West Vancouver renovations,
finished to match the view.

A neighbourhood that sets the bar for finish quality.

West Vancouver is one of the most architecturally distinctive places to renovate in the Lower Mainland. The mid-century West Coast Modern tradition — open post-and-beam frames, broad overhangs, walls of glass oriented to Burrard Inlet — runs from the British Properties down through Dundarave and Caulfeild. These homes weren't built to be gutted and rebuilt; they were built with a coherent design philosophy, and a renovation that ignores that ends up looking out of place no matter how much was spent.

At the same time, West Vancouver has one of the highest concentrations of large, high-value properties in BC. Homeowners expect premium materials — natural stone, custom millwork, solid brass and brushed nickel hardware, wide-plank hardwood, and appliance packages well above the standard builder grade. The scope of a single kitchen or bathroom here can rival a whole-home project elsewhere on the North Shore.

Renohaus works across West Vancouver as a design-build contractor: one team draws the project, prices it with a fixed quote, pulls the District of West Vancouver permits, and builds it. You deal with one point of contact from the first site visit to the final walkthrough — no sub-contracted designer whose drawings the builder then argues with, no open-ended billing that escalates mid-build.

What we renovate in West Vancouver

• Kitchens in post-and-beam homes — preserving the structural aesthetic while completely modernising the working space
• Bathroom suites with spa-grade finishes, in-floor heat, and custom tile work
• Whole-home renovations and multi-phase upgrades across large floor plates
• Ocean-view decks, exterior cladding and landscape-integrated retaining walls on steep lots
• Basement and lower-level transformations in hillside properties with walk-out access
• Character-home refreshes in older Ambleside and Dundarave cottages

What makes West Vancouver builds different.

The District of West Vancouver operates its own building department with permit requirements and review timelines that are distinct from those in the City of Vancouver or the District of North Vancouver. Structural changes, additions, secondary suites, gas-fireplace installs, and new plumbing each require their own permit stream. View corridors in areas like the British Properties and upper Caulfeild may also be subject to District design guidelines that govern massing, cladding materials, and roofline heights — constraints that are easy to miss if your contractor isn't familiar with the municipality.

Steep-lot construction is another West Vancouver reality. Many properties from the waterfront up through the Properties sit on lots with significant grade change — sometimes 20 to 30 feet over a relatively short run. That affects drainage design, retaining wall requirements, where heavy materials can be staged, and whether crane access is needed for a large delivery. We factor all of that into the quote rather than calling it a "site condition" and adding to the invoice mid-build.

West Coast Modern homes — the mid-century post-and-beam structures that run through Eagle Harbour, Horseshoe Bay and parts of the Properties — present their own structural considerations. These frames are often left intentionally exposed, and changes to the roof, windows or envelope need to respect the load paths of the original timber structure. We bring in a structural engineer when the scope touches the frame, and we treat the aesthetic of the original build as an asset to preserve, not an obstacle to renovate around.