Meet the Team
We’re a small but mighty crew of hard-working, friendly folks who take pride in what we build—and how we treat people. North Van Handyman is family-run and community-focused, and we believe great work starts with a great team.
Whether we’re painting a bedroom, building custom shelving, or helping you plan your next renovation, the people behind the tools (and the spreadsheets) are what make it all happen.
Get to know the team that keeps North Van Handyman running—on site and behind the scenes.
Leeve Comeau
Owner & Founder
Leeve studied engineering, but it was his passion for building and problem-solving that led him into the world of construction. After years of hands-on experience, he started taking on handyman jobs in his spare time—and that’s how North Van Handyman was born.
What began as a side hustle quickly became a full-time business rooted in quality craftsmanship, reliability, and community values. Leeve hasn’t looked back since.
When he’s not on the tools, you’ll find Leeve embracing North Shore life—mountain biking, snowboarding, or hiking—usually with his wife, Paula.
Paula Soto
Owner & CFO
Paula joined the team when Leeve decided to take North Van Handyman full time. As both his business and life partner, she keeps day-to-day operations running smoothly and ensures the company’s finances stay on track.
When she’s not helping run the business, Paula works in environmental science, spending her days near rivers and restoration sites. Her love of data, spreadsheets, and a good workflow translates perfectly into her role as the numbers gal at NVHM. In the summer, you’ll find her out on the water; in the winter, she’s usually tucked in with an embroidery project and a hot cup of tea.
Amy Fitzsimons
Administrative Assistant
Amy is our Administrative Assistant here at North Van Handyman. Amy comes all the way from Ireland, moving to Vancouver in July 2024. She has worked in the administrative field for most of her working life, and enjoys being behind the scenes, helping everything to work as it should!
Outside of work, Amy enjoys the simple pleasures of life such as getting out for walks in nature, creating art & catching up with her close friends.
Jason Mauza
Lead Carpenter
Jason is our lead carpenter at North Van Handyman. He has gained tremendous experience in a vast range of work in the carpentry field over the last 19 years, having mostly focused on high end renovations.
Jason’s favorite part of the job is the finishing; he loves the art of detail in all those finishing touches, that make a job go from good to great.
Thomas (Tommy) Theuring
Handyman & Estimator
Tommy came from Germany in 2022 and has loved living in Vancouver ever since. Tommy’s been with us since 2024 as a handyman, estimator, and caulking connoisseur. He loves working on finishing carpentry and has an excellent eye for detail.
Other than that, he feels most at home in the outdoors—whether he’s hiking through BC’s backcountry, setting up camp by a lake, or crafting a meal over an open fire with whatever he has on hand.
Steven Nicol
Junior Tech
Steven joined the team at the beginning of 2026. He discovered woodworking after high school, learning the skills from numerous jobs.
Eventually returning to school, he quickly realized how much he missed working with his hands. As he started to re-explore his options, conversations with friends in carpentry led him to leap back into the familiar tools and materials, in a different form, where he re-discovers that passion daily.
After the job is done for the day, Steven can be found exploring the hiking trails where he grew up or reading a book, probably in a fantasy setting. If he's not so close to home, he's likely going wherever his friends and loved ones take him, especially if their pets are involved.
Austyn Jasper
Weekend Administrative Assistant
Austyn is our newest member of the North Van Handyman team, she joined us as our Weekend Administrative Assistant in May 2026!
If you reach out to us over the weekend, she will be your point-of-contact! With her extensive background in admin and customer service, rest assured you will receive personable and attentive care.
When she's not with us, Austyn is studying Cognitive Systems at UBC, with a focus on the mind, language, and computation specialty. In her free time, you can almost always find her swimming, reading sci-fi or non-fiction, or on a daytrip to a local body of water!
