Location · Primary Service Area
Custom Home Builder, West Vancouver.
West Vancouver
Built here on purpose.
Greg Nielsen founded GD Nielsen Homes in March 1986 in Dundarave, two blocks from the seawall. Forty years later, the District is still where the majority of our work lives.
The District of West Vancouver has its own rules, the FAR calculation method, view-corridor bylaws, heritage tree retention, geotechnical reports on the slopes above the highway, and the BC Energy Step Code tier in force when your permit is pulled. We’ve worked through every revision since 1986. We know the planners, the inspectors, the engineers the District trusts on a slope file, and the arborists it accepts on a heritage tree. That continuity is the difference between a clean permit run and months of avoidable delay.
40
Years in West Vancouver
22 / 26
Portfolio projects here
6
Neighbourhoods worked
Neighbourhoods we’ve built in
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Altamont
Hillside above the waterfront, the largest lots and highest budgets in West Vancouver.
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British Properties
Established estate neighbourhood planned by the Olmsted Brothers; strict Design Guidelines.
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Caulfeild
Forested and ocean-facing, west of Lighthouse Park; common heritage tree designations.
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Chartwell · Cammeray
Mid-elevation hillside above the highway, west of Capilano; view-corridor work on steeper grades.
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Cypress Park
Forested upper West Vancouver above the Trans-Canada; geotechnical reports the default.
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Dundarave
Waterfront village on Marine Drive; renovations on tighter, view-anchored lots. Our original office.
Featured Project · Caulfeild
Creekside, west coast modern in Caulfeild.
Stacked horizontal volumes, putting green, pool, and a forested setting two blocks from the ocean.
Creekside · Caulfeild · 2016
One of three GDN builds in Caulfeild, a neighbourhood where the trees, the topography, and the West Coast architectural vocabulary set the rules.
View this projectRecognition
Awards from West Van builds.
- The Lodge, Best Single Family Kitchen Georgie Award · Caulfeild 2012
- Bayview, Best Outdoor Living Space HAVAN Ovation Winner · West Vancouver 2019
- Skyline, Best Custom Home Georgie Finalist · Chartwell (2×) 2016
- Creekside, Housing Excellence CHBA National Finalist · West Vancouver 2018
- Seaside Serenity, Best Kitchen Renovation HAVAN Finalist · Dundarave 2024
