A home addition in Richmond lets you expand your living space on the lot you already own — adding square footage, bedrooms, or a second storey without the disruption and cost of moving. Speera Custom Homes plans, permits, and builds home additions across Greater Vancouver with the structural expertise and trade coordination these projects demand.

Speera Custom Homes is a Richmond-based custom home builder with completed projects across the city — including the Aragon half-duplex in Broadmoor and homes built on Herbert Road. We've submitted permits to the City of Richmond's Building Approvals department, worked directly with Richmond plan checkers, and managed construction across multiple Richmond neighbourhoods. That direct local experience means your Richmond custom home build benefits from a team that knows the process — not one learning it on your project.

Featured Project

Aragon Half-Duplex — Broadmoor, Richmond

Our completed Aragon project is a custom half-duplex in Richmond's Broadmoor neighbourhood — strata-titled, fully custom, and finished to a high standard throughout. The project navigated Richmond's duplex permit requirements, lot coverage bylaws, and the City's construction inspection process from design through final occupancy. It reflects the quality and attention to detail we bring to every Richmond custom home build.

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What We Deliver

Home Addition in Richmond

  • Second storey additions over existing single-storey homes
  • Rear and side extensions to expand main floor living areas
  • Primary bedroom additions and accessible main-floor suites
  • Structural engineering and development permit management included
  • Seamless interior and exterior integration with the existing home
  • BC Energy Step Code compliant new construction envelope
Local Knowledge

Home Addition in Richmond: What to Know

Richmond's RSM (Residential Small-Scale Multi-Unit) zone, introduced in June 2024, permits 4–6 units on most single-family and duplex lots — without rezoning. The City of Richmond raised the maximum building height under RSM to 10m in March 2025. Speera has direct, active experience navigating Richmond's RSM and RAD zoning, with completed projects in Broadmoor, Brighouse, and Terra Nova.

Richmond is Speera's home base. Our completed Aragon half-duplex in Broadmoor, and homes built along Herbert Road, are finished projects — not renderings. When you hire Speera as your Richmond custom home builder, you're working with a team that has already navigated the City of Richmond's permit process, worked through the same construction environment your project will face, and delivered finished homes across this city.

We work throughout Richmond, including: Steveston, Terra Nova, Broadmoor, Brighouse, Garden City, Hamilton, Seafair, Quilchena. View all Richmond services →

Why Speera

The Speera Difference in Richmond

Local Expertise

We know Richmond's zoning bylaws, permit timelines, and local trade networks — which means fewer delays and better results on your project.

Turnkey Construction

One team from design through move-in. We coordinate all trades, manage all permits, and keep you updated — no juggling multiple contractors.

Proven Quality

Our completed projects across Greater Vancouver demonstrate the standard we hold ourselves to on every build and renovation.

FAQ

Home Addition in Richmond: Common Questions

This is the first thing to check. An addition that creates new habitable space typically has to meet the City of Richmond's minimum Flood Construction Level, which can require the new finished floor to sit higher than the existing one. That can mean a step between old and new, a raised addition, or in some cases reworking the approach entirely. Establishing the required elevation before design begins avoids a costly redesign later.

It can. Richmond sits on soft, compressible delta soil, so a new addition's foundation has to be designed with settlement in mind — specifically so the new structure settles compatibly with the existing house rather than moving independently and cracking at the junction. Depending on the size of the addition and the site, a geotechnical assessment may be required.

Yes. A home addition requires a building permit from the City of Richmond, and depending on the zone and the nature of the work a development permit may also apply. Your addition also has to work within Richmond's zoning rules for lot coverage, setbacks, and height. We confirm all of this before design is finalized.

Often yes, but it warrants a structural assessment first. The existing foundation and the underlying delta soil have to be capable of carrying the additional load, and in Richmond that is a genuine question rather than a formality. We assess the existing structure and foundation before committing to a second-storey design.

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