Kitchen renovation in Burnaby

A kitchen is the renovation with the most trades in the smallest space: demolition, framing, plumbing, electrical, drywall, cabinets, counters, tile, paint and appliances, usually in that order and often overlapping. The difference between a kitchen that finishes on schedule and one that drags on for months is almost always coordination. That is the job we take off your hands.

Refresh, full renovation or a new layout

Most Burnaby kitchen projects fall into one of three scopes:

• Refresh. The layout stays. New cabinet doors or new cabinets, countertops, backsplash, lighting and paint.
• Full renovation. Everything back to the studs, new cabinets and counters, updated plumbing and electrical, new flooring, with the sink and range roughly where they were.
• New layout. Walls opened or moved, an island added, the sink or range relocated. This usually involves structural work and permits.

We help you decide which scope fits the budget before anything is ordered. Our kitchen renovation cost guide shows typical Metro Vancouver ranges for each.

Condos and townhouses

Kitchen work in a strata building comes with extra steps: strata approval, elevator bookings, restricted working hours and, in concrete buildings, limits on where plumbing and ducting can go. We plan the job around your building's bylaws so the work is not stopped halfway.

Permits and inspections

Replacing cabinets, counters and flooring does not usually need a permit in Burnaby. Moving plumbing, changing electrical circuits, adding gas lines or removing a wall does. We tell you which permits apply before we quote, and we arrange them. The Burnaby permit guide has the details.

Written, itemized quote

Your quote lists demolition, rough-in, cabinets, counters, tile, finishing and permits as separate lines, so you can see exactly what you are paying for and compare it fairly with anyone else's. Bring us a written quote from another licensed contractor and we will beat it by 5% on the same scope.