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Home Renovations in Kanata
From Beaverbrook and Glen Cairn, the oldest parts of Kanata, to the newer streets beyond, we renovate kitchens, bathrooms, basements, and whole main floors.
Home Renovations in Kanata, Built Around Your Family
Kanata families often find the house that fit five years ago does not fit now. Kids get bigger, someone works from home, a parent moves in. Moving means leaving the schools and the neighbours, so more people choose to change the house instead. Home renovations in Kanata are how you keep the location and get the space.
Kanata began as a planned community in 1964 and became a city in 1978, so its houses range from the late 1960s to recent builds. As a design-build renovation company, we plan around the age of your house, because it decides what is behind the walls.
- 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 Kanata
Whatever the project, home remodeling in Kanata runs through the same team and the same fixed-price contract. Where we have a dedicated Kanata page for a service, the card takes you there.
Kitchen Renovations
Layouts, cabinetry, counters, lighting, and the plumbing and electrical behind them. Our Kanata kitchen page covers local layouts and pricing.
Kitchen renovations in KanataBathroom 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 Kanata 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 Kanata basement page covers what local basements need and what they cost.
Basement renovations in KanataHome 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 KanataWhole-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 renovationCustom Homes
When renovating would cost close to what a new house would, building new on your own lot can be the better answer. We design and build custom homes in Kanata too.
Custom home builders in Kanata
What Kanata Homes Ask For
Three things we look at in a Kanata house before we design.
Beaverbrook and Glen Cairn are the oldest parts of Kanata, from the planned community that started in 1964. Those houses are now more than fifty years old, so the original plumbing, ventilation, and electrical capacity get checked along with the finishes.
Kanata has bedrock outcrops in places. That matters for anything that digs, such as an addition's footings or new plumbing below the slab, so we confirm the ground conditions before the design commits to it.
In a newer Kanata house the structure and systems are usually sound, so more of the budget goes to the layout and the finishes. We still look behind the drywall before we design around it.
Recent Renovations by OGC
Kitchens, bathrooms, basements, additions, and whole-home renovations, completed by OGC across the Ottawa area.
Why Kanata Homeowners Choose OGC
Looking for a general contractor in Kanata who designs and builds under one roof? OGC has 200+ verified reviews across Google, Houzz, and HomeStars.
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.
Kanata 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 Kanata 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.
It can. Kanata has bedrock outcrops in places, and where rock sits close to the surface it affects anything that digs: footings for an addition, plumbing below a basement slab, or a new window well. Most interior renovations never touch it. Where your project does, we confirm the conditions before the design is final.
If you like the neighbourhood, renovating usually keeps more of what you value, and it avoids the cost of selling and buying. The real question is whether your house can be made to work, and that depends on the layout and the lot. A renovation contractor in Kanata should show you the answer in a design before you decide, and our 3D design stage does that.
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 Kanata and basement renovations in Kanata cover local pricing for those projects.
Also Renovating Near Kanata
OGC renovates homes across Ottawa from our office on Merivale Road. Nearby, we also renovate in Barrhaven, Nepean, and Westboro. See our main Ottawa home renovations page, or pick another area.
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