‘At the end of [nearly] every renovation you end up wanting to strangle the contractor,’ says Ms. Bourque. ‘At the end [of this one], I just could’ve hugged Bill [Donaldson]. He never said no, he never said something was too much or a problem.’ Mr. Bouliane says this project was ‘one of the best client relationship ones, and one of the best contractor relationship ones; as a team of three, it was, like, ‘This is the goal, we’re all on board, we’re all keen on doing it in a really great way’ and everyone listened to everyone’s suggestions.’ Left to right, Rick White, Sandy Bourque and Luc Bouliane.Dave LeBlanc/The Globe and Mail