The questions we hear most, answered.

We meet about your lot, your neighbourhood and how your family wants to live. You leave with a preliminary overview of your new home: what the lot allows, the steps through the City, a realistic budget range and a schedule.

Yes. Every new home we build is registered with BC Housing and carries 2-5-10 home warranty insurance. Ask us for our licence number and check it on BC Housing's public registry.

No. We build new custom homes, restore and enlarge character homes, design interiors, and build multi-family and commercial projects.

Our gallery shows 25 named homes with their stories. In a consultation, we can talk about the ones closest to what you have in mind.

By deciding as much as possible before construction: drawings, finishes and allowances. Any change during the build is priced in writing before the work is done.

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We meet with you, in person or by video, about your lot, your neighbourhood and how your family wants to live. You leave with a preliminary overview of your new home: what the lot allows, the steps through the City, a realistic budget range and a schedule.

Both. Most clients use our in-house designers, and we also build from your architect's drawings, working in tandem with them and your technical consultants.

A project manager leads the trades and suppliers on site, and a project coordinator keeps you up to date. Troy stays involved from the first meeting to the handover.

By deciding as much as possible before construction starts: the drawings, the finishes and the allowances. Changes during the build are priced in writing before the work is done, so nothing arrives as a surprise.

Yes. Most of our homes are on Vancouver's west side, and we have built in New Westminster, White Rock and Crescent Beach. Ask us about your lot.

The City describes a character house as one typically built before 1940 that meets set criteria. You can ask the City for a character merit assessment to find out if yours qualifies.

A house built before 1950 needs a demolition permit with green conditions: at least 75 percent of the materials reused or recycled, and 90 percent for a character house. A house built before 1910 must be deconstructed.

Possibly. The City lists a heritage conservation grants program for privately owned homes, managed by the Vancouver Heritage Foundation. Eligibility and funding change, so we check it with you before you plan on it.

Yes. We have restored and renewed homes in Kitsilano, New Westminster, White Rock and across the west side.

Yes. Our interior designers work on restorations and renovations as well as new homes.

Finishes with long lead times, such as imported stone or custom millwork, are ordered early so they arrive when the house is ready for them. Changing them late is the most common cause of delay.

We design interiors as part of the homes we build and restore. Ask us about your project.

Both. Tavan develops its own multi-family projects and partners with landowners and investors on others.

It depends on the zone and the lot. Our guide to character homes sets out what the City allows, and we check your lot in a consultation.

After we understand the scope, we prepare a detailed estimate. Changes during construction are priced in writing before the work is done.

Yes. We build across Greater Vancouver, and in Kelowna.

Local and international investors in Vancouver residential real estate, and landowners who want a development partner.

Greater Vancouver, and in Kelowna, where Peak Living brings 57 rental homes to a central location.