Burnaby
Custom Home Builder in Burnaby
Custom homes and renovations on Burnaby’s hillsides and view lots, from a builder of forty years.
An established builder, building in Burnaby
GD Nielsen Homes is an architect-driven custom home builder, building across the Lower Mainland since 1986 from our North Shore base. We bring the same complex-site competence and build-to-the-drawings discipline to Burnaby.
Building on Burnaby’s slopes and view lots
Burnaby’s best custom-home ground is on the hills, Deer Lake, Capitol Hill, Burnaby Mountain and Buckingham Heights, where slope, view corridors and drainage decide as much about a house as the floor plan does. The City of Burnaby runs its own approvals. Sloped and view-protected lots are exactly the conditions we have built on across the North Shore for forty years, and we have built at Deer Lake.
Renovations in Burnaby
Established Burnaby homes age into renovation, additions, second storeys and whole-home reconfigurations that have to respect structure already in the ground. We start with the site and the existing house, not the finishes.
Working with your architect
Most of these homes began on someone else’s drawings, an architect’s, a designer’s. We don’t design. We build, faithfully, for the people who do. Your drawings are the brief, and your relationship with the client stays yours.
We never substitute a specified product or alter a detail without your sign-off. When a budget needs to move, we look for it in what stays hidden, framing, sequencing, mechanicals, so the money lands where the design lives: the millwork, the stone, the glazing, the light. Every option comes to the design team first.
We credit the architect and designer on every project they belong to.
Warranty and assurance
Every home is covered by BC’s 2-5-10 New Home Warranty, two years on materials and labour, five on the building envelope, ten on the structure, backed by a licensed third-party insurer. GD Nielsen is a Licensed Residential Builder, and our Avid Customer Choice recognition reflects a 100% client recommendation rate. The lived experience of the build is the part we’re judged on, and the part we protect.
Common questions
Do you build custom homes in Burnaby?
Yes, GD Nielsen Homes builds architect-driven custom homes and renovations in Burnaby from our North Shore base, and we have built at Deer Lake.
Do you work with our architect?
We build for the people who design, to your drawings, with no in-house design studio competing for the work, and we credit you on the project.
Is the home covered by warranty?
Yes, BC’s 2-5-10 New Home Warranty, backed by a licensed third-party insurer, and we are a Licensed Residential Builder.
