The BC Box is one of the most recognizable home styles in British Columbia — and one of the most limiting. Ground-level entry, compartmentalized layout, and a floor plan that never quite suited how families actually live. The owners of this Chilliwack home knew it well. They weren’t using half their house. The downstairs had become storage space, and the idea of moving was starting to feel like the only way forward. That’s when they brought in MacQueen Systems and SuCasa Design to figure out if renovation could do what a move couldn’t.
“Before the renovation, we didn’t really use the downstairs much — it was like living upstairs only, and downstairs was just storage. Whereas now we use everything in the house.” – Home Owner
The goal was a complete reimagining. Gut the layout, flip the living arrangement, and rebuild around how the family actually wanted to live. Ground-level kitchen and main living, bedrooms upstairs, open-concept throughout. The result is a home where the kids have their own space, the parents can be present without being on top of each other, and every square foot is being used. When people ask the owners what they’d change, the answer is nothing.
