Invoices get paid on time
Trades come back to us because the money shows up when it's due. It should not be a selling point in this industry, and yet here we are.
No openings right now
The crew is full. Send your details anyway.
RealDream renovates kitchens, bathrooms, basements and whole homes in North Vancouver and West Vancouver. We are not hiring at the moment. When a seat does open, the first calls go to the carpenters, site leads and subtrades already in the file.
Hiring status as of August 2026
There are no positions open at RealDream right now.
We took the job postings down because the crew is staffed and we would rather say so than collect applications against work that does not exist. The form at the bottom of this page still works, and what you send goes straight to Nima and stays on hand.
- 2013
- Renovating on the North Shore since
- 50+
- Projects finished start to finish
- North Shore
- Where nearly all our sites are
- Fixed price
- Scope locked before demolition
How we run
The parts of this job that usually go wrong, and what we do about them.
Every trade has worked for a company that ran late, paid late and blamed someone else. Here is how we try not to be that company, on the projects we are running today and on whatever comes next.
The scope is locked before demolition
We work on fixed price, which only holds if the plan is real before anyone opens a wall. You are not framing the same corner three times because someone changed their mind in week six.
The owner is on site
Nima runs the projects himself. When something on site is wrong, you tell the person who can decide, that day, instead of leaving a message with a coordinator.
Short drives
Lynn Valley, Edgemont, Deep Cove, Lower Lonsdale, the British Properties. Our sites sit inside a small radius, so you are not leaving at five in the morning to beat the bridge.
Clean sites, real schedules
People are usually living in these houses while we work. Sites get swept, materials get staged before you need them, and the schedule is built so trades are not stacked on top of each other.
Houses that are actually interesting
Much of the North Shore was built between the 1960s and the 1980s. Old panels, galvanized supply lines, drainage on steep lots, foundations that predate current seismic rules. Good problems if you like solving them.
What the file holds
Trades we keep details for.
These are the seats on a renovation crew, and every one of them is filled today. Pick the closest match on the form so your details land in the right part of the file.
- Site lead
- Lead carpenter
- Finishing carpenter
- Carpenter's helper or apprentice
- General labourer
- Project coordinator
Subtrades
Our subtrade relationships have mostly lasted years, so we are slow and careful about adding new ones and we are not looking for anybody today. If you run your own crew and want to be in the file, use the same form: your trade, your WorkSafeBC clearance status and your liability coverage.
- Electrical
- Plumbing and gas
- HVAC
- Drywall and taping
- Tile setting
- Painting
- Flooring
- Cabinetry and millwork
- Drainage and excavation
- Roofing
What we look for
Skill is teachable. The rest of this is not.
None of this is a checklist for an open job. It is what we go looking for in the file on the day a seat opens, so it is worth knowing before you write to us.
- You show up on the day you said you would, at the time you said you would.
- You measure before you cut, and you say something the moment a detail looks wrong.
- You can talk to a homeowner in their own kitchen without making them nervous.
- You are legally able to work in Canada.
- Red Seal, an apprenticeship in progress, or years of solid site experience. In that order of paperwork, but attitude comes first.
- Site leads need a driver's licence and a vehicle. Everyone else, tell us what you have.
What happens next
Where your details actually go.
Four steps, and the fourth one waits until there is a seat to fill. We would rather set that out plainly than leave you guessing.
- 01
Send your details
The form below takes about five minutes. A resume helps but it is not required. Photos of work you are proud of help more.
- 02
Nima reads it himself
There is no portal and no application number. It arrives in his inbox with whatever you attached, and he is the one who opens it.
- 03
It stays in the file
We keep applications on hand rather than starting from nothing each time. Renovation crews turn over with the project schedule, so the file gets used.
- 04
When a seat opens
You get a call about what you've built and what you're looking to earn, then a paid day on site with the crew before anyone signs anything.
Get in the file
Five minutes, and it goes straight to Nima.
No account, no portal, no application number. Fill this in and it lands in his inbox with whatever you attach. Nothing is open today, so treat it as an introduction rather than an application.
Rather send it yourself?
Email your details and anything you want to show us to nima@realdream.ca. It reaches the same inbox as the form.
Please email rather than phone about work. The office line is for homeowners with projects running, and while nothing is open there is nobody to put you through to.
Questions
Things people ask before they write to us.
Are you hiring? +
Not right now. The crew is staffed and there is no open position to apply for. The form on this page is a way to get into the file, so we know who to call when that changes.
Then why should I send anything? +
Because renovation crews turn over with the project schedule, and when a seat opens we start with the people already on hand rather than posting an ad. Being in the file costs you five minutes.
When will you be hiring again? +
We don't know, and we would rather say that than give you a month that turns out to be wrong. This page is updated when the answer changes, so the notice at the top is always current.
Will you reply? +
Nima reads every application himself, but while nothing is open he may not write back. It is not a no. Your details stay on hand either way.
I run my own crew. Do you take subtrades? +
Not at the moment. Most of our subtrade relationships have lasted years and we are slow and careful about adding new ones. You are welcome to use the same form and tell us your trade, how many people you run, your WorkSafeBC clearance status, and your liability insurance.
Do I need a Red Seal? +
No. We have hired apprentices and helpers alongside ticketed carpenters. If you are partway through an apprenticeship, say which level you're at on the form.
Where is the work? +
Almost entirely in North Vancouver and West Vancouver, across both the City and the District. We take select projects in Vancouver, New Westminster and White Rock, but the North Shore is the core of the work.
Do you post wage ranges? +
There is no position posted here, so there is no range to post. When a seat opens we talk about money on the first call, and the form asks what you're looking for so that conversation starts in the right place. We don't ask what you earned at your last job, and under BC's Pay Transparency Act nobody should.
What should I send? +
A resume if you have one, and photos of finished work if you don't. Two or three good photos of a kitchen, a staircase or a set of built-ins tell us more than a page of bullet points.
One more thing
Nothing is open. Send it anyway.
A resume tells us where someone worked. Three photos of a staircase, a tiled shower or a run of built-ins tell us whether they can build. Send whichever you have, and it will be waiting here on the day we need it.