Award-winning renovation in Dundas
2020 WEHBA Best Renovation, $1,000,000 and over.
Ancaster, Dundas, Stoney Creek, Aldershot, and the Lakeshore side of Oakville
Hamilton and Burlington whole-home renovations, priced before demo
Your family has outgrown the house, but moving no longer makes sense. We turn the home you already own into one that fits, and every cost is on the table before the first wall comes down.
Whole-home renovation in Aldershot, Burlington. 2026 WEHBA Award of Distinction, Best Renovation, $400,000 to $1,000,000
Joal and a senior project consultant come to your home, usually with a designer. We measure, scan the floor plan, and talk budget in the room.
See what whole-home renovations costPrefer to talk first? Call 289-208-2612
- 2WEHBA Best Renovation awards in 2026
- 4.8on Google, from 100+ reviews
- 5-yearworkmanship warranty
- NKBAmember and RenoMark certified
For multi-level renovations, and main floors that need to open up
Most of our whole-home clients have lived in the house for a few years. They weighed moving, then decided to stay and make the house fit the family.
Upstairs, that often means resizing bedrooms. On the main floor, it usually means taking out walls so the kitchen opens to the rest of the house.
A recent whole home in Aldershot, Burlington
This home won the 2026 WEHBA Award of Distinction for Best Renovation in the $400,000 to $1,000,000 category. The photos cover the kitchen, dining area, family room, stairs, laundry room, and bathrooms.
NEEDS FACT: timeline, what changed in the layout, and the decision behind each photo caption (Cherrywood interview, Oct 14 call)The kitchen Dining area off the kitchen Island and range wall Range wall with a stone backsplash Laundry room Family room Bathroom Family room steps up to the kitchen
2,100-square-foot renovation in Hamilton
2019 HHHBA Best Renovation, $400,000 and over.
Main floor renovation in Burlington
Kitchen, dining, and living space on one open main floor.
What whole-home renovations cost
Multi-level whole-home renovations$350,000 to $750,000+
Main floor renovations$150,000 to $250,000
You'll hear a realistic range at the site meeting, before you spend anything on design. Some contractors quote a number they can't hit. We'd rather lose the job than do that.
We're probably not your team if
- you need crews in the house next month
- you're choosing on the lowest number
- your home is outside Hamilton's Ancaster, Dundas, and Stoney Creek, Burlington, or the Lakeshore side of Oakville
How we set the price before demo
Whole-home projects run through six steps. Your price comes out of that planning.
Site meeting at your home
It's free. Joal walks the house with you, along with a senior project consultant and usually a designer. We scan the floor plan, measure, and talk budget and scope in the room.
Design presentation, 3 to 4 weeks later
At our Ancaster showroom. You see your home as it is and as we propose it, in 2D plans and 3D renderings. You also see finishes, lighting, allowances, and a budget summary.
Follow-up call
We discuss, and we revise the design if it needs it.
Scheduling deposit
You pick a start date and take the full design package home.
Pre-construction
Engineering, permits, and your selections. On trade days, several trades of each kind price the same detailed scope. Every cost change comes back to you before we set the contract number.
Your schedule
It reaches you one to two months before the start date, so you have time to plan where you'll live.
Some contractors send a number in an email. Your scope of work lists, step by step, what we remove, change, and move.
The contract number is one we stand behind, and a 5-year workmanship warranty covers the work after we finish.
1,400 lbsteel beam lifted nine feet up
30 ftof wall taken out on the same job
Load-bearing walls are where we started
Nick and Joal built Heartwood on structural work. Both numbers come from one job.
A licensed structural engineer confirms the load path before anything comes down. We pull the permits, so you don't deal with the city.
NEEDS FACT: which project photo shows a removed load-bearing wall (the Burlington main floor or the Aldershot whole home)Where you'll live while we work
About 95 percent of our whole-home clients move out during the build. We help you find a rental through our own network, MLS, or Airbnb.
Your schedule reaches you early, so you have time to arrange the move. Our own line on it is "We inconvenience families for a living, and we take that very seriously."
What homeowners say
"We worked with Heartwood Renovations on two renovation projects, and our experience has been excellent from start to finish. Nick and Joal, the owners, were hands-on and made sure everything was done to the highest standard."
"A family member recommended Heartwood to us and after looking at a number of local renovation companies, we are so glad that we listened!"
16 WEHBA and HHHBA awards since 2015, including Renovator of the Year twice.
Start with a site meeting
Tell us about your house and what isn't working. We'll call to plan the visit. CONFIRM: first-response time, for example "within one business day"
Book a free site meetingPrefer to talk first? Call 289-208-2612