FAQ

Questions, answered straight

Free quotes, who does the work, who the contract is with, permits and what happens next.

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.

Working with Island Strong

Yes. We visit, look at the job and give you a written quote. No charge, and no obligation to go ahead.

We’ll email you to confirm your free quote visit. If you would rather talk, call 236-638-5302.

Dezmond White, the founder. He quotes the job and manages it through to the final walkthrough.

Island Strong Contracting. One contract covers the whole job, including the work our trade partners do.

Our crew and our trusted trade partners (subcontractors), working under our management and our schedule.

Licensed trade partners. In BC that work has to be done by qualified people employed by licensed contractors, and the licensed contractor pulls the permit.

We tell you which permits the job needs and who pulls each one, and we book inspections into the schedule.

Not a real one. Every house and every job is different, so we price the actual job after seeing it. If you share a rough budget, we can tell you early whether the job fits it.

Old houses hide things. Our quote says what could change once walls or floors open, and any change is priced and agreed in writing before the work is done.

Not at the moment. In BC, the company that contracts to build a new home must be a licensed residential builder with BC Housing.

Greater Victoria, up-Island and Metro Vancouver. See areas we serve.

For trades

Use the form on Trades: work with us, or call 236-638-5302.

The kind of work

The work these answers cover

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

Hands marking a laminate plank with a pencil, a mallet on the floor beside it
Wall opened to the studs showing insulation, with a hard hat on the floor
Hand saw, hammer, tape measure and work gloves on a wooden bench
Technician with a flashlight checking the top of an outdoor heat pump unit beside a house with white siding

Free quotes

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