Ep.15/ From a Classical Musician to a Builder & Designer with Rachael Turner of front porch properties
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On today's episode we welcome Rachael Turner from Front Porch Properties!
After a warm welcome, Sam pulls a card to support Rach's journey which is the Dreamy Moons card "follow the path of least resistance." This message highlights a clear thread throughout the interview as Rach shares how she had such a strong pull to follow her passion of building modern storybook homes and it has continued to flow for her.
Rach dives in to share her journey of creating her very successful building business and how she transitioned from her previous career running a classical music school as a pianist.
She remembers being a little girl always fascinated by floor plans and house elevations and redesigning her family home. This is so clearly what she was always meant to do!
After having the realisation in her late twenties that this was her true calling, Rach embarked on the journey of getting her building license and didn't tell anyone except her husband at the time about her dream of being a builder. She started with renovations of her own which went viral online and her business picked up momentum very quickly from there.
Now Rach builds incredible homes for amazing clients with an incredible team. She shares the importance of a good team and how two beautiful women emailed her out of the blue and reached out to work for her. Both of which worked out perfectly!
Nine years into business, Rach shares that she is now in a place where she doesn't want to have to hustle so hard and wants the business to work for her. There is a beautiful reminder here that we aren't the business, it is its own entity that you can and should have distance from. An example of what this looks like for Rach is that she doesn't like being called in the morning. She has now crafted her business to support her enjoying a peaceful morning routine before her work day officially begins at 9am. She shares about the importance of good trades and the current crisis in the building industry.
We discuss Rach's natural style which is the essence of her - classical, her timeless homes match her love of classical music. Rach shares how she gave up on playing piano for a long time and how it has recently come back into her life in a beautiful healing way.
We discuss what it is like being a woman in the construction industry. Contrary to what we expect, she hasn't come across any issues and she believes that "women do it better" and are actually so perfectly suited to building!
A big takeaway from this interview is how Rach trusted her gut from the very beginning in business. More advice that she shares includes outsourcing before you think you are ready or can necessarily afford it, to know yourself and your strengths well and mold the business to suit you and to find your niche.
We absolutely LOVED chatting with Rach and we know you will love hearing her story too. Enjoy!
