Renovations in Nanaimo

Nanaimo is where we are based, and its housing covers the full range: post-war bungalows through the older central neighbourhoods, split-levels and subdivisions from the 1970s and 1980s across the north end, and newer construction above the highway. Older homes here usually need kitchens, bathrooms, and building systems brought up to date rather than simply refinished.

Much of the older stock in Nanaimo has already been renovated once, so the surprise is usually what the earlier work left behind: a wall taken out with nothing put back above it, plumbing rerouted through a joist, a bathroom fan venting into the attic. Opening a 1960s wall in Harewood or Departure Bay is as much about undoing as building.