by greencity | Oct 2, 2012 | All Green Building Posts, Framing, Laneway House, New Home
We are pleased to present: Another Awesome Project! We broke ground a few weeks ago on a new home project in the south end of Vancouver. The final house will include a secondary suite and there will be a separate laneway house on the property. The whole project was...
by greencity | Sep 13, 2011 | All Green Building Posts, Full House Renovation, Underpinning
Underpinning is when the earth beneath an existing foundation is excavated and a new foundation is poured directly under the old one to provide more structural strength and increase the height of a basement. We do this a lot in older homes with basements under 6 feet...
by greencity | Jul 28, 2011 | Additions, All Green Building Posts, Full House Renovation, Secondary Suites
I stopped by the addition project in Mt. Pleasant this week to see how things are going, and they are certainly moving along! Since the last post about this job, our crew has finished the roof, most of the framing and was installing gorgeous windows when I was there....
by greencity | Jun 10, 2011 | Secondary Suites
Here are some photos from another secondary suite we just finished here in Vancouver. When the homeowners bought the house, this was a totally scummy, not-to-code unit. They ripped out what was there and then called us to spearhead the drawings, permitting and...
by greencity | Apr 19, 2011 | Full House Renovation
Last week, we got to do one of our favourite things – see a big project come together. The project is a whole house renovation in Port Moody. The homeowners are a design-minded family who had a great vision for turning a VERY dated interior into a bright,...
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