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The McBride Experience - Resilient by Design: Mastering Winter Living in Northern Michigan

Summary

Jake, Aaron, and Jay explain how McBride builds and maintains homes that hold up through Northern Michigan winters. They cover roof design and insulation, as well as property management and remote monitoring for when owners are away.

Category

Insights

Date

November 26, 2025

Northern Michigan winters are as beautiful as they are brutal. In this episode, Jake Knight, Aaron Cummings, and Jay Sackrider share how McBride Custom Homes designs and maintains properties that thrive through snow, ice, and subzero temps. From smart roof design and insulation strategies to property management and tech monitoring, they reveal what it takes to build, and live, resiliently up north.