Chilliwack renovation contractor
The renovation contractor Chilliwack homeowners hire when they want it done right.
Family-run, five-star Google rated, with electrical, plumbing, framing, and seamless gutters in-house. Honest pricing on every service. Fixed scope, fixed schedule, 12-month workmanship commitment.
Quick Answer
Huntley Construction is a Chilliwack-based renovation contractor serving every Chilliwack neighborhood and the Fraser Valley. We offer kitchen renovations, bathroom renovations, basement renovations and legal secondary suites, whole-home renovations, additions and coach houses, and commercial tenant improvements. Red Seal electricians and plumbers are Huntley employees rather than subcontractors. Pricing is published on every service page (kitchens $30K to $150K, bathrooms $15K to $150K, basement suites $100K to $150K, whole-home $150K to $650K and up). The company holds a BC Licensed Electrical Contractor certification, pulls trade permits directly, and offers a 12-month workmanship commitment in writing on every project. Family-run since 2020, more than 150 five-star Google reviews across our renovation and electrical divisions.
What we do
Renovation work, end to end, by one company.
We are a residential renovation contractor first. The bulk of our work is kitchens, bathrooms, basement finishes, legal secondary suites, and whole-home projects across Chilliwack and the Fraser Valley. Additions and coach houses come up regularly. Commercial tenant improvements are a smaller part of our work, mostly for clients we already know.
The structural difference between us and most contractors at our scale is that we employ our own Red Seal electricians, Red Seal plumbers, framers, and gutter crew. Drywall, tile, paint, cabinetry, flooring, and HVAC come from long-term partner trades. We do not claim every trade is in-house. We claim the trades that drive renovation timelines (electrical and plumbing) are on our payroll, which is what lets us hit the schedule we sign you up for.
Services
Everything we build.
Each service page lists what is included, what drives the price, real Chilliwack examples, and a tier breakdown with honest numbers. Open the service that matches what you have in mind.
Kitchen renovations
$30K to $150K+
Refresh, mid-range remodel, full reconfiguration. Custom cabinetry, layout changes, in-house electrical and plumbing.
See full pricingBathroom renovations
$15K to $150K+
Cosmetic refresh through premium ensuites. Sheet-membrane waterproofing, custom showers, heated floors.
See full pricingBasement renovations
$35K to $150K+
Rec rooms, finished basements with bath and bedroom, legal secondary suites with all code requirements.
See full pricingWhole-home renovations
$150K to $650K+
Cosmetic refreshes through full down-to-studs. One project manager, one schedule, one team.
See full pricingAdditions and legal suites
$100K to $500K+
Rear additions, second-storey additions, coach houses, garden suites, basement suite conversions under Bill 44.
See full pricingCustom homes
$400 to $700/sqft
Ground-up custom builds across the Fraser Valley. We work as the execution partner with your designer or architect.
See full pricingCommercial work
$40K to $750K+
Tenant improvements, retail build-outs, franchise renovations, ongoing maintenance partnerships.
See full pricingElectrical (standalone)
See pricing
Service calls, panel upgrades, EV chargers, knob-and-tube replacement. Red Seal certified, BC LEC.
See full pricingPlumbing (standalone)
See pricing
Water heaters, fixture installs, gas fitting, drain clearing, suite rough-ins. Red Seal certified.
See full pricingSeamless gutters
$8 to $17 per ft
5-inch and 6-inch seamless aluminum, gutter replacement, fascia repair, micro-mesh guards.
See full pricingPricing
Honest pricing, on the website.
Most Chilliwack renovation contractors will not publish a number until after a site visit. We publish a tiered range on every service page. Here are the headlines.
| Service | Typical 2026 range | What that buys |
|---|---|---|
| Kitchen | $30K to $150K+ | Cosmetic refresh through full reconfiguration with custom cabinetry. |
| Bathroom | $15K to $150K+ | Refresh through premium ensuite. Most projects land $30K to $50K. |
| Basement (rec room) | $35K to $100K | Open finish, finished basement with bath and bedroom. |
| Basement legal suite | $100K to $150K | Egress, fire separation, sub-panel, full kitchen, separate entrance. |
| Whole-home | $150K to $650K+ | Cosmetic refresh through down-to-studs. |
| Addition | $100K to $500K+ | Basement suite conversion through second-storey or coach house. |
| Custom home | $400 to $700 per sqft | Standard finish to premium; 2,000 sqft starts around $800K. |
These are real ranges, not floor prices designed to get you on the phone. Every tier has its own breakdown on the matching service page, with what is included and what drives a project up or down within the tier.
How it works
From first call to handover.
Design consultation
You book through the form. Within one to two business days, we are at your home. We measure, ask what you actually want, talk about budget honestly, and tell you whether we are the right fit. No pressure, no quote on the spot, no sales-pitch dance.
Scope and quote
We send a written, line-item quote within five to ten business days. Allowances are explicit (not vague). The deposit is under 15 percent of contract value and tied to signing, not to "starting work." Progress payments hit at milestones, not calendar dates.
Permits and pre-construction
Either we pull permits or you do, agreed at signing. Trade permits go through our in-house electrical and plumbing certifications. Chilliwack residential permits currently take around 10 weeks. We use that time to confirm material orders, lock in trade scheduling, and walk you through what living through construction will look like.
Construction
Same crew, same project manager, start to finish. Site is cleaned at the end of every day. You get a weekly update with photos. Anything that needs a change order is in writing, signed, and priced before it happens. No verbal upcharges, no surprises at month-end.
Handover and warranty
Final walkthrough with the project manager. Deficiency list, fixed within two weeks. 12-month Huntley Workmanship Commitment kicks in from the day you take possession. We answer the phone in year three because we are still here.
The honest comparison
What separates us from the typical Chilliwack renovation contractor.
The structural differences that show up at the quote stage, mid-build, and the year after we leave.
Typical Chilliwack renovation contractor
Huntley Construction
Pricing on the website
Typical
Hidden until consultation, often forever
Huntley
Published tier range on every service page
Electrical and plumbing
Typical
Sub-contracted, scheduling depends on outside trades
Huntley
In-house Red Seal employees on the same payroll
Permits
Typical
Sub-trade pulls trade permits on their own schedule
Huntley
BC LEC certification, trade permits pulled directly by us
Quote format
Typical
Round numbers with vague allowances
Huntley
Line-item, fixed scope, the number you sign is the number you pay
Deposit
Typical
20 to 40 percent before any work
Huntley
Under 15 percent of contract value, tied to signing
Progress payments
Typical
Calendar-based, regardless of progress
Huntley
Milestone-based: signing, demo, rough-in, drywall, final
Workmanship warranty
Typical
Vague, often verbal
Huntley
12-month Huntley Workmanship Commitment in writing
After year one
Typical
Calls go unreturned
Huntley
Same family-run office, same crew, still answering
What can go wrong
The renovation horror stories you have heard, and how they happen.
The deposit-and-disappear
A contractor takes 30 to 50 percent upfront and then becomes hard to reach. Materials never show up. The first phase of work either does not start or stalls halfway. By the time the homeowner reaches their bank or BBB, the contractor has dissolved the corporation and started a new one. The fix is a deposit under 15 percent of contract value and milestone-based progress payments. If you keep the contractor on the hook for finishing the work to get paid, this scenario is structurally less likely.
The change-order spiral
The contract has $5K of "tile allowance" and $3K of "lighting allowance" and $4K of "trim allowance." None of those numbers were close to realistic. By the time the homeowner picks materials, the actual costs are double. The contractor charges the differences as change orders. The $80K kitchen becomes a $115K kitchen, and the homeowner has no leverage because the project is half-finished. The fix is line-item quotes with specific products, not vague allowances. Ask any contractor for a sample line-item quote before you sign.
The sub-trade scheduling pile-up
Framing finishes on schedule. Electrical was supposed to be next, but the sub-trade is on a bigger job and pushes back two weeks. Plumbing was supposed to follow electrical, but they have moved to another customer. By the time everyone is on-site again, the project is 5 weeks behind and the homeowner has been living without a kitchen for an extra month. This is the most common renovation delay in our market. The reason we run our own electrical and plumbing crews is to remove this exact failure mode.
The year-two failure with no answer
Eleven months after the renovation, a tile in the shower starts to lift. Behind it, the waterproofing was sheet-good plastic instead of proper sheet membrane, applied wrong. The homeowner calls. The number is disconnected. The company is gone. The fix is who is going to answer when something needs attention. Workmanship warranties are only worth the company that backs them. We are still here, family-run, same office, since 2020.
Service area
Working in every Chilliwack neighborhood and across the Fraser Valley
Each neighborhood page covers what we typically run into in that area: housing stock, common project types, permit nuances. Find yours below.
Chilliwack neighborhoods
- Sardis
- Vedder Crossing
- Promontory
- Garrison Crossing
- Downtown Chilliwack
- Yarrow
- Greendale
- Rosedale
- Fairfield Island
- Little Mountain
- Cultus Lake
See also the full Chilliwack rollup.
Fraser Valley cities
See the full service area map.
Common questions
What homeowners ask before they book.
The questions we hear most often at the first design consultation. Honest answers without the salesy hedging.
- Honest ranges based on the projects we run: kitchens $30K to $150K, bathrooms $15K to $150K (most land $30K to $50K), basement renovations $35K to $100K, legal secondary suites $100K to $150K, whole-home renovations $150K to $650K and up, additions $100K to $500K and up. The biggest cost driver in Chilliwack is whether the home is on 60A or 100A service and whether plumbing and HVAC need updating. Older Sardis, Fairfield Island, and Downtown homes almost always do. Every service page on our site lists a real tier breakdown with what each tier includes.
- Single bathroom: 3 to 8 weeks of construction once permits are in hand. Kitchen: 4 to 10 weeks. Basement finish: 6 to 16 weeks (legal suites on the longer end). Whole-home: 3 to 12 months depending on scope. Add 2 to 3 months for design and permitting on anything that needs a building permit. Chilliwack residential permit processing currently runs around 10 weeks. We build the permit window into the timeline you sign, so the start date you see is the start date you get.
- Three things separate the contractors who deliver from the ones who do not: published pricing, in-house trades, and a written workmanship warranty. Most local contractors will not publish numbers. Most sub-contract their electrical and plumbing, which is where mid-project delays come from. Most warranties are vague handshakes. Ask any contractor you are considering: what is your typical kitchen renovation cost, do you employ your own electricians and plumbers, and what is in writing if something fails 11 months from now. The answers tell you a lot.
- Electrical, plumbing, framing, and seamless gutters are Huntley employees on the same payroll. Drywall finishing, tile-setting, painting, cabinetry, flooring, and HVAC are partner trades we have worked with for years. We do not claim every trade is in-house, because that would not be true. We claim the trades that drive renovation timelines (electrical and plumbing) are in-house, which is the structural difference that lets us hit our schedules.
- Under 15 percent of contract value is the safe range. We work to that standard and so do most reputable contractors. Anything above 25 percent upfront is a flag worth questioning, because it shifts risk from the contractor to you before any work happens. Healthy progress payments are tied to milestones (signing, demo complete, rough-in pass, drywall, final walkthrough), not calendar dates. If you see a payment schedule built around dates instead of milestones, ask why.
- Either, agreed in writing before the contract is signed. When we pull them, our in-house electrical and plumbing divisions handle trade permits directly, which is faster than a GC waiting on a sub-trade to file. Building permits we pull or you pull, your choice. Trade permits for electrical work are pulled under our BC Licensed Electrical Contractor certification on every job we wire, regardless of who pulls the building permit.
- Twelve-month Huntley Workmanship Commitment on every job, in writing. If something we installed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and fix it. No cost, no argument, no runaround. Custom homes carry the BC mandatory 2-5-10 New Home Warranty on top of that (2 years on labour, 5 on envelope, 10 on structural). Our warranty is enforceable because we still answer the phone in year three, year five, and year ten. Most renovation warranty problems come from contractors who stopped answering, not from the warranty language itself.
- Either path works. We collaborate with designers and architects you bring, or we recommend ones we have worked with across Chilliwack and the Fraser Valley. Getting us involved before drawings are finalized usually saves money because we flag buildability issues before they become change orders. For smaller renovations (single bathroom, basic kitchen refresh), we often handle the design conversation directly without a separate designer.
- Every Chilliwack neighborhood: Sardis, Vedder Crossing, Promontory, Garrison Crossing, Yarrow, Greendale, Rosedale, Downtown Chilliwack, Fairfield Island, Little Mountain, Cultus Lake. Plus the Fraser Valley: Abbotsford, Mission, Langley, Agassiz, Harrison Hot Springs, Hope. Travel and scheduling are not a barrier inside Chilliwack proper. Out-of-town jobs add a small travel charge that we line-item on the quote.
- Because hiding the number wastes everyone's time. A homeowner who finds us through Google needs to know whether the project they have in mind is in our range before booking a consultation. If your bathroom budget is $8K and the honest minimum we can do a real bathroom renovation for is $15K, we both want to know that on day one, not after a site visit. Published pricing also makes us accountable. Once a number is on the website, we cannot quietly drift higher without anyone noticing.
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