Start with a complimentary consultation: what your lot allows, the steps through the City, a realistic budget range and a schedule.
Design, permits and construction planned together, so the drawings, the budget and the schedule agree before anything is ordered.
Named three times at the Ovation Awards: 2013, 2017 and 2019.
A project manager with over 40 years in residential construction runs your build, and a coordinator keeps you up to date.
Every home is one of ours, built in Vancouver and named for the family who lives in it.
We meet about your lot and how your family wants to live, and you leave with a preliminary overview.
Our designers draw the house; our interior designers choose every finish with you.
We prepare the permit application, register the warranty and answer the City’s comments.
Our team builds it, and we walk the finished home with you, room by room.
Tavan Development is a well-organized company, known for its meticulous approach to project management and client relations. They implement structured processes to ensure that extra charges are minimized.
We wanted to keep our 1920s house, not lose it. They kept the front, the windows and the roofline, gave us a home that works for five of us, and handled every step with the City. We never had to chase anyone.
One team from the first drawing to the keys. The designers chose every finish with us before construction started, so the budget we signed was the budget we paid.
Vancouver builders publish a range of about $450 to $800 per square foot before land, and one puts the top end above $1,000. We price your home line by line after the consultation, and tell you early when a decision will move the number.
Builders who publish their schedules report about 14 to 20 months from first meeting to keys, and longer when finding the lot is part of it. The City reports that permits for single-detached homes took 160 days on average in 2025.
Design-build means one company designs and builds your home. Our designers and builders work at the same table, so the drawings, the budget and the schedule agree before anything is ordered. With an architect and a separate contractor, those three are often reconciled after the fact.
Mostly the west side: Shaughnessy, Point Grey, Kitsilano, Dunbar, South Granville, Quilchena and Southlands. We have also built in New Westminster, White Rock and Crescent Beach. If your lot is in Metro Vancouver, ask us.
Every new home built by a licensed residential builder in B.C. carries 2-5-10 home warranty insurance: two years on labour and materials, five years on the building envelope and ten years on the structure. We arrange it before the building permit is issued.
Classic, Contemporary, Craftsman, Georgian, Modern, Traditional, Tudor and Ultra Modern, and often a blend: big bold overhangs from the Tudor, Craftsman brackets and Georgian symmetry on one house. Every home in our gallery is custom.
Yes. Bring us the address before you commit. We look at what the zoning allows, the trees, the slope, access for construction and what the street calls for, and give you a realistic picture of the house that can go there.
Fill out the fields for a preliminary overview of your new custom home, and we will contact you to answer any questions that you have.
604-263-3026Built for Tavan Group by Ken
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