RTM Homes for Farm Staff Housing: A Smarter Way to House Your Team

Yes, ready-to-move homes are one of the most practical solutions for farm staff housing in Alberta, and it’s a niche we’re seeing more demand for every season.

Remote Locations Make On-Site Building Expensive and Slow

Farms are often located well outside town, and that distance can have a real impact on an on-site build. When trades have to travel a significant distance to reach a jobsite, part of their working day is spent getting there and back instead of working on the home. With multiple trades involved over the course of a build, those hours of travel can add up, making the construction process slower and more expensive.

An RTM sidesteps this long commute entirely. Trades come to our established yard to work on the home. Once construction is complete, the finished home is transported to your farm only once to be placed on the foundation.

Your Farm Doesn’t Become a Construction Site

A traditional build means months of trucks, crews, deliveries, and noise on your property, right in the middle of your actual operation. That’s a real disruption on a working farm that still needs to operate while construction is underway.

With an RTM, that disruption is significantly reduced. The foundation and site work still need to be completed on your property, but that is a much shorter phase of the overall build. This means your farm spends far less time dealing with the construction activity that comes with a home build.

Custom Layouts Built for Who’s Actually Living There

A house needs to work for the people who will actually be living there. That could mean a home for a single employee, a couple, a small crew, or a family with several children. A standard layout may not fit the way the household actually lives and works, from the number and arrangement of bedrooms to the way people enter, move through, and use the home.

Because every Destiny Homes RTM is fully custom, we can design the layout around your specific needs. That might mean a simpler, more efficient floor plan for a single occupant, a five-bedroom home designed for a growing family, or practical features that make everyday life easier, such as a larger entryway or additional storage. Custom doesn’t have to mean elaborate or expensive. It simply means you get to build your home your way.

A Practical Fit for Working Farms

At Destiny Homes, our connection to agriculture is personal. Our president and owner, René van de Vendel, came to Canada at 17 to farm and spent years working in agriculture before discovering his passion for construction. He brought the work ethic, resourcefulness, and problem-solving skills he learned through farming with him into the construction industry. Today, we bring that perspective to every home we build.

Avoid months of construction activity on your property. Don’t settle for a standard floor plan that doesn’t fit the people who will live there. Let’s talk about your needs and start designing a custom RTM that works for you and your farm.