Renovations in Sardis.

Sardis is where most of Chilliwack lives. Cedar Park, Ten Oaks, Watson, and the neighborhoods around Vedder Road make up the largest concentration of single-family homes in the city. A lot of that housing stock was built between 1965 and 1995, which means most of it is now ready for its first or second round of serious renovation.

The typical Sardis home sits in the $550K to $750K range (mid-2026 benchmarks, Chilliwack District Real Estate Board), which is the core family market in Chilliwack. Buyers moving in are often young families upgrading from townhomes, or long-time owners renovating to stay rather than move. Both groups come to us for the same reason: honest pricing, in-house trades, and renovations that hold up ten years later rather than looking tired after five.

Because our team lives and works here, we know the quirks. We have rewired 1970s Sardis kitchens out of aluminum branch circuits and mixed-metal splices. We have replumbed houses with polybutylene before a pinhole leak turned into an insurance claim. We have added rear additions onto ranchers that started life at 1,200 square feet and now sit at 2,400. The typical Sardis scope mixes cosmetic wants with mechanical needs, and our site visits are set up to find both.

Sardis also anchors a lot of Chilliwack’s recent growth. The $40M mass-timber expansion at Sardis Secondary (adding 400 seats) signals continued demand for family housing in the area. That shapes how we think about renovation value: kitchens, ensuites, and finished basements all return strongly on resale in a neighborhood where family buyers are competing for well-maintained homes.

Within Sardis, the sub-areas matter more than a city-wide map suggests. Cedar Park and Watson run heavily to 1970s and 1980s ranchers and split-levels with original mechanical systems. Ten Oaks tends slightly newer, with 1990s and early 2000s houses where polybutylene supply and aluminum branch wiring still show up regularly. Closer to Vedder Mountain you find larger lots, well water on a few streets, and homes that have been added onto two and three times over thirty years. We tailor scope to which Sardis you live in rather than treating the whole neighborhood as one block.

The most common Sardis project we run today is a mid-range kitchen rebuild paired with a basement finish or legal suite, on a 1980s rancher whose owners want to age in place while creating mortgage-helper income. Second most common: a primary ensuite expansion on a Cedar Park or Ten Oaks home where the original main bathroom was 5 by 8 feet and the homeowner wants a proper shower and double vanity. Both of those typical projects come with mechanical work that has to be priced upfront, not discovered at demo.