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Home Renovations in Barrhaven
From early-1990s Longfields to the newer streets of Stonebridge and Half Moon Bay, Barrhaven homes are ready for kitchens, bathrooms, and basements that fit how your family lives now.
Home Renovations in Barrhaven, Without Moving Away
Barrhaven families tend to love where they live: the schools, the parks, the neighbours. What changes is the house. The kitchen that suited a young couple is tight for teenagers, the basement is still unfinished, and the main bathroom has not been touched since the builder left. Home renovations in Barrhaven are usually about keeping the street and changing the space.
Modern Barrhaven grew from the 1960s, outside the Greenbelt, and was part of the City of Nepean until 2001. Most of it is townhouses, with streets of larger detached homes, and each type has its own limits. As a design-build renovation company, we work those out at the first visit, before anyone draws a plan.
- One team from design to final inspection
- City permits and inspections handled
- 3D design before construction
- A fixed price and a 7-year warranty
What We Renovate in Barrhaven
Whatever the project, home remodeling in Barrhaven runs through the same team and the same fixed-price contract. Where we have a dedicated Barrhaven page for a service, the card takes you there.
Kitchen Renovations
Layouts, cabinetry, counters, lighting, and the plumbing and electrical behind them. Our Barrhaven kitchen page covers local layouts and pricing.
Kitchen renovations in BarrhavenBathroom Renovations
Family bathrooms, primary ensuites, tub-to-shower conversions, and basement bathrooms. We plan the layout and the plumbing together, waterproof the shower before the tile goes on, and handle the permit when plumbing is altered or extended. Bathroom renovations in Barrhaven are run by one project manager from demolition to the last fixture, so you are never coordinating a plumber, a tiler, and an electrician yourself.
Bathroom renovationsBasement Renovations
Rec rooms, bedrooms with egress, bathrooms, and secondary suites, built dry from the foundation up. Our Barrhaven basement page covers what local basements need and what they cost.
Basement renovations in BarrhavenHome Additions
Rear and side additions, second storeys, and new space over the garage, designed to look like they were always part of the house.
Home additions in BarrhavenWhole-Home and Main-Floor
Opening up walls, reworking a main floor, or renovating the whole house at once, with the structure engineered and permitted properly and one schedule for every trade.
See a main-floor renovationIn-Law and Secondary Suites
A suite for a parent, an adult child, or rental income, with its own entrance, fire separation, and egress. Ottawa zoning on a serviced lot supports three units, so many Barrhaven homes have room for one.
In-law suite renovations
What Barrhaven Homes Ask For
Barrhaven was built in waves, and the age of the house decides most of the plan.
Most Barrhaven homes are townhouses. A townhouse renovation works inside a fixed footprint and beside a shared wall, so new space comes from the basement and from a smarter main floor rather than from building out. We plan sound separation and any work near the party wall from the start.
Longfields went up in the early 1990s, so those houses are now more than thirty years old. Kitchens and bathrooms are usually the first projects, and it is a good moment to check the original plumbing, ventilation, and whether the electrical panel can carry what you plan to add.
Stonebridge has been building since 2000 and Half Moon Bay since 2007. In a newer house the structure and systems are usually sound, so more of the budget goes to layout and finishes. We still look behind the drywall before we design around it.
Two zoning by-laws apply in Ottawa right now, and the more restrictive one wins. On a serviced lot, plan on three units in total, which makes a secondary suite realistic in many Barrhaven homes. See our in-law suite page for how one is built.
Recent Renovations by OGC
Kitchens, bathrooms, basements, additions, and whole-home renovations, completed by OGC across the Ottawa area.
Why Barrhaven Homeowners Choose OGC
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True Design-Build, One Roof
Design, engineering, permits, and construction all live in-house. No finger-pointing between a designer and a builder, just one accountable team.
One Dedicated Project Manager
A single project manager runs your renovation from start to finish and stays reachable by phone or text the whole way through.
See It Before We Build It
Every renovation starts with drawings and 3D renderings, so you can see the finished space before a wall comes down.
Fixed Pricing, No Surprises
What you are quoted is what you pay, with the scope set in writing before work starts and a price-match guarantee on comparable quotes.
A 7-Year Warranty
Every OGC renovation is backed by our 7-year warranty. The full terms are on our warranty page.
Recognized by the Industry
OGC is a member of the Greater Ottawa Home Builders' Association (GOHBA) and the Canadian Home Builders' Association (CHBA), and a RenoMark renovator. Our work has been covered on CTV and CBC.
Barrhaven Renovation Questions
It depends on what changes. The City of Ottawa requires a building permit to add or remove walls, create or enlarge a window or door opening, make structural repairs or foundation and drain tile repairs, and alter, add, or extend plumbing. Swapping fixtures in the same place and cosmetic work generally do not need one. Electrical work is separate: it is reported to the Electrical Safety Authority through a notification of work by a Licensed Electrical Contractor, and inspected before it is covered. OGC prepares the drawings, applies for the permit, and books the inspections. See our guide to electrical permits.
Yes. Bathroom renovations in Barrhaven are run by the same team as every other project: the layout, the plumbing, waterproofing, tile, and the building permit where plumbing is altered or extended. Replacing fixtures in place generally does not need one. See our bathroom renovations page, and our guide to bathroom renovation permits.
Kitchens and bathrooms are usually first, since that is where finishes wear out and layouts feel dated. While the walls are open we also check the original plumbing, the bathroom ventilation, and whether the electrical panel has capacity for what you plan to add. A renovation contractor in Barrhaven should look at those before quoting finishes, and we do.
Often, yes. Two zoning by-laws apply in Ottawa at the moment and the more restrictive one governs, so plan on three units on a serviced lot. A suite needs its own entrance, fire separation, and egress, and the building permit covers all of it. See our in-law suite renovations page, and our Barrhaven basement page if the suite will be downstairs.
It depends on scope far more than square footage. Scope and structure come first: whether walls, plumbing, or windows move. Then the systems the house needs brought up to date, and then the finishes you choose. We give you a fixed price once the design is set. For detail by project, see our cost guides for kitchens, bathrooms, basements, and additions. Our pages on kitchen renovations in Barrhaven and basement renovations in Barrhaven cover local pricing for those projects.
Also Renovating Near Barrhaven
OGC renovates homes across Ottawa from our office on Merivale Road. Nearby, we also renovate in Nepean, Kanata, and Gloucester. See our main Ottawa home renovations page, or pick another area.
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