 2009, he became Director of Operations at GARDA, for Pearson Airport (YYZ) and was promoted to Regional Director. One of his first mandates was to redesign the operation and build a relationship with their client, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (“CATSA”) while opening a line of communication with their employees. Wally built a strategic plan for the airport and implemented a 6 SIGMA process improvement project which allowed GARDA to win the RFP from CATSA for the Ontario Central Region. In this post, Wally managed 55 managers and 1700 employee, and over $93 million in annual revenues. He regularly collaborated with his global counterparts and government officials – ranging from Presidents and Prime Ministers to cabinet ministers – developing expertise in international diplomacy.

In 2014, Wally joined East Penn Canada as a Director of Industrial Field Service and led a team of dedicated technicians as well as customer service representatives, nationally. He managed their performance, which led to a 300% revenue improvement month over month.

Mr. Saikali is proud to be an active member of the Canadian Cancer Society and has had several designations including the President volunteer role of the Scarborough, Ontario division. He is also a strong activist in the Ontario Smoke free Campaign. Wally will lobby Federal and Provincial Government to modernize Public Housing Policy for the affordability of Seniors and Millennials sustainable housing.

Ray Jarvis

After rising to Commissioned officer in the Canadian Forces, Ray Jarvis served as a training officer and second in command of a training school. Since then, he has developed a residential subdivision as the owner and general contractor, spent 12 years on contract with an international company developing and
led multi-million dollar pharmaceutical factory automation projects.
Over his career, Ray started numerous successful companies and is now the President of SolarDirectCanada, a leading installer of solar renewable projects in Ontario. Ray will integrate his specialist knowledge installing the solar hardware for all Smart Homes HQ sustainable Tiny Towns©.

Myrtle Gordon

Senior Consultant for the Age Stage of life, suggesting sensitive living spaces that provide for physical challenges, personal safety and affordable lifestyles. Having triumphed over brain surgery, stroke, heart by-pass surgery and living a vibrant lifestyle, Myrtle’s life experience places her in a position of authority to advise on these issues. Should you, or someone you know, wish to add to, or improve, our unit’s features please get in touch by emailing us at: hello@foxparkdevelopments.com

William D. Carley

Prior to joining Smart Homes HQ Inc, Bill was CFO of Strand Energy Corporation, Taurus Business Systems and owner of his own lucrative companies that he built into a Million+ in yearly sales – including TechWagon Express. Accomplished in defining vision, subsequent creation and financial management, Bill drove those companies to great success.

As our VP Finance, Bill will be guiding Smart Homes HQ toward its profit target and provides a cost-based approach for management control and decision making. He executes the management plan with timely reports and chairs monthly review meetings, constantly seeking planned improvements in all revenue streams.

John Strand

John Strand has trained and worked in Media in both commercial and charitable capacities for 15 years. A keen facilitator, John successfully achieved results in both bottom-up and top-down organizational structures. He has an extensive background in visual and publishing presentations, retail sales, stakeholder consultation, and project management.

John oversees all aspects of our interaction with media, industry, and the general public.