Above, the team at Geertsma Homes Ltd., a family-owned home-building business that has flourished in the Bay of Quinte Region. – Photo courtesy Geertsma Homes Ltd. By Jim Barber BOQ: How did your family get started in the homebuilding business, and why? AG: My father, Marten Geertsma, owned a masonry contracting business and also built a few homes. So I basically grew up in the building business. After working for my father for a few years after high school ...