Construction budget / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Accessory dwelling units (ADU)

Laneway home or multiplex costs for Vancouver in 2025

...construction costs Sample budgets: Laneway home vs. multiplex Factors that influence your final cost Financing your Vancouver construction project The essential takeaways: Budgeting your build A detailed breakdown of Vancouver construction costs To create an accurate budget, you must understand that the final price ta...

How to plan and budget for home renovations and new builds
Concept and design

Important Tips For a Successful Build or Renovation

...budget How to stay on budget when building a home Don’t overestimate your own skills If you have some tools and a bit of building experience, it is tempting to assume you can complete a large portion of the work yourself and therefore conclude that you can build sooner or bigger than your budget may realistically allo...

Concept and design

How to stay on budget when building a home

...construction while keeping to a reasonable budget. During this time, I met Benoit Lavigueur, who founded BL Ecoconstruction in 2007. Together we worked on several projects, and eventually decided to combine Synairgis and BL Ecoconstruction to create a company that could offer architecture and construction services, all...

Ecohome's passively heated Edelweiss House
Efficient home design

Are better insulated homes worth the money?

Is it worth insulating a home past building code requirements? There are probably only two general desires we share when imagining a dream house - we all want the nicest one possible for the least amount of money. And we want both of those things right away, rather than waiting a lifetime to see the 'payback' for noble...