who i am
Petula Foley is the Owner, Residential Designer and the Architectural Control Coordinator of Haven Designs and has over 30 years of experience in the home-building industry. Originally a native of Calgary, Alberta, Petula has now been a resident of Cowichan Valley since 2017. Haven Design was established in 2012.
Beginning her career as an architectural control coordinator and draftsperson at a design and development consultant firm., she acquired the skills to critique house exteriors, colour selection and knowing the importance of siting and grading, The ability to work and communicate with builders and salespeople alike also grew.
Moving forward she pursued the design and drafting skills with two large builders in Calgary where learning that an efficient design process and having good paperwork is essential in producing a well-built home.. Her knowledge base of the building industry grew working with starter market product to large estate homes. She was known as the floater (Jill of all trades) because of her expertise with the home plans and knowledge of the Graphisoft Archicad software.
After several years Petula took the opportunity to involve herself in some project managing opportunities and discovered that she enjoyed bringing people together in producing a quality product and experience.
After becoming the project manager, residential designer and architectural control coordinator for a small builder/developer she enjoyed the fruits of her labour – the process from design through to possession. During this time the greatest area of learning was in the construction process, working with the trades and how best to build in an efficient timeline.
After a few years Haven Designs was formed – the fruit of many years of learning the skills and knowledge that are applied from design to possession – architectural control, drafting, design and construction. Thanks to the referrals of her clients it has been a successful period and a real blessing.
Beginning her career as an architectural control coordinator and draftsperson at a design and development consultant firm., she acquired the skills to critique house exteriors, colour selection and knowing the importance of siting and grading, The ability to work and communicate with builders and salespeople alike also grew.
Moving forward she pursued the design and drafting skills with two large builders in Calgary where learning that an efficient design process and having good paperwork is essential in producing a well-built home.. Her knowledge base of the building industry grew working with starter market product to large estate homes. She was known as the floater (Jill of all trades) because of her expertise with the home plans and knowledge of the Graphisoft Archicad software.
After several years Petula took the opportunity to involve herself in some project managing opportunities and discovered that she enjoyed bringing people together in producing a quality product and experience.
After becoming the project manager, residential designer and architectural control coordinator for a small builder/developer she enjoyed the fruits of her labour – the process from design through to possession. During this time the greatest area of learning was in the construction process, working with the trades and how best to build in an efficient timeline.
After a few years Haven Designs was formed – the fruit of many years of learning the skills and knowledge that are applied from design to possession – architectural control, drafting, design and construction. Thanks to the referrals of her clients it has been a successful period and a real blessing.