What is a secondary dwelling?

Secondary dwellings can be granny suits, legal basements, garage suits or detached coach houses and laneway homes. 

Essentially, they all are a fully contained functional unit, with its own living, kitchen, bathroom, sleeping and often, laundry spaces. 

Secondary dwellings are excellent opportunity for home owners and investors. They can increase property value, create additional rental income, and is a great way to add housing to our communities.

Before beginning a secondary suit addition project, a few important factors to consider include:

• Applicable municipal zoning requirements
• Building permits and building code compliance
• Fire and Electric code compliance

It is important to meet Planning and Building code requirements. This will ensure your house and secondary unit are legal and safe places to live.

Our expert team will  take care of this complex design and planning process. We can help get all necessary approvals and building permit, ensuring your secondary unit is legal and safe.

Contact us now to discuss more about your project.