Real costs, real permits, real materials — and what 25 years of Montreal renovations has actually taught us. Written by Sadio Moghaddam and the Revohouse project team.
Cabinetry is 30% of a kitchen budget and the single most visible material in the finished room. Here is how to choose between stock, semi-custom, and full custom for a West Island kitchen — and the trade-offs we have learned the hard way.
Design · March 26, 2026A custom kitchen is not about the doors or the counter — it is about three or four layout decisions that determine whether the room actually works. Here is what we learn on every West Island kitchen design.
Design · March 19, 2026After 25 years and several hundred projects across Montreal, the West Island, and Toronto, here are the lessons that show up on every job we do — and the ones we learned the hard way.
Process · March 12, 2026For a high-end Montreal renovation, the contract structure you sign matters as much as the contractor you hire. Here is the honest comparison between design-build and design-bid-build — written by a firm that does both.
Condo · March 5, 2026A condo renovation is a negotiation with three parties — you, your contractor, and your syndicate. The third party decides whether the project happens at all. Here is how to keep them on your side.
Pricing · February 26, 2026A real Montreal home addition runs $350–$600 per finished square foot in 2026. Here is where the money goes, what changes the number, and the cost of the things homeowners forget to budget for.
Process · February 19, 2026Most Montreal basement renovations fail in year three or four — not because the design was wrong, but because the moisture management was. Here is what 25 years of finishing basements in this climate has taught us.
Materials · February 12, 2026After 25 years installing countertops across Montreal and the West Island, here is the honest case for and against each of the three materials homeowners actually choose — quartz, porcelain slab, and natural marble.
Permits · February 5, 2026Every municipality in the Montreal metro has its own permit process, fees, and timeline. Here is the practical comparison — Montreal, Westmount, Pointe-Claire, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Beaconsfield — for a homeowner about to renovate.
Process · January 29, 2026Renovating a heritage triplex in Old Montreal is half archaeology, half negotiation with the Ville-Marie heritage office. Here's what you can change, what's locked, and the price of finding out the hard way.
Condo · January 22, 2026Condo bathroom renovations live or die on the syndicate's renovation form. Here's what Montreal boards actually approve, what they reject, and how to write a submission that gets a yes the first time.
Pricing · January 15, 2026What a kitchen renovation actually costs in the West Island in 2026 — from a 100-sqft galley refresh to a 250-sqft open-plan rebuild — based on real Revohouse project data from Pointe-Claire, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Beaconsfield, and Kirkland.
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