Custom Home Electrical

Yes. Custom-home electrical is a regular part of our workload, particularly on the North Shore and West Van. We work with the architect, builder, and trades from design through to turnover.

Ideally during design development — before drywall, before HVAC rough-in, sometimes before framing if there are major electrical considerations. Late involvement (after rough-in is closed) limits options and costs more.

Rough rule for high-end custom: $25–$50 per sq ft for the electrical scope including lighting, smart home, AV pulls, and service. A 4,000 sq ft custom home: $100,000–$200,000+ depending on smart home and lighting design ambition.

Service sizing, load calculations, panel and sub-panel locations, circuit layout, switching plan, lighting layout (with the lighting designer), smart home rough-in, AV and data pulls, security and camera infrastructure, and exterior lighting.

Yes. We attend design coordination meetings, supply electrical drawings for review, redline architect drawings as needed, and coordinate rough-in sequencing with framers, plumbers, HVAC, and low-voltage trades.

Yes. All-electric custom homes are now a growing share of our work. The design involves a 200A or 400A service, careful load calculations, often a battery for resilience, and EV charger pre-wiring even if a charger is not installed at occupancy.

Yes — both in-house and in coordination with an interior designer or specialist lighting designer. Layered lighting plans (ambient, task, accent), fixture specifications, and switching/dimming layouts.

Yes — and this is the right time to do it. Lutron Caseta/RA3, Control4, Crestron, distributed audio, automated shades, structured Cat6/Cat6A cabling, and security/AV all rough-in cleaner pre-drywall.

200A is the modern minimum. 400A is increasingly common on larger homes with EV chargers, heat pumps, induction cooking, hot tubs, pools, AC, and high-end AV. Service sizing follows the load calculation.

Yes. New service applications, BC Hydro coordination for service drops or underground service, and Technical Safety BC permits — all filed and coordinated by us.

Yes — and we usually recommend it. Conduit runs to attic and basement, spare circuits in the panel, exterior conduit stubs for future EV chargers or shed power, low-voltage conduit for future AV/networking.

Yes. Final panel schedule, circuit map, low-voltage cabling map, smart home programming documentation, and warranty paperwork — provided in a binder and digital files at turnover.

Yes. We coordinate conduit, power, and rough-in with low-voltage integrators. We can also handle the low-voltage scope ourselves on smaller projects where a separate integrator is not required.

Rough-in: 2–4 weeks at the rough-in stage. Trim: 2–4 weeks at finishing. Total electrician on-site time across a typical 12–18 month custom home build: 8–14 weeks spread across the schedule.

Workmanship: 2 years on the electrical installation. Manufacturer warranties pass through on equipment (panels, devices, fixtures). Smart home programming: 1 year on initial programming with optional support contracts beyond that.