Vancouver Housing Types

Renovation guides for Vancouver Specials, heritage homes, character homes, leaky condos, and more.

Vancouver custom home renovation with modern pool design

ByVGC Editorial Team March 13, 2026 Vancouver Housing Types

West Coast Modern Renovation Vancouver: Materials, Design & How to Achieve the BC Look (2026)

There is a reason the West Coast modern aesthetic has become the most sought-after renovation style in Greater Vancouver. It is not a trend imported from a design magazine in New York or a Scandinavian showroom. It is something that grew here, shaped by rain and

Burnaby kitchen renovation open concept dining area

ByVGC Editorial Team March 13, 2026 Vancouver Housing Types

Townhouse Renovation Vancouver: Strata Rules, Costs & What You Can Actually Do (2026)

Renovating a townhouse in Vancouver is fundamentally different from renovating a detached home — and most homeowners find that out the hard way. You own the interior of your unit, but the moment your project touches anything structural, exterior, or shared, you're operating inside a strata

City of Vancouver BC renovation services

ByVGC Editorial Team March 13, 2026 Vancouver Housing Types

Character House Renovation Vancouver: Craftsman, Heritage Homes & What to Preserve (2026)

There is a particular feeling you get standing on the porch of a 1920s Craftsman bungalow in Grandview-Woodland — the wide overhanging eaves, the exposed rafter tails, the tapered columns resting on brick piers, the divided-light windows catching the morning light. Vancouver's character homes are not

ByVGC Editorial Team March 13, 2026 Vancouver Housing Types

Two-Storey Home Renovation Vancouver: Costs, What to Renovate & Common Issues (2026)

Walk through almost any neighbourhood in Burnaby, New Westminster, Coquitlam, North or West Vancouver, or South Surrey and you will find the same house repeated dozens of times: a two-storey built between 1965 and 1995, three or four bedrooms upstairs, living and dining on the main