The Vancouver Fall Home Show 2023 is now on until Sunday. Lots to see and do. Our Kerr Design Build booth is ready, and so is our staff. Our booth number is 1041. Come and meet us! Our design and renovation specialists are there to give advice and offer design and renovation ideas for you….

Home renovation offers endless possibilities to create dream spaces tailored to individual needs.  This is what we do at Kerr Design Build.   One of our clients recently wrote this detailed testimonial about the project we completed for them on their Burnaby home, doing exactly that – carefully listening to their needs, creating the perfect…

Mark your calendars! The Vancouver Fall Home Show is just around the corner. Scheduled from September 28 to October 1, 2023, this event is taking place at the iconic Vancouver Convention Centre – West Building. Buy your tickets online and save $2 per ticket by clicking on the image below. Meet the staff of Kerr…

Amidst Vancouver’s ever-evolving urban landscape, more and more homeowners are taking advantage of a relatively new option to upgrade their character homes and, at the same time, provide more available housing for the city. Mostly everyone in the city is now familiar with laneway homes as these have been around for over a decade but…

Kerr Design Build’s annual BBQ picnic was held at the beginning of July in Langley at the home of company founder Doug Kerr. The event was a day of fun and celebration for the employees and families of Kerr Design Build and Absolute Roof Solutions, its sister company. The catering arrangements were a hit, as…

by Nisha MacNeil, Design Manager Staircases are a definite design feature that can produce that wow factor or elegant impression to your home renovation. Here are some tips for a traditional-style staircase to get the look you want. 1. Stained treads and painted risers The tread is the step part of the stair, and I…

by Elton Donald, Senior Project Consultant Years of experience and thousands of renovations have taught me some very valuable lessons about home additions. So when I speak to someone interested in adding square footage to their home, I share these lessons as they provide some good points of consideration when trying to get the most out of your investment dollar. As…

Kerr Design Build is in the process of completing this beautiful project. This property has been in the family for years. The house is now being torn down and custom-built for a new generation and their household. The traditional craftsman design is loved by the family, along with the beautiful period colour scheme.  So it…

by Nisha MacNeil, Design Manager Cottage design is all about embracing character and not being fussy about all the details. We did this for a client of ours who had a small cottage home on the North Shore. She wanted to modernize her kitchen but also express her personality and tastes while keeping that cottage feel.  So…

Kerr Design Build was well represented at the 2023 Home Design + Reno show at the VanDusen Botanical Garden on Saturday, April 1. The Home + Design and Reno Show is a unique boutique show focusing on home design. It was sponsored by Western Living Magazine, Trail Appliances, and Dicks Lumber and Building Supplies, organized…

by Nisha MacNeil, Design Manager Traditional style At Kerr Design Build, we don’t have a particular house style that we specialize in. Don’t specialize in a particular house style No, we believe our job is to find out your particular style and incorporate that into your home renovation design, no matter what style your house…

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be at the starting gate of a World Cup downhill at Val d’Isère or Kitzbühel challenging the world’s best downhillers for your country?  While it is a dream for many, for Doug Kerr, it was his life for four years.  He was a member of…

By Nisha MacNeil, Design Manager We all wish that we could spend a lot of time at a spa. It’s a treat to be enveloped in such a warm, soothing, and aesthetic environment. Well, if you renovate your bathroom, you can bring that spa feeling to your home and enjoy it every day by utilizing…

After more than 30 years as one of the Lower Mainland’s foremost home renovation and custom home builders,  Kerr Construction and Design has changed its name to Kerr Design Build.  The website address will also be changing from kerrconstruction.ca to kerrdesign.build. The Kerr Design Studio, the brand for our team of incredible designers, will also…

by Nisha MacNeil, Design Manager A client came to us because their kitchen was too cramped and cut off from the rest of the house. They had a busy family life with two growing teenagers and wanted a way to keep everyone together. So our design team spent a lot of time going over various options for…

Kerr Design Build, formerly Kerr Construction & Design, has been named the best home builder by two review companies and included on a list of the best interior designers in Vancouver compiled by The Best Vancouver. Best home builder! Based on four criteria, scope of service provided, number of years in the business, number of…

Some properties in the Lower Mainland are spectacular and deserve spectacular treatment. Kerr Construction & Design had the good fortune to beautify one such property in Harbour Chimes in Coquitlam.  An incredible second-story steel cantilevered deck was added to the back of the house, looking out onto a breathtaking vista of Eagle Mountain in the…

Kerr Design Build completed a mind-blowing project to take a client’s home from zero to their perfect forever living space.  Small WWII house  The house was a single-floor, two-bedroom WWII bungalow in Kitsilano that the clients, a couple and their now teenage daughter, had been living in for years.  They had two rental suites in the…