Total Renovations is a licensed residential contractor and leading home addition company in Vancouver BC, delivering complete residential home additions across Kitsilano, Point Grey, Dunbar, Kerrisdale, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland, Marpole, and East Vancouver since 2011. As your Vancouver home addition contractor, we manage every stage — design, structural engineering, foundation, framing, roofing, plumbing, electrical, insulation, finishing, and all City of Vancouver permits — under one fixed price with one dedicated project manager.
Home additions in Vancouver are among the smartest investments a homeowner can make. With land values among the highest in Canada and moving costs to match, adding space to your existing home — a rear extension, a second storey, or a laneway house — almost always makes more financial sense than selling and buying up. Vancouver's older character homes, compact lots, and laneway-friendly zoning create real opportunities for the right builder.
Whether you need a home addition contractor in Vancouver for a single-room bump-out, an experienced home extension contractor to expand your main floor, a home addition company in Vancouver to build a laneway house, or specialists in custom home additions and second story additions on a heritage or character home — Total Renovations delivers the same fixed-price accountability and structural rigour on every project. We are the residential home addition builders near Vancouver BC that local homeowners trust because we say what we'll do, and we do exactly that.
As your Vancouver home addition contractor, Total Renovations provides every home addition service Vancouver homeowners need — design, engineering, foundation, framing, trades, and finishing — all managed under one roof, one fixed price, and one dedicated project manager who oversees every trade and inspection from start to finish.
Every home addition in Vancouver follows our proven 4-step process, designed to deliver your finished addition on schedule, on budget, and to a standard that exceeds what Vancouver homeowners expect from their addition contractor:
Vancouver is unlike anywhere else in the region for home additions, and it demands a contractor who understands both its housing and its permitting. With some of the highest land values in Canada, adding to your existing home almost always beats moving — but Vancouver's older character homes, compact and deep lots, and famously detailed City permitting process mean the difference between a smooth project and a stalled one comes down to local experience.
Two Vancouver specialties stand out. First, laneway houses: Vancouver pioneered laneway housing, and building one is among the most valuable additions a homeowner can make — but it requires fluency in the City's development permit, building permit, and servicing requirements. Second, character and heritage homes: large parts of Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland, and the Westside fall under character retention or heritage guidelines, so additions must preserve street-facing character while adding modern space at the rear or above, and must pass the City's review.
Because the City of Vancouver's process is more involved than most municipalities — frequently requiring both a development permit and a building permit — Total Renovations manages the entire path from design through occupancy. We've worked across Vancouver's neighbourhoods for 15 years, from Point Grey and Dunbar to East Vancouver and Marpole, building residential home additions to the standards this market and its buyers expect — so your investment delivers lifestyle value now and strong resale positioning later.
Our home addition contractors serve neighbourhoods across Vancouver's Westside and Eastside:
When you hire a home addition contractor in Vancouver, you're making a significant structural investment — and choosing the wrong contractor costs far more than the initial savings. Here's why Vancouver homeowners consistently choose Total Renovations as their home addition company:
