About Island Strong

Your project, quoted and run by Dezmond.

Island Strong Contracting is a general contractor working from Greater Victoria up-Island and across the Lower Mainland. The owner walks the job, writes the quote and checks the work.

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.

The owner

Meet Dezmond White, Founder & CEO

Dezmond White was born and raised on Vancouver Island, and he built Island Strong on what people here expect from a contractor: show up when you say you will, be straight about what the job needs, and do it right.

He’s particular about the details and honest when something isn’t right. Problems get fixed, not covered up, and no job is called done until he’s checked it himself.

When you call Island Strong, you deal with Dezmond, from the first site visit and the written quote to the final walk-through.

Talk to Dezmond: 236-638-5302.

Dezmond White, Founder and CEO of Island Strong Contracting

Eye for detail

Straight lines, tight seams, clean finishes, and nothing hidden behind the drywall.

High standards on every job

The same standard on a deck repair as on a full renovation.

Local, and here to stay

A long-time local, building for his neighbours.

Weathered cedar shingle siding on the side of a house with multi-pane windows

Why Island Strong

One builder who answers for the whole job

A renovation goes wrong in the gaps: between the trades, between the quote and the bill, between who said what and who is on site. Island Strong was set up to close those gaps.

The name says how. Island is home: the company is from here, and the work is built for the rain, wind, salt air and older houses of this coast. Strong is the standard: done right the first time, so it holds.

The kind of work

What Dezmond quotes

Stock photos of the work we quote. Our own job photos replace them as projects finish.

Bathroom with a light wood vanity, twin vessel sinks, grey tile and a glass shower
Wide wood deck in front of a dark modern house with a pergola
Open kitchen and living room with light wood cabinets, a wood-panelled A-frame ceiling and tall windows looking onto trees
Wood framing and sheathing going up for a gabled addition

How we work

Four things that hold on every job

From a leaking gutter to a home addition. Ask about any of them at the site visit, and expect the answer in the written quote.

  • Free written quotes after a site visit.
  • One contract with Island Strong; we manage our crew and trade partners.
  • Licensed trade partners for electrical, plumbing and gas.
  • Changes priced and agreed in writing before the work is done.
Gloved hands guiding a circular saw through a board on a job site

Free quotes

Get Dezmond out to the job.

Free site visit and written quote. We’ll email you to confirm your free quote visit.