Built on Legacy. Operated for the Future.
LHGS is a family business. The letters stand for Legacy, Horlin, Grusys, Solutions.
Legacy. Quality. Precision.
Legacy, Horlin, Grusys, Solutions
LHGS is a family business. The Horlin name carries a trade learned on job sites: Lakota Horlin grew up around contracting, property work, repairs and the ordinary problem-solving that keeps buildings standing, and around the standards set by his grandfather, Richard Horlin.
The standard that came with it
Reputation was the asset. You did what you said you would do, you did it properly, and you were there again the next time you were called.
The Grusys name
Much of what LHGS is today was rebuilt on those foundations. Grusys represents the operating partnership that turned that inheritance into a company: structure, field leadership and the discipline to run work the same way every time.
Why Legacy comes first
Legacy is not a line on a wall. It is the reason the company is being built to outlast one person, one project or one generation. Today LHGS Property Operations & Contracting Group works with property managers, condominium corporations and commercial owners across Ottawa: inspections, documentation, repairs, recurring maintenance and trade coordination. The standard behind it has not moved.
The standard behind the work
Documentation
Before, during and completion photographs, inspection notes and clear records, so a manager never has to take our word for it.
Communication
Honest expectations, professional correspondence and follow-through. We would rather tell you something inconvenient early than let you find it out late.
Relationships
We are not trying to close one work order. We want to understand a property, its recurring problems and how its manager works, and stay useful over years.
Quality and precision
Work is assessed properly and executed properly, rather than rushed to close a work order and revisited six months later.
Accountability
When something goes wrong, we address it, document it and correct it. Transparency builds longer relationships than pretending nothing happened.
Who you are dealing with
Lakota Horlin — President, Operations and Business Development
Client relationships, property-management partnerships, company direction, systems and expansion. Lakota is normally the first point of contact for a new property or a new manager.
Mackenzie "Mack" Grusys — General Manager, Operations and Field Leadership
Field execution, project leadership, site supervision, team coordination and quality control. Mack is responsible for what actually happens on the property.
A team with 25+ years of combined experience
Our team brings more than 25 years of combined experience across contracting, property maintenance, construction, repairs, assessments and property operations.
Contracting should not operate like a black box
The goal
Better documentation, clearer communication and greater visibility for property managers, from the initial work order through to completion.
What we are building
The operating systems behind that: digital work orders, photographic records, job tracking, better reporting, property data and automated administration, so the information a manager needs is captured as the work happens rather than reconstructed afterwards.
The direction
We believe the future of contracting is more transparent, more documented and more connected. That is the direction we are building in.