About MAI Dream Developments
Building the right way.
MAI Dream Developments is owned and operated by Daryl Idiens. Daryl has spent over 20 years working in Real Estate sales, rentals and development, Project Management, and Aviation. MAI Dream Developments takes a consolidated and focused approach to full-build projects around Muskoka, Collingwood and the Blue Mountains.
Real Estate Sales, Rentals, and Developments
Daryl has spent years working with clients and taking on his own projects that vary in focus from buying “forever cottages” to building purpose-built income-generating cottages or resale specs.
Through these experiences, Daryl has refined his approach to building, design, and décor, offering experienced consultation alongside hired designers to help create a great blend of function, form, and budget-matching style.
Daryl’s years of experience in the real estate field have also brought him into contact with many of Muskoka’s finest builders and contractors, which whom he has established a rapport and local presence.
Project Management
Daryl’s project management skills’ application to build management stems from his experience in critical logistical planning in the health care industry. Aggressive communication, scheduling, and follow up drive projects with dynamic timelines. Daryl regularly updates and shares Gantt charts to help keep the job moving clearly forward.
Aviation
Aviation is probably the least obvious contributor to Daryl’s approach to building, but it’s very important nonetheless.
As a former MEDEVAC and corporate pilot, Daryl needed to plan and execute flights safely…every time.
Through aviation, pilots learn to plan ahead and attempt to foresee the unforeseeable, then plan to deal with those situations before they become critical problems.
The foundation of this is where flying applies to project management and building.
In every decision made, there is an attempt to look at different angles, along with the possible outcomes and future impacts of those decisions.
By practicing this type of planning, budget and timeline delays can be predicted, then corrected before they happen.
MAI Dream Developments builds custom cottages the right way. We begin every project by helping our client identify the main purpose behind the building they envision. This could include everything from seasonal rental properties to treasured multigenerational summer getaways. Once established, this purpose can and should guide and simplify decision making around the project, affecting everything from design to materials to budget.
“We respect our clients, contractors we work with, and the community we build in.”
It’s important to us that our clients and our team of builders know they have our full attention and can pick up the phone and talk to a human any time they need to. We respect our clients, contractors we work with, and the community we build in. And we work hard to earn that respect back. We do that by taking the time to plan each project properly, and then adhering to schedules, budgets, and expectations. But don’t take our word for it. See our Portfolio and Testimonials. We like to let our work do the talking.
