Prince Albert & the Lakelands · General contractors · 30+ years
Custom home builder in
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
CEW Custom Homes is an owner-operated home builder and general contractor working in Prince Albert and the Saskatchewan Lakelands for over 30 years — one experienced builder guiding your project from the first conversation to the final walkthrough.
The difference
One builder.
From start to finish.
One company. One schedule. One name answering for all of it.
CEW carries the entire build: planning, permitting, site work, framing, every sub-trade, finishing and final walkthrough. One contract, one schedule, one supervisor on site, and updates that come to you on a set day.
You make the decisions that shape the house — layout, materials, finishes, budget — alongside the builder who quotes the work, runs the site and signs it off at handover. Thirty years of doing it that way is why owners here recommend us to the next one.
Vision
What you want, what the site allows, what it will realistically cost.
Planning
Drawings, engineering and approvals lined up before anyone breaks ground.
Design
Layout, materials and finishes resolved on paper, where changes are cheap.
Pre-construction
Budget locked, sub-trades booked, schedule issued.
Construction
One supervisor on site. Regular updates you don’t have to chase.
Finishing
The stage where careless builders get found out.
Walkthrough
We go through the house together, list by list, before you take the keys.
Thirty years
Three decades teaches you things a blueprint can’t.
Experience isn’t a number on a homepage. It shows up in the decisions made months before anyone sees a finished room — and in the repairs you never end up paying for.
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Selected work
Homes we’ve finished.
Riverbend
Family homeA two-storey family home on an infill lot. Details to follow.
North Quarter
AcreageAcreage build with an attached shop. Details to follow.
Elmwood
Forever homeSingle-level home designed to be lived in for the long run. Details to follow.
What CEW handles
You make the decisions.
We make them happen.
One contract covers the construction work below. Nothing gets handed back to you halfway through, and you never chase a sub-trade yourself.
Any of it can be booked on its own. A full house, or one basement.
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Owner operated
Experience you can talk to.
CEW is owner-operated. The person who quotes your home is involved in building it — so there is no gap between what you were promised in the meeting and what gets framed on site. That’s the whole structure of the company, and it’s why the details get caught.
Owner bio to follow — background, years in the trade, and the standards that guide the build.
Meet CEWLicensed, insured, accountable
How to check a builder
before you sign.
Saskatchewan does not license general contractors province-wide, so “licensed” means different things to different companies. These are the four documents worth asking any Prince Albert contractor for, in writing, before money changes hands.
Ask any builder you are considering for all four. Ask us, and they are in your inbox the same day.
Request our documents — 306 960 4034Business licence
City of Prince Albert business licence, plus the RM licence where the site requires one. Licence number to follow.
WCB coverage
Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board account in good standing. Ask us for a clearance letter, or request one from WCB yourself.
Liability insurance
Commercial general liability insurance. Coverage amount to follow. Confirm any contractor’s coverage with the insurer, not the certificate.
New home warranty
Warranty provider and term to follow. Required for new-build financing by most lenders.
References
Two owners of homes we finished more than two years ago. Problems show up after the second winter, not the first month.
Clients
Client testimonial to follow — focus on communication during the build.
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Client testimonial to follow — a problem CEW solved before it became a headache.
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Client testimonial to follow — what it’s like living in the house after handover.
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Let’s talk about
your home.
Whether you’re building new in Prince Albert, renovating, or pricing a single sub-trade, a conversation costs nothing and usually clears up more than a week of research.
Tell us the lot, the house or the room. We’ll tell you what it takes, what it likely costs, and whether we’re the right company for it. No obligation, and a straight answer either way.