| Some were jealous and others were left gasping | | | | improvement and home renovations has been steadily |
| when word of the $6 million home renovation in | | | | increasing for the past dozen years. In general, home |
| Vancouver hit the streets. each doorknob in the house | | | | are aging, and most homeowners would much rather |
| cost $500 and each of the nine toilets were not only | | | | fix up their homes than to rebuild or buy new. Most |
| electronic, but each cost $4,000. | | | | renovations are done with the intentions of improving |
| The story of the renovation of the ultra-customized | | | | the quality of the living environment, not to affect the |
| home, along with over 300 attendees of the Greater | | | | value of the home. |
| Vancouver Home Builders' Association's home | | | | The $6 million home renovation is the story of a |
| renovation seminar, are signs that not all parts of the | | | | husband and wife and their two aging children, who |
| economy are miserable. | | | | are each older than 20. The family wanted to restore |
| While other sectors of the economy have slowed, the | | | | their original house to its former glory, and then some. |
| $7 billion a year renovation industry continues to gain | | | | Interesting to see that so many real estate properties |
| ground, especially in the Lower Mainland where two | | | | in Vancouver are being chosen for renovating instead |
| out of every three reno-dollars. | | | | of demolition. This is a trend that I don't see changing |
| Simpson, CEO of the Greater Vancouver Home | | | | anytime soon. |
| Builders' Association, says that the market for home | | | | |