Awards

The HAVAN Awards for Housing Excellence put a spotlight on the accomplishments of the homebuilding industry each year. Capturing the best new-home construction, renovation and design projects in Metro Vancouver. HAVAN (formerly GVHBA) established this program to recognize influential and trend-setting companies within the industry who are committed to creating world-class housing in our region.

2021 WINNER – INTERIOR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
2021 Finalist – Best Interior Design – New Custom Residence – The Path Less Travelled
2021 Finalist – Best Interior Design – New Custom Residence – Feats of Strength
2021 Winner – Best Character Home Renovation – An Oldie But a Goodie
2021 Finalist – Best Bathroom Renovation Under $35,000 – What’s Old is New Again
2021 Finalist – Best Renovation $400,000 – $699,999 – What’s Old is New Again
2021 Winner – Best Renovation $400,000 – $699,999 – Belle Vue
2021 Winner – Best Custom Home $3,000,000 and Over – Feats of Strength
2021 Finalist – Best Custom Home $3,000,000 and Over – The Sandpiper
2021 Finalist – Best Master Suite: New or Renovated – The Sandpiper
2021 Finalist – Best Outdoor Living Space – At Water’s Edge
2020 Finalist – Best Renovation $700,000 – $1 Million – Hit The Lights
2020 Winner – Best Renovation $700,000 – $1 Million – Banking on Wall Street
2020 Winner – Best Kitchen Renovation Over $125,000 – Banking on Wall Street
2020 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation $75,000 – $125,000 – Bentley’s Oasis
2020 Finalist – Best Renovation Under $200,000 – Panic in the Mudroom
2020 Winner – Best Bathroom Renovation $35,000 and Over – Bath Bomb
2019 Winner – Best Custom Home under $1,000,000 – Boundary Bay Beachside
2019 Finalist – Best New Kitchen over $100,000 – Wicked Awesome
2019 Finalist – Best Renovation under $200,000 – These Pretzels Are Making Me Thirsty
2018 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation under $75,000 – Hole in 1
2018 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation $75,000 – $125,000 – Industrial Funk
2018 Winner – Best Kitchen Renovation over $125,000 – Serenity Now
2018 Finalist – Best Renovation under $200,000 – Hole in 1
2018 Winner – Best Renovation under $200,000 – The Cat’s Meow
2018 Winner – Best Residential Renovation $200,000 – $399,999 – Shoreline Sights
2018 Finalist – Best Room: New Construction – Larger than Life
2018 Finalist – Best Outdoor Living Space: Custom or Renovated – Larger than Life
2017 Winner – Best Kitchen Renovation: $75,000 – $125,000 – Transitional Transformation
2017 Winner – Best Renovation: $200,000 – $399,999 – By The Bay
2017 Finalist – Best Exterior Renovation – Patio Party
2017 Finalist – Best Renovation: Under $200,000 – Damn You Lazy Susan
2016 Winner – Best New Kitchen: Under $100,000 – Best Foot Forward
2016 Finalist – Interior Design Custom Residence – Sunny Side Up
2016 Finalist – Best New Kitchen $100,000 and over – Sunny Side Up
2015 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation: $50,000 – $99,999 – Weaverbird
2015 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation: $50,000 – $99,999 – Pacific Drive
2015 Finalist – Best Addition Renovation – Weaverbird
2015 Finalist – Best Renovation: $500,000 – $799,999 – Weaverbird
2015 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation over $100,000 – West Vancouver Horizon
2015 Finalist – Best Condo over $200,000 – Top Shelf
2015 Finalist – Best Renovation over $800,000 – Creme De La Kerrisdale
2015 Finalist – Best Renovation: $300,000 – $499,999 – A New Dawn
2015 Finalist – Best Renovated Room – Creme De La Kerrisdale
2014 Winner – Best Kitchen Renovation: $50,000 – $99,999 – Green with Envy
2014 Finalist – Best Renovated Room – Green with Envy
2014 Finalist – Best Exterior Renovation – Green with Envy
2014 Finalist – Best Renovation: $500,000 – $799,999 – Green with Envy
2014 Finalist – Best Outdoor Living Space: New or Renovated – Green with Envy
2014 Winner – Best Interior Design Custom Residence: New or Renovated – Retro Revival
2014 Finalist – Best Outdoor Living Space: New or Renovated – Retro Revival
2014 Winner – Best Renovation: $300,000 – $499,999 – Retro Revival
2014 Winner – Best Kitchen and Greatroom Renovation – Retro Revival
2013 Finalist – Best Bathroom Renovation: Under $35,000 – Relaxing Retreat
2013 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation: $50,000 – $99,999 – Modern Metamorphosis
2013 Finalist – Best Renovated Room – Brookside
2012 Winner – Best Custom Home $1-2 million – Waterfront Hideaway
2012 Winner – Best Outdoor Living Space – Waterfront Hideaway
2012 Finalist – Best Special Feature – Waterfront Hideaway Suspended Loft
2012 Finalist – Best Kitchen over $100k – Border View
2011 Winner – Best Condominium Renovation – South View

The Georgie Awards®, owned and produced by the Canadian Home Builders’ Association of British Columbia (CHBA BC), is recognized both provincially and nationally as a premier housing awards program that highlights and celebrates excellence in home building in British Columbia. A Georgie Award has become an industry stamp of quality.

2021 Winner – Custom Home Valued Over $3,000,000 – The Sandpiper
2021 Winner – Custom Home Valued Between $900,000 – $1,299,999 – Modern Mystique
2021 Winner – Best Single Family Kitchen Over $150,000 – The Path Less Travelled
2021 Finalist – Custom Home Valued Between $1,300,000 – $1,899,999 – The Path Less Travelled
2021 Finalist – Best Single Family Kitchen Over $150,000 – Feats of Strength
2021 Finalist – Best Single Family Kitchen Over $150,000 – The Sandpiper
2021 Finalist – Best Single Family Kitchen Up To $150,000 – Modern Mystique
2021 Finalist – Best Residential Renovation $300,000 – $499,999 – What’s Old is New Again
2021 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation Over $125,000 – An Oldie But A Goodie
2021 Finalist – Best Master Suite Over $100,000 – The Sandpiper
2021 Finalist – Best Interior Custom Residence – New or Renovation – The Path Less Travelled
2021 Finalist – Best Interior Custom Residence – New or Renovation – The Sandpiper
2020 Winner – Best Single Family Kitchen Up To $150,000 – Redwoods Manor
2020 Winner – Best Residential Renovation Under $100,000 – Panic in the Mudroom
2020 Finalist – Best Residential Renovation $500,000 – $799,999 – Banking on Wall Street
2020 Finalist – Best Residential Renovation $500,000 – $799,999 – Hit the Lights
2020 Winner – Best Kitchen Renovation Under $125,000 – Bentley’s Oasis
2020 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation Over $125,000 – Banking on Wall Street
2019 Finalist – Custom Home valued between $1,300,000 – $1,899,000 – Wicked Awesome
2019 Finalist – Best Single Family Kitchen Up To $150,000 – Deep Roots
2019 Finalist – Best Single Family Kitchen Over $150,000 – Must Be Nice
2019 Finalist – Best Residential Renovation $100,000 – $299,999 – The Cat’s Meow
2019 Finalist – Best Residential Renovation $300,000 – $499,999 – Blue Horizon
2019 Finalist – Best Residential Renovation $500,000 – $799,999 – Break In, Build Out
2019 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation Under $125,000 – Blue Horizon
2019 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation Over $125,000 – Break In, Build Out
2019 Finalist – Best Master Suite Over $100,000 – A Bathroom I Can Play Baseball In
2019 Finalist – Best Interior Custom Residence – Must Be Nice
2018 Finalist – Custom Home valued between $1,300,000 – $1,899,000 – Pride Rock
2018 Finalist – Custom Home valued between $1,900,000 – $3,000,000 – Larger than Life
2018 Winner – Best Single Family Kitchen Over $150,000 – Pride Rock
2018 Finalist – Best Single Family Kitchen Over $100,000 – Larger than Life
2018 Winner – Best Residential Renovation $100,000 – $299,999 – Shoreline Sights
2018 Finalist – Best Residential Renovation $100,000 – $299,999 – Damn You Lazy Susan
2018 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation Under $125,000 – Industrial Funk
2018 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation Under $125,000 – Sunny South Surrey
2018 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation Over $125,000 – Serenity Now
2018 Finalist – Best Master Suite – Larger than Life
2018 Finalist – Best Any Room – Larger than Life
2018 Finalist – Best Outdoor Living Space – Larger than Life
2017 Winner – Best Kitchen Renovation under $125,000 – Transitional Transformation
2017 Finalist – Best Residential Renovation $100,000 – $299,999 – By The Bay
2016 Finalist – Best Kitchen under $100,000 – Best Foot Forward
2016 Finalist – Best Certified Home – Custom – Sunny Side Up
2016 Finalist – Custom Home valued between $750,000 – $1,500,000 – Sunny Side Up
2014 Finalist – Best Custom Home: $1,500,000 – $3,000,000 – West Vancouver Horizon
2014 Finalist – Best Single-Family Kitchen over $100,000 – West Vancouver Horizon
2014 Winner – Best Kitchen Renovation: $50,000 – $99,999 – A New Dawn
2014 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation: $50,000 – $99,999 – Weaverbird
2014 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation: $50,000 – $99,999 – Pacific Drive
2014 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation: $100,000 and Over – Creme De La Kerrisdale
2014 Finalist – Best Residential Renovation $800,000 and Over – Creme De La Kerrisdale
2014 Finalist – Best Renovation: $500,000 – $799,999 – Weaverbird
2014 Winner – Best Renovation: $300,000 – $499,999 – A New Dawn
2014 Finalist – Best Renovation: $300,000 – $499,999 – Pacific Drive
2014 Finalist – Best Condo Renovation – Top Shelf
2014 Winner – Best Master Suite – New or Renovation – West Vancouver Horizon
2014 Finalist – Best Certified Whole House Renovation – Creme De La Kerrisdale
2013 Finalist – Best Residential Renovation $500,000 – $799,999 – Green with Envy
2013 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation under $100,000 – Green with Envy
2013 Finalist – Best Renovation – Any Room – Green with Envy
2013 Finalist – Best Outdoor Living Space – New or Renovation – Green with Envy
2013 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation under $100,000 – Magic Metamorphosis
2013 Finalist – Best Interior Design Custom Residence – Retro Revival
2013 Finalist – Best Residential Renovation $300,000 – $499,999 – Retro Revival
2013 Finalist – Best Residential Renovation $500,000 – $799,999
2013 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation over $100,000
2012 Winner – Custom Home valued between $1,500,000 – $3,000,000 – Waterfront Hideaway
2012 Winner – Best Condo Renovation – Ocean Side
2012 Winner – Best Interior Design Custom Residence – Waterfront Hideaway
2012 Finalist – Best Residential Renovation $500,000 – $799,999 – Brook Side
2010 Finalist – Best Kitchen Renovation over $100,000 – Gourmet Garden View
2010 Winner – Best Condo Renovation over $200,000 – South View
2010 Finalist – Best Residential Renovation $300,000 – $499,999 Wong

The Houzz community’s top picks for pros in Design and Customer Service; honouring the professionals behind the most popular photos on Houzz, and those elevated for their exceptional service through client review.

2021 – Best of Houzz – Design
2021 – Best of Houzz – Client Satisfaction
2020 – Best of Houzz – Design
2020 – Best of Houzz – Client Satisfaction
2019 – Best of Houzz – Design
2019 – Best of Houzz – Client Satisfaction
2018 – Best of Houzz – Design
2018 – Best of Houzz – Client Satisfaction
2017 – Best of Houzz – Design
2017 – Best of Houzz – Client Satisfaction
2016 – Best of Houzz – Design
2016 – Best of Houzz – Client Satisfaction
2015 – Best of Houzz – Client Satisfaction
2014 – Best of Houzz – Design
2014 – Best of Houzz – Client Satisfaction

IDIBC Shine Awards

2012 Residential Award of Excellence – Waterfront Hideaway
2012 Sustainability Award of Merit – Waterfront Hideaway

SDL ‘Best Of ’ Awards

2011 Winner – Best Designer
2011 Winner – Best Entrepreneur
2010 Winner – Best New Business
2010 Runner Up – Best Entrepreneur
2010 Runner Up – Best Website

NKBA-BC Design Excellence Awards

2020 Finalist – Designer of the Year
2020 Winner – Best Showroom Display – JennAir, Trail Appliances
2020 Finalist – Best Traditional Large Bathroom
2020 Runner-Up – Best Contemporary Large Bathroom – Bath Bomb
2020 Winner – Best Traditional Large Kitchen – The Path Less Travelled
2020 Runner-Up – Best Traditional Small Kitchen – Feats of Strength
2019 Finalist – Designer of the Year
2019 Winner – Best Contemporary Kitchen – Banking on Wall Street
2019 Finalist – Best Traditional Kitchen – Litt Up
2019 Finalist – Best Traditional Kitchen – Bentley’s Oasis
2019 Finalist – Best Traditional Kitchen – Family Affair
2019 Winner – Best Traditional Kitchen – A Whole New World
2018 Winner – Kitchen Designer of the Year
2018 Winner – Best Kitchen Transformation – Break In, Build Out
2017 Winner – Designer of the Year – Roger Moras Memorial Award
2017 Winner – Best Large Kitchen Design – Larger than Life
2017 Winner – Best Kitchen Transformation – Industrial Funk
2016 Winner – Best Wine Cellar

NKBA National Design Excellence Awards

2020 Winner – Best Large Multi-Location, Multi-Brand, and Multi-Product Showroom Over 5,000 Sqft – Trail Appliances

CDECA Design and Decorating Competition

2013 Silver Award – Best Bathroom under 25k – Traditional Bath
2012 Silver Award – Best Bathroom over $25k Tranquil Spa Retreat