Kelowna's only lifetime custom home Warranty
While other builders stop at the standard 2-5-10, we stand behind your home for life. Because we build it right the first time.
What makes us
Stress Free?
Building in the Okanagan should add to your life, not take it over. Versa Homes manages every stage of your Kelowna build, from the first design conversation through to the final walkthrough, so the process stays calm and clear while your home takes shape.
Fixed Price
No surprise fees added anytime, unless you decide to expand the project scope
Detailed Schedule
Keep informed about your project schedule, so you never wonder about the timeline.
Quality Workmanship
We guarantee detailed excellence in every aspect of your project.
24/7 Online Access
Stay informed on your project anytime, anywhere with the client portal.
Daily Logs & Updates
Receive daily logs showcasing on-site work, along with photos and videos of your home in-progress.
Guaranteed Move-In
With a guaranteed move-in date, you can easily plan life accordingly.
Building homes across the Okanagan Valley
An Okanagan home has to work hard. It frames the lake or the hillside, opens up for summers spent outdoors, and stays comfortable through the valley's swings from heat to frost. We bring design, construction, and project management under one roof so those things get planned together instead of patched in later, and the finished home holds up to both the view and the climate. Take a look through our work and the level of detail behind every Versa build.
Price your
own Custom Home
Curious what an Okanagan custom home actually costs to build? Our quick budget tool gives you a realistic fixed-price range in a few minutes, before you commit to anything.
Proudly Recognized
Our awards speak volumes about Versa Homes dedication to great customer experiences and building high-quality homes.
Felipe Freig - Setting the New Standard For Custom Homes in Kelowna
Felipe Freig founded Versa Homes after more than twenty years on job sites, and he still runs every build the same way: hands-on, from feasibility through to the final walkthrough. That site-first background is why the company pairs ambitious architecture with real discipline, a fixed price set before construction begins, and a schedule the whole team is held to.
It also means he reads an Okanagan lot for what it really is. Slope, view corridors, foreshore setbacks, ALR boundaries, and wildfire-interface rules all shape what can be built, and Felipe aligns the architects, engineers, and trades around those realities early, well before they can turn into change orders.
From there the focus shifts to how the home performs and how it feels to live in. Versa obsesses over the building envelope and the finishing details, so you end up with a home that is built precisely and runs quietly through decades of Okanagan summers and winters.
Our clients have nothing but
Good Things To Say
“Attention to the smallest of details. Beyond professional. Guidance through the process every single step of the way. If you want your home built exactly how you want it I would highly suggest using the Versa team.”
Chad Kroeger
Lead Singer of Nickelback - Homeowner (The Rockstar)
“I was referred to Versa after I purchased a tear down home in the Shaughnessy area of Vancouver. I wanted to build a magnificent luxury home that would fit well in the Shaughnessy heritage neighbourhood, and Versa did it all, and more.”
Stephen Gibson
Lawyer at Murphy Battista LLP
“We have worked with Versa Homes on many projects since 2016. All clients who have built or renovated with them have ended the process and been completely satisfied and have nothing but great things to say.”
Rob Gallop
Sarah Gallop Design Director
“They do great work! The Versa team and their commitment to detail is top notch”
Hal Hinkkuri
Home owner - The Royal
“After working with Versa Homes on a variety of projects, it is evident that their main focus is on delivering a positive client experience. I can rest assured knowing that my clients working with Felipe and his team will be very well taken care of starting from the planning phase right on till the end.”
Cam Krause
Willson Design
Kelowna custom homes, Built For Your Lifestyle
No two Okanagan households want the same home. A young family settling in Glenmore, a couple downsizing to a low-maintenance place near the lake, and a remote professional who needs real office space are all solving different problems. As a Kelowna custom home builder, our job is to start from how you actually live and design outward, rather than fitting you into a plan that already exists.
That shows up in the decisions that matter day to day. Where the morning light lands, how the kitchen opens onto the patio for a long summer evening, whether the lower level becomes a guest suite or a wine room, how the mudroom handles ski gear in January. We work through those details with you so the home fits your routines, not just the floor plan.
It is a partnership far more than a transaction. You bring the vision for how you want to live in the Okanagan, and we bring the experience to make it real, on a fixed price and a timeline you can plan the rest of your life around.
Custom Home Architectural Design in Kelowna
Great design in Kelowna starts with the lot, because the lots here are anything but uniform. A benchland property in Upper Mission or Wilden brings slope, retaining, and protected view corridors. An orchard parcel in Southeast Kelowna sits inside the ALR, with its own set of building rules. A lakeshore lot brings foreshore setbacks and riparian limits. Our architectural designers read all of that first, then shape a home that belongs on its specific piece of ground.
The payoff for that groundwork is everything you never have to think about later. Detailed drawings let us lock a fixed price and a firm completion date before the first excavator arrives, and they let us design an envelope that handles the Okanagan honestly: deep summer heat, real winters, and the wildfire-interface standards that now apply across much of the valley. If your build sits on the water, our waterfront and lakefront home building process layers in the extra feasibility and detailing that shoreline sites demand, so the home ends up tuned to its site, its climate, and your budget.
Versa Homes Vs. Other Builders in Kelowna
Other Companies
Versa Homes
Most Okanagan builds still run on cost-plus, where you pay for time and materials as they land and the final number is not known until the end. In a market where trades are in demand and material prices keep moving, that structure quietly pushes the risk onto the homeowner and stretches the timeline. We work the other way around. The design is fully drawn, the trades and materials are booked, and the milestones are set before construction starts, which is what lets us hold a fixed price and a real move-in date. You always know the number and the date you are working toward.
Types of Custom Homes We Build
From the lakeshore to the benchlands to acreage in the hills, Kelowna supports a wide range of custom homes, and we build right across that spectrum. A family home in an established neighbourhood, a large estate on a view lot, a fully bespoke villa: the scale changes, but the process behind it does not. Every project gets the same detailed planning and the same fixed-price commitment.
Custom Homes in Kelowna
A custom home is the most common starting point for our clients, and it's where personalization runs deepest. The layout, finishes, and systems are all shaped around how you live, the size of your family, and the character of your lot rather than a pre-set template. We work through the design with you in detail and translate every decision into thorough construction drawings before pricing the build. The result is a home that fits your day-to-day life, performs well over the long term, and arrives on a fixed price and timeline you can plan around.
Custom Estates in Kelowna
Estate homes step up in both size and complexity, and the Okanagan's view lots and acreages are made for them. These builds often fold in detached shops, guest accommodations, gyms, theatres, pools, and the wine rooms that come naturally in this part of the province. More square footage means more consultants and more involved structural and mechanical systems, especially on sloped or hillside sites. Our planning is built to absorb that complexity, keeping the project coordinated and the price locked even as the home grows in ambition.
Luxury Villas in Kelowna
At the top end, a villa is about getting every element right, from the materials down to the way light moves through the rooms across the day. These homes call for refined finishes, custom millwork, integrated technology, and design that rewards a close look from anywhere you stand. We assemble the right specialists, source the right materials, and coordinate each trade so the finished home reads as one cohesive piece of work. Even at this level, the fixed price and the detailed schedule hold, so building the home stays as composed as living in it.
Our Custom Home Process
1. Design
Everything starts with design. We walk your lot, study the slope, the views, and where the sun tracks across the seasons, then turn your priorities into a floor plan that suits how you live. From there we refine the exterior, the interiors, and the selections together. By the end you have a complete set of drawings and specifications, detailed enough to price the build accurately and move ahead without guesswork.
2. Permit
Once the design is set, we take permitting off your plate. We prepare and submit the full drawing package and coordinate any reports your site calls for, whether that is geotechnical work on a hillside lot, an environmental assessment near a watercourse, or a wildfire-interface review. We deal directly with the City of Kelowna, West Kelowna, or the Regional District, manage their comments and revisions, and keep you posted, so the file keeps moving without you chasing it.
3. Construction
With permits issued, construction runs on the planning already done. Trades are scheduled, materials are ordered, and every milestone is mapped before ground breaks, which is what lets us commit to a fixed price and a firm completion date. Throughout the build you can follow progress, decisions, and timing through the client portal, so the whole stretch from groundbreaking to handover stays organized and predictable.
Why Build a Custom Home in Kelowna, BC?
Few places in Canada combine lifestyle and long-term value the way Kelowna does. The city sits on a 135-kilometre lake, surrounded by wineries, orchards, golf, and a ski hill an hour up the road, and it has grown into a genuine urban centre while holding onto that valley pace. From the established streets of Lower Mission to the view lots of Upper Mission and Wilden and the acreages of East Kelowna, the range of property here is wide. For anyone planning to put down roots, building custom is how you turn that setting into a home that is truly yours.
Space to Build the Home You Actually Want
Land is the real advantage in Kelowna. Step beyond the tighter downtown core and lots open up fast, from view properties on the benches to multi-acre parcels in the hills and farmland. That space makes room for the things a custom home is really about: a detached shop, a pool, a legal suite, and generous outdoor living for the long Okanagan summer. With room to work, the design can respond to the slope and the views instead of fighting the setbacks.
A Community That Balances Country and Convenience
Kelowna has grown up without trading away what made it appealing. Wineries, orchards, and lakefront beaches sit minutes from a real downtown, an international airport, UBC Okanagan, and the kind of shops and restaurants the city did not have a decade ago. You can spend a Saturday on the water or on a championship golf course and still be home in time for dinner downtown. That blend of recreation and amenity is what keeps demand strong and protects the value of a well-built home here.
Land That Rewards Thoughtful Design
Kelowna's lots each reward a different response. A hillside lot in Upper Mission or Dilworth wants its main living spaces turned toward the lake, with the structure stepped down the slope. An acreage in the Southeast wants to sit quietly among the orchards. A shoreline lot is a project of its own, with foreshore setbacks, riparian limits, and the detailing that comes with building on the water. Good design reads those conditions and uses them, so the finished home feels like it could only belong on that lot.
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Frequently Asked Questions
These are the questions we hear most from Kelowna clients before a build gets underway. Pricing, fees, insurance, trades, materials, and warranty are all covered below, so you know exactly how we work before you commit to anything.