Free Homeowner Guide · 2-Page PDF
The 5 Questions to Ask Any Custom Home Builder in Metro Vancouver Before You Sign
Most homeowners choose a builder by scrolling kitchen photos. Any builder with a designer can produce a pretty kitchen. This guide gives you the five questions that actually reveal who you are hiring — before you commit to a six- or seven-figure decision.
- Each question includes the warning sign to walk away from.
- Written from the way CoreVal’s owners actually evaluate a build.
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What Is Inside the Guide
Five questions. Each one cuts past the portfolio and tells you something a builder cannot fake on a sales call.
The job-site test
Why an active job site tells you more than any finished portfolio photo — and the request that separates a real builder from a showroom.
The cost-overrun question
How to tell whether a builder carries an honest contingency line, or will bury a surprise and shock you at the end.
The "say no" test
Why a builder who has talked a client out of spending money is worth more than the lowest bid.
The permit reality check
What to ask about who manages your permits — the stage where Metro Vancouver builds quietly lose months.
The hand-off question
How to find out whether the person selling you the project is the person accountable for delivering it.
Why a Question List Beats a Portfolio
A custom home in Metro Vancouver is one of the largest financial decisions most people ever make. Yet builder selection often comes down to who has the most attractive finished photos. The problem is that finished photos tell you a builder hired a good photographer — they tell you almost nothing about how that builder behaves when the soil is wrong, the permit stalls, or the budget gets tested.
This guide reframes the decision around behaviour you can verify. It asks you to visit an active job site, to test whether a builder will ever tell you not to spend money, and to confirm who is actually accountable once the contract is signed. These are the signals that predict a build that finishes on budget and on a realistic timeline.
It is short on purpose — two pages you can read before your next builder meeting, print out, and bring with you. There is no cost and no obligation to work with CoreVal afterward.
The Guide — Common Questions
What is in the guide?
It is a two-page PDF covering the five questions every Metro Vancouver homeowner should ask a custom home builder before signing — visiting an active job site, handling cost overruns, when a builder should say no, who manages permits, and whether you deal with the owner or get handed off. Each question includes the warning sign to walk away from and what a good answer sounds like.
Is the guide actually free?
Yes. Enter your name and email and we send the PDF immediately — there is no charge and no obligation. You will also receive the occasional Letter from David, a short note about real builds and real timelines. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Who wrote it?
The guide is built from the way CoreVal's owners actually talk about choosing a builder. CoreVal Homes is a BC Housing certified custom home builder headquartered in Coquitlam, BC, building across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
Do I have to be ready to build to download it?
No. The guide is most useful early — while you are still researching builders and have not committed to anyone. It is meant to be read before you start interviewing, not after you have signed.
What happens after I download it?
Nothing you do not ask for. The PDF lands in your inbox and the download link appears on this page. If you later want a real conversation, you can book a discovery call directly with Gordie, the owner, or call CoreVal at 604-200-2058. There is no sales follow-up sequence pushing you to commit.
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