Neighbourhood Guides

Renovation guides for Metro Vancouver’s diverse neighbourhoods — covering local housing stock, permit office specifics, neighbourhood-specific renovation trends, and local cost data. Guides for Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, North Vancouver, Surrey, Coquitlam, New Westminster, and inner Vancouver neighbourhoods.

Renovation guides for Metro Vancouver's diverse neighbourhoods — covering local housing stock, permit office specifics, neighbourhood-specific renovation trends, and local cost data. Guides for Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, North Vancouver, Surrey, Coquitlam, New Westminster, and inner Vancouver neighbourhoods.

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Downtown Vancouver Condo Renovation Guide: Costs, Strata Rules & Permits 2026

Downtown Vancouver Condo Renovation Guide: Costs, Strata Rules & Permits 2026 This guide covers everything homeowners need to know about renovating in Downtown Vancouver, Vancouver’s urban core, home to the highest concentration of strata condominiums in BC, ranging from pre-1990 concrete towers to modern glass high-rises.

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Fairview & South Granville Renovation Guide: Condos, Heritage & Costs (2026)

This guide covers everything you need to know about renovating in Fairview, Vancouver — typical housing stock, permit office process, renovation costs, and what to watch out for. Written by VGC’s renovation team based on our direct experience completing projects in Fairview. Housing Stock in Fairview

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Marpole Renovation Guide: Bill 44 Multiplexes, Costs & Permits (2026)

This guide covers everything you need to know about renovating in Marpole, Vancouver — typical housing stock, permit office process, renovation costs, and what to watch out for. Written by VGC’s renovation team based on our direct experience completing projects in Marpole. Housing Stock in Marpole

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Neighbourhood Guides30 minMar 2026

Renovation Costs by Vancouver Neighbourhood: What to Budget in East Van, Westside, Burnaby, North Van & More (2026)

Ask ten Vancouver homeowners what their renovation cost and you'll get ten wildly different answers — even for the same project scope. A kitchen renovation in Kitsilano is not the same financial conversation as one in Fraserview. A legal basement suite in Burnaby has different permit

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Neighbourhood Guides32 minMar 2026

East Vancouver Renovation Guide: Costs, What to Expect, and Why East Van Is VGC’s Home Turf (2026)

East Vancouver is the renovation capital of Metro Vancouver — and if you own a home here, you already know why. The streets are lined with craftsman bungalows built in the 1920s, post-war boxes from the late 1940s, and rows of Vancouver Specials from the 1970s.

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Neighbourhood Guides29 minMar 2026

North Vancouver Renovation Guide: Costs, Contractors, and What to Expect (2026)

North Vancouver sits at the edge of the mountains, where Burrard Inlet meets the lower slopes of the Coast Range. It is one of Metro Vancouver's most desirable places to live — and one of the most technically demanding places to renovate. Steep lots, two separate

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Neighbourhood Guides33 minMar 2026

Burnaby Renovation Guide: Costs by Neighbourhood, Permits, and What Makes Burnaby Unique (2026)

Burnaby sits at the geographic and economic centre of Metro Vancouver — bounded by Vancouver to the west, Coquitlam to the east, and served by three SkyTrain lines threading through its core. For homeowners, that position translates directly into renovation ROI: properties in Burnaby command strong

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Neighbourhood Guides36 minMar 2026

South Vancouver & Sunset Renovation Guide: Costs, Vancouver Special & Laneway Homes (2026)

South Vancouver and the Sunset neighbourhood sit at the southern edge of the city proper, bounded by 49th Avenue to the north, SE Marine Drive to the south, Knight Street to the east, and Cambie Street to the west. For homeowners and investors who understand Vancouver's

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Neighbourhood Guides41 minMar 2026

Shaughnessy Renovation Guide: Heritage Estate Homes, HAP Permits & Luxury Costs (2026)

Shaughnessy is in a category of its own. Nowhere else in Metro Vancouver will you find this concentration of estate-scale heritage homes — Tudor Revival mansions on half-acre lots, Edwardian estates with original carriage houses, Colonial Revival homes with mature formal gardens that have barely changed

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Neighbourhood Guides32 minMar 2026

Dunbar & Southlands Renovation Guide: West Side Character Homes & Costs (2026)

Dunbar and Southlands sit at the quiet, leafy end of Vancouver's West Side — bounded by 16th Avenue to the north, SW Marine Drive to the south, the University Endowment Lands to the west, and Granville Street to the east. These are two of the city's

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Neighbourhood Guides33 minMar 2026

Marpole Renovation Guide: Costs, Vancouver Special & Laneway Homes (2026)

Why Marpole Is One of Vancouver's Most Active Renovation Markets Marpole sits in South Vancouver, bounded by Oak Street to the west, SW Marine Drive to the south, the Fraser River to the east, and Granville Street to the north. For decades it was one of

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Neighbourhood Guides30 minMar 2026

Riley Park & South Cambie Renovation Guide: Character Homes & Cambie Corridor (2026)

Riley Park and South Cambie sit in one of Vancouver's most coveted renovation corridors — wedged between the character-home density of Main Street and the rapid transformation along the Cambie Street corridor. For families who want a real neighbourhood with mature trees, walkable schools, and genuine

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Neighbourhood Guides41 minMar 2026

Strathcona Renovation Guide: Heritage Homes, HAP Permits & What to Expect (2026)

Strathcona is where Vancouver began. Settled in the 1880s and 1890s as the city's first residential neighbourhood east of what is now Chinatown, Strathcona contains the highest concentration of pre-1920 housing stock anywhere in Metro Vancouver. These are not character homes in the loose sense the

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