Kitchens, bathrooms, basements and whole-home additions — scoped, permitted and finished to a high standard.
What we take on
- Kitchens & bathrooms — the two rooms where a renovation is most visible and where the plumbing, electrical and tiling have to be sequenced properly to avoid rework.
- Basements & suites — finishing a basement, or converting one into a legal secondary suite: ceiling heights, egress windows, separate entry, fire separation and the permit that ties them together.
- Additions & layout changes — extending the footprint, or opening up an existing one. Anything that moves a wall gets checked against what it is holding up before it is touched.
How a renovation runs
We start with the scope in writing — what is being built, what is being replaced, what is staying — because most renovation disputes come from a scope nobody wrote down. Then permits where the work requires them, the trades in sequence, and inspections booked ahead rather than after the fact. You deal with one person throughout.
What to think about before you start
- Permits. Structural changes, suites and most additions need one. It is faster to plan around the timeline than to discover it halfway through.
- Whether you will be living in it. It changes sequencing, dust control and how long the kitchen or bathroom is out of service.
- What is behind the wall. Older Metro Vancouver homes turn up knob-and-tube, undersized joists and past work done without a permit. Finding it early is a schedule item; finding it late is a change order.
Tell us about the project. Email info@gdlcontracting.ca with what you are building, roughly where in Metro Vancouver, and when you would like to start — we will come back with what it involves and what to expect.