Bringing A Client’s Vision to Life

Bringing A Client’s Vision to Life

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…

Get Your Tickets and Visit Us at the Vancouver Fall Home Show 2023

Get Your Tickets and Visit Us at the Vancouver Fall Home Show 2023

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…

Should You Convert Your Single Family Home into a Multiple Conversion Dwelling (MCD)?

Should You Convert Your Single Family Home into a Multiple Conversion Dwelling (MCD)?

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…

6 Things You Should Know When Considering a Home Addition

6 Things You Should Know When Considering a Home Addition

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…

Custom Home in Dunbar

Custom Home in Dunbar

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…

Kerr Design Build at the 2023 Home Design + Reno Show

Kerr Design Build at the 2023 Home Design + Reno Show

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…

“Kerr Construction and Design” Is Now “Kerr Design Build”

“Kerr Construction and Design” Is Now “Kerr Design Build”

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…

Vancouver’s Best Home Builders & Interior Design Teams

Vancouver’s Best Home Builders & Interior Design Teams

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…

A Beautiful View Deserves a Beautiful Deck

A Beautiful View Deserves a Beautiful Deck

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…

Designing & Building A Forever Dream Home

Designing & Building A Forever Dream Home

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…

“Design, Budget, Design, Budget, Design, Budget”
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“Design, Budget, Design, Budget, Design, Budget”

One of the things we do at Kerr Construction and Design when we first talk to a client about their renovation is something we call a “pre-construction process.” But when we talk to them, we call it our “design process.” What this entails is making sure we can build what they’re asking for with the…

“The Process” is the Most Important Factor in Home Renovations
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“The Process” is the Most Important Factor in Home Renovations

In many ways, undertaking a major renovation is like buying your first home. It is not something you have done before. So despite everyone’s advice, you tend to worry about your choices and whether you made the right ones. This can be very stressful for a homeowner. Hiring the right company The most important factor…

Let’s Make Sure Kids Are Happy & Warm this Christmas!
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Let’s Make Sure Kids Are Happy & Warm this Christmas!

Kerr Construction & Design is again supporting Coats for Kids, the Christmas initiative of HAVAN, the Vancouver Home Builder’s Association, to provide a better Christmas for families that need it by supporting the Lower Mainland and Surrey Christmas Bureaus. The 27th annual campaign kicks off on Monday, November 7 and runs to Thursday, December 8, 2022. The campaign…