The Team
Discover the team at Northern Nest Services, a crew devoted to safeguarding your home with unwavering focus. Each team member brings a distinct skill set to fortify your home’s care. Our collaborative approach ensures seamless coverage, top notch professionalism, dedicated customer support, ensuring swift responses and unparalleled care for your peace of mind.
Laura Schuh
Founder & Operations
Before founding Northern Nest Services, Laura graduated cum laude from University Wisconsin- Eau Claire and has over 15 years of professional business-to-business expertise. With six years at the helm of an international distribution company and more years as a key liaison for multiple European manufacturers in the US market, Laura honed her skills in operations and sales.
Laura works within the company focusing on operations and providing customers with a great experience.
Bill Coldwell
Senior Home Technician
Prior to his recent retirement from Corporate America, Bill spent over 40 years managing all aspects of construction, real estate, and building operations management for a large MN based company. An Industrial Engineer by training, he also owns and manages several of his own rental properties, and has extensive hands-on home repair and renovation experience. Bill and his family have lived in Excelsior since 1995.
Bill covers Minnetonka, Long Lake, Wayzata, Orono, Eden Prairie, and Excelsior areas.
Mathew Schuh
Technical Advisor
Mathew is a dedicated, and energetic man driven by his desire to solve problems. He has a strong set of technical skills in the field of engineering and design. He graduated from UM-Mankato with a degree in mechanical engineering and has 20 years of professional engineering experience. Laura and Matt have 2 children, 1 cat and 4 chickens.
Along with conducting home visits, Matt also keeps his pulse on the latest technology like wi-fi and cellular home monitoring systems, cameras, thermostats, alarms, sensors, light bulbs and home security systems.
Barry Smith
Home Technician
Barry has a background as a CPA and has 35 years of corporate accounting experience. After running a commercial cleaning business for 10 years, he discovered he enjoys hands-on work and being out in the community. Barry is now semi-retired and works part-time at Northern Nest and with the City of Shoreview as a Building Maintenance Technician. Over the years, he has owned multiple rental properties, gaining extensive maintenance experience. Barry and his family have lived in Shoreview since 2006.
Barry generally serves customers living in the east metro including St. Paul, Mendota Heights, Newport, and Roseville.
John Powell
Home Technician
John has lived and worked in the Twin Cities metro area his entire life. His early career was spent in the service and hospitality industries. Studying Film & Video at the U of M led him into working in the audio visual industry managing in house services at several area hotels and corporate facilities. He spent the latest chapter of his career working in the industrial controls and automation industry building and testing custom control systems.
John and his family, schnauzer included, live in St. Louis Park.
John covers houses in the west metro, primarily Minnetonka, Minneapolis, Plymouth, Maple Grove, Golden Valley, Wayzata, Richfield and New Hope.
Joseph Boehmer
Home Technician
Joe brings more than 18 years of experience as a licensed Minnesota Real Estate Broker to Northern Nest Services. He is the Managing Broker of a full-service property management company, and also owns and manages several rental properties of his own. Over the years, Joe has cared for and overseen several dozens of properties across the Twin Cities, giving him a deep understanding of what homes need to be well-maintained. With extensive hands-on experience in home repairs and renovations, he knows how to spot issues early and keep properties in top condition.
A Prior Lake resident for over 16 years, Joe is happily married and the proud father of two.
Joe focuses on the southern Twin Cities including Shakopee, Savage, Prior lake, Burnsville, Bloomington, Eagan, Apple Valley and Lakeville.
The Spark Behind Northern Nest Services
Northern Nest Services originated from two significant sources of inspiration for the Schuhs.
The first source stemmed from a desire to take their family on a vacation while facing the dilemma of leaving their home unattended. Their residence received frequent deliveries from Amazon, and they had cherished plants indoors and outdoors that they were reluctant to leave unattended. With no nearby family available for house-sitting and neighbors extremely busy raising their own young children, seeking assistance posed a genuine challenge.
Their limited vacation time made any concern about their home an unnecessary distraction. They aimed to relish every moment of their brief vacation without unnecessary worries. Recognizing that others might share this sentiment, they aspired to develop a solution enabling individuals to fully immerse themselves in the present, regardless of their location.
The second source of inspiration came from their parents, who had retired to Arkansas and regularly traveled north to visit their children and grandchildren. Despite making the journey several times a year, some trips were marred by unexpected issues back in Arkansas. From failing irrigation lines to extreme cold causing pipe ruptures, these incidents added stress and curtailed their visits.
Combining these motivations, the Schuhs founded Northern Nest Services. The business aims to free homeowners from concerns about leaving their “nest” back home.
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