Kayan Custom Homes

02/07/2026

Kayan Custom Homes would like to send a special thank you to all our on-island subcontractors. We take great pride in providing a high end service to all our clients. This would not be possible without our key on-island sub trades. Kayan strives to provide quality service while holding a standard that includes integrity, honesty and respect. We look forward to a bright future together.

10/04/2026

For Rent on Gabriola: 20ft SeaCan / Shipping Container. Clean and insulated. $200/month plus initial delivery fee (app $200). Short or Long Term. Great for storage while building or moving!

09/04/2026

Spring has arrived!!!! We have availability to help with any residential projects that you have been waiting to conquer. We build beautiful homes (Licensed Builder), but we also do renovations, restorations, construct driveways, paddocks, garages, carports, studios, decks... the list is endless. Our schedule tends to fill up fast, now is your chance! We are a locally owned company and all team members are Gabriola residents; we look forward to meeting you and discussing your upcoming project!

04/02/2025

Kayan Custom Homes is hiring! We are expanding our team and looking for an experienced Carpenter Supervisor / Lead Hand for a full-time permanent position. The ideal candidate must be a Red Seal Carpenter with leadership, project management and site supervising experience for residential custom home building. Tasks include reading blueprints/drawings, all aspects of carpentry/building, ensuring health and safety regulations are followed, documentation using JobTread (training provided) and overseeing apprentice/helper training. We only provide services on Gabriola Island, so proximity is a must. Compensation for travel from Nanaimo can be arranged, for the right person, but preference would be for an island resident. We have a fantastic team of 8 team members and take great pride in maintaining a positive and supportive work environment for all. This position requires site/team management to ensure jobs are completed on time, on budget and safely. There is ample room for growth and development within the company to take on additional roles and responsibilities, as we continue to expand operations. Group Health Benefits, CCI and Life Insurance are available for all employees. Compensation is $45-65/hr, depending on training and experience. Check out our website to see more at www.kayancustomhomes.com. Please send resumes to [email protected].

Kayan Custom Homes provides top quality services for home design, build, renovations and earthworks/property development on Gabriola.

23/01/2025

Hello Gabriola!! Although we don't have much of a social media presence, we are very present on our beloved island. The basis of any successful business is a fantastic team, and we have the best! Our core team consists of the 2 owners (John Doak, Licensed Builder and Jay McCarthy, Project Management Professional) as well as 6 employees (John F, Stefan, Clay, Maude, Justin, Jethro; we truly value you guys!). Our auxiliary team consists of multiple trades people/sole proprietors on the island that we bring into our projects to provide specialty trades. We believe that working together and supporting one another is the key to success, as well as ensuring that such services remain available to us on the island so that we can be more independent and economically sound as a community. We always hire locally whenever possible!

We also support others within the community; sponsoring the Concert on The Green with the Gabriola Island Lions Club, as well as supporting local artists and other small businesses during our day to day operations.

Safety isn't just important to us, it's one of our primary core values. We value the health and safety of all of our team members and go to great lengths to ensure that everyone has access to the tools to help maintain a healthy life and work environment. We highly recommended the Group Health Benefits offered by the Gabriola Island Chamber of Commerce. No business is too small to care for your team!

We take great pride in helping people bring their dream homes to life. When you follow your passion and your passion becomes your work, is it really work anymore? Our enthusiasm for creating beautiful homes is what what drives us. We would love and appreciate your nomination for Business of the Year with the Gabriola Island Chamber of Commerce. You are not just voting for the business, you are voting for the entire team!

Please submit your nomination for Kayan Custom Homes at https://forms.gle/QPYMpzSYnNpb7F9EA. We would be greatly honored and appreciate your vote!

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22/01/2024

Business Awards & AGM NOMINATE NOW for the 2023 Business Awards Business of the Year Best New Business U40 Entrepreneur Nomination deadline: Sunday, January 28th, 2024 👉ADD YOUR NOMINATION 👈 and… JOIN US for the announcement and celebration of local businesses! Wednesday, February 7th at the...

31/10/2023

The long awaited rain and cooler weather has lifted the fire restrictions here on Gabriola so our Earthworks Crew at Kayan Custom Homes is ready to start booking more earthworks projects. Do you have plans to fix your driveway or walkways before the snow and ice make it treacherous? Need any concrete work taken care of before the temperature drops? Ready to fireguard your home as recommended by the GVFD? We are here to help with your hardscaping, excavation and concrete projects. Please visit our website at www.kayancustomhomes.com, fill out our contact form with your details, and our Project Manager will be in touch.

Side Note: A huge thank you to the Gabriola community for your overwhelming response to our previous post about our short-term availability for home construction projects. Our schedule for those projects is full and we look forward to helping those that we were able to fit in. If our roster opens up again, we will contact those that we were unable to help this go-around.

01/09/2023

We are not the best at keeping up with our social media presence; we've been just too busy building homes here on Gabriola! We find ourselves waiting for permits to be approved for current projects, so our crews have some availability for the next 4 month window to complete un-permitted projects (renos, small buildings, hardscaping, land development, etc). Time to get those repairs and projects done before the cold arrives. Head to our website at www.kayancustomhomes.com and fill out the contact form with your details and we'll be in touch to discuss!