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Expert guides on renovation costs, permits, design ideas & local contractors across Metro Vancouver.
What do renovation trades actually charge in Metro Vancouver in 2026? This data is rarely published — contractors prefer to quote by scope rather than hourly rate, and for good reason (scope-based pricing is more predictable for homeowners). But understanding trade rates helps homeowners evaluate quotes,
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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
Read MoreThere 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
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You've budgeted carefully. You've gotten quotes, chosen your contractor, and you know exactly what your Vancouver renovation is going to cost. Then demolition day arrives — and behind the drywall is a mass of knob-and-tube wiring, grey poly-B pipes, and a bearing wall your drawings said
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White Rock and South Surrey sit at the southwestern tip of Metro Vancouver, where the ocean meets a hillside of mature neighbourhoods, estate lots, and some of the most coveted residential real estate in British Columbia. Renovating here is not the same as renovating in Burnaby
Read MoreRenovation budgets in Vancouver fail more often than they succeed. A survey of Metro Vancouver homeowners found that 63% of renovations exceed the original budget — often by 20–40%. That's not because homeowners are careless with money. It's because the renovation planning process itself sets most
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You own a Vancouver home worth $2.2 million. You have an existing mortgage of $800,000. You want to build a laneway house that will cost $420,000 to construct and generate $2,600 per month in rental income. The math looks good — so why does financing feel
Read MoreGrandview-Woodland is one of Vancouver's most genuinely distinctive neighbourhoods — a place where century-old Craftsman bungalows share blocks with organic grocery co-ops, where the espresso is excellent, and where residents carry a fierce, quiet pride in having chosen a neighbourhood that resists the polished uniformity creeping
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There's a specific kind of misery that only Vancouver homeowners know: stepping out of a warm shower onto a cold tile floor at 7 a.m. in November. The thermostat says 20°C, the house feels fine, but that tile might as well be a slab of glacier.
Read MoreFraserview and Killarney sit in the southeastern corner of Vancouver — two adjoining neighbourhoods that have quietly become some of the city's most active renovation markets. If you drive down 41st Avenue or cut through the residential blocks off 49th, you'll see it: scaffolding on a
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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
Read MoreThere 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
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West Vancouver sits in a category of its own in the Canadian renovation market. As the municipality with the highest per-capita income in Canada — home to properties ranging from $2.5 million to $8 million and beyond — the expectations, complexities, and costs of renovating here
Read MoreVGC completes kitchen, bathroom, basement, and full home renovations across the Lower Mainland. Click your city for local pricing and project information.