Renovations
Whole-home renovations
When a renovation runs through most of the house, every trade lands on one schedule. We quote it, schedule it, manage it and build it, with one contract and one point of contact.
Greater Victoria · up-Island · Metro Vancouver
Free written quotes
After a site visit, with what is fixed and what is an allowance.
One contract
One point of contact, from quote to final walkthrough.
Licensed trade partners
Electrical, plumbing and gas, under our management.
Victoria to the Lower Mainland
Greater Victoria, up-Island and Metro Vancouver.
Whole-home renovations
What we do
A whole-home job stacks demolition, framing, plumbing, electrical, insulation, drywall, finishes and often the exterior into one schedule. Dezmond runs that schedule and the permits.
Option 01
Room-by-room renovation
Most of the rooms inside opened up and redone, with a contract that says how hidden rot, knob-and-tube wiring or asbestos gets priced before the first wall comes down.
Option 02
Renovation plus envelope
With the walls open anyway, the building envelope gets done too: the moisture control and wall assemblies CMHC’s guide to wood-frame envelopes in coastal BC covers.
Option 03
Renovation plus energy upgrades
An energy package added to the renovation, which can stack CleanBC rebates. As of October 2026 some carry a bonus for doing two upgrades together.
Our process
How the job runs
01
Free visit, written quote
Dezmond walks the house with you and gives you a written quote that says how hidden conditions get priced before the first wall comes down.
02
Schedule, permits, scope check
We set one schedule for every trade, line up the permits, check where the scope sits against BC Housing’s substantial reconstruction line, and arrange an asbestos survey in a pre-1990 house.
03
The build
Our crew and trusted trade partners work through the house stage by stage under our management. Licensed electrical and gas trades do the regulated work and pull those permits.
04
Final walkthrough
We walk the whole house with you, room by room, against the contract, before the job is closed out.
Built for the coast
Old coast houses and the envelope
If the walls are open anyway, look at the building envelope while you can. CMHC’s guide to wood-frame envelopes in coastal BC covers the moisture control and wall assemblies this wet climate calls for. Our siding and envelope page goes further.
An energy package can also stack CleanBC rebates, and as of October 2026 some carry a bonus for doing two upgrades together. Better Homes BC says its site is not being updated during the provincial election period, so check the program page before you plan around any rebate.
When a renovation becomes a new home
BC Housing generally treats a home as substantially reconstructed, and so a new home under the Homeowner Protection Act, when 25% or less of the original structure above the foundation remains, or when 75% or more of the result is new. At that point the builder must be a BC Housing licensed residential builder and the home needs the home warranty insurance that Act requires for new homes, unless you hold Owner Builder Authorization. We check where your project sits with BC Housing’s Substantial Reconstruction Online Query tool before the design is final.
BC has no licence for renovators. In April 2026 the Canadian Home Builders’ Association of BC proposed one, with insurance and disclosure rules and a central registry. Until something like that exists, your contract and your own checks do the work a licence would.
- Under the line: a renovation. Renovators are not licensed in BC.
- Over the line: a new home, with a licensed residential builder and home warranty insurance, or Owner Builder Authorization.
- Pre-1990 house: asbestos survey before demolition, which we arrange.
- Electrical and gas: our licensed trade partners pull the Technical Safety BC permits.
Questions to ask any contractor
Ask us these too.
- Could this scope count as substantial reconstruction, and have you checked BC Housing’s online query tool?
- Who is the single point of responsibility for trades and permits?
- How will you handle rot, knob-and-tube wiring or asbestos if you find them?
- What is your payment schedule, and is there a holdback?
- Can I speak to two clients whose whole-home jobs finished in the last two years?
Whole-home renovations: common questions
Sources
CHBA BC: Strengthening Consumer Protection in Home Renovations (April 2026) · BC Housing Regulatory Bulletin 6: Substantially Reconstructed Homes · WorkSafeBC: Asbestos in your home · Technical Safety BC: Home modifications · CMHC: Wood-Frame Envelopes in the Coastal Climate of British Columbia · Better Homes BC: Home Renovation Rebate Program · Better Homes BC: Rebates. Checked 2026-10-30.
Related work
Often quoted together
We take on whole-home renovations across Greater Victoria, Vancouver Island and Metro Vancouver. How we run a job.
Kitchen renovations
Layouts, cabinets, counters, and the plumbing and wiring moves that come with them.
Bathroom renovations
Tub-to-shower conversions, waterproofing, tile, fixtures and fans vented to the outside.
Basements & secondary suites
Finished basements and legal rental or in-law suites, from permits to final occupancy.
Free quotes
Lay out the whole project
Give us the age of the house, the rooms involved and whether the exterior is part of it. We’ll email you to confirm your free quote visit.