Custom Home Design Without the Guesswork.
From custom homes to renovations and remodels, we help families across B.C craft a dream space that feels like coming home.
Decision Paralysis?
Feeling overwhelmed before you’ve even started is normal.
Scope of services
Your home is my focus
Residential design is what I know best. If you’re staring down the biggest project of your life and not sure where to start, you’re in the right place. You don’t need to have it all figured out yet, that’s what I’m here for.
From empty site to dream home, shaped around how you want to live, guided from start to finish.
Accessory Dwellings
More space, more options, all on the property you already own. Laneway house, garden suite, call it what you want.
Additions & Extensions
Expanding what you have without losing what you love about it, complementing your home’s existing style and structure.
Renovations & Remodels
Your family changes, so your home should too. We rework kitchens, basements, and living areas to fit how you live now.
Selected work
How some of them took shape.
The process
Designing a custom home can feel overwhelming. I’ll handle the technical details, working alongside your builder and engineer, so you can focus on the big picture.
01
Discover
We start with a conversation. Your site, your budget, and the life you want to design around.
02
Design
We work through layouts and elevations, shaping your ideas into a home that works the way you imagined.
03
Document
We produce fully detailed construction drawings, coordinated with your builder, engineers, and city officials.
04
Deliver
We stay involved through construction, answering questions and helping the design come together.
Words from the people we’ve worked with.
KW Building Design patiently walked me through converting my outdated 1956 carport into a vaulted bathroom, mud room, and addition with custom sliding patio doors. I explained what I wanted, and Chris took it from there — measuring, walking the yard, and delivering a plan complete with all the amenities, with prompt revisions when I asked for changes. He's extremely knowledgeable about bylaws and permit requirements, and I felt informed and included throughout. The city approved the drawings with zero concerns. If you're planning an addition, a new home, or small-scale housing in the Fraser Valley, I highly recommend KW Building Design to get the job done right
Muegette Miller
Home Addition · Chilliwack, BC · 2024
We had a great experience working with Chris Klop on our basement suite project. He provided thorough, professional pre-design services, developed a schematic design through two rounds of revisions, and coordinated closely with our engineer throughout. He was accommodating with changes and questions along the way. We'd recommend him to anyone looking for a skilled, reliable Building Technologist.
Sherry Hamilton
Basement suite · Chilliwack, BC
Chris helped us with two jobs — a renovation for our townhome and a site plan for a client. Grateful for the patience and attention to detail.
Rashad Sheikh
Multi-project client · Coquitlam
Chris Klop from KW Building Design was an absolute pleasure to work with throughout the whole design process. As this was my first build, Chris helped me scale my dreams to reality, leading me through everything with patience and understanding. He had helpful tips and ideas I hadn't considered, and was extremely knowledgeable about design, construction, and aesthetics. I couldn't be happier with what we created together. If you want your vision of your future home to come to life and need a talented professional with a classical, clean artistic flair, Chris is the person you want
Lorree Bogden
Custom Home · Saulnierville, Nova Scotia · 2025
I grew up around construction. Framing walls, building cabinets, installing siding, learning the trades from the ground up before I ever sat down at a drafting station.
Construction was always around me growing up, though I didn’t get properly involved until later. I spent some time on jobsites, forming concrete, framing, roofing; picking up the basics of how things work in the real world. Then a jobsite accident put me back in school, and design came into the picture. I retrained at BCIT, landed at a structural engineering firm, and started picking up the residential design work that kept coming through their door. One project turned into another, and I soon realized this was the work I wanted to keep doing.
What I love about the work is the freedom to exercise my own creativity, and the chance to help people bring a project to life that's usually deeply personal to them. Watching someone go from overwhelmed to confident and seeing the pieces fall into place is what keeps it exciting.
No two projects are the same, and none go from drawing to completion without a surprise or two. Being prepared for that is what helps me stay practical and calm, finding solutions to keep the project moving instead of stalling out. If you trust me with your project, you can count on me being in your corner the entire time, working my hardest to get the best result possible for you.
About Me
Chris Klop
Principal Designer
Everything you need to know before we start.
Start a project
Let’s start a conversation.
Before we talk, I’d love to know a little about what you’re working on. It takes two minutes and helps us make the most of our first conversation.
We’re selective about the projects we take on, and I expect you to be selective about who you hire. If we’re not the right fit, I’ll tell you honestly and point you in the right direction.
