Find out if your lot can actually support a garden suite.
A written, township-specific feasibility report on your exact property — zoning, setbacks, servicing, development charges, and a realistic budget. A clear go or no-go, in 48 hours. Researched by an Ontario builder, not a sales rep.
$399 + HST · delivered in 48 hours · fully credited toward your permit plans or your build if you go ahead with us
- Zoning & setback check for your lot
- Servicing & septic capacity assessment
- Site, access & conservation overlays
- Realistic budget & development charges
- A clear go / no-go verdict
“Allowed” and “buildable” are not the same thing.
Ontario’s rules now permit a garden suite on most residential lots. That does not mean your lot works. Setbacks, lot coverage, septic capacity, access for equipment, conservation overlays, and local municipal rules all decide whether your specific property can actually carry one.
Most people find out the hard way — after they’ve already paid for architectural drawings on a lot that was never going to pass. We start at the lot, so you never spend money on a design that can’t be built.
What stops garden suites before they start
- Rear yard too shallow for required setbacks
- Septic system can’t carry a second dwelling — upgrade needed
- No equipment access to the back of the lot
- Conservation authority or shoreline overlay restricts the build
- Local bylaws layered on top of the provincial rules
- Development charges that change the whole budget
A real document — researched for your address, not a template.
We pull your municipality’s actual rules and assess your specific lot. You get a written report you can act on, take to a designer, or use to walk away with your money still in your pocket.
Zoning & Setback Check
Your lot against your municipality’s current garden suite rules — setbacks, lot coverage, height, and the as-of-right permissions that apply to your property.
Servicing Assessment
Municipal sewer or well-and-septic. On septic, whether your system can carry a second unit or needs upgrading — the single biggest hidden cost on rural lots.
Site & Access Reality
Rear-yard space, equipment access, grading and drainage flags, and any conservation or shoreline overlays that affect what can actually be built.
Realistic Budget Range
An honest cost range for your project on your lot — including development charges and servicing — so there are no surprises after work begins.
Development Charges & Fees
What your municipality and county will actually charge — the levies most people never see coming until the permit stage.
The Verdict
A clear go / go-with-conditions / no-go, in plain English — with the specific issues to solve if your lot needs work before it’s buildable.
From “is this possible?” to keys in hand.
Every garden suite follows the same path. Each step earns the next — and you only move forward when the step before it says go. The report is where it starts.
Feasibility Report Start Here
We research your township and your lot, and deliver a written go/no-go in 48 hours. Fully credited toward your permit plans or your build if you go ahead with us.
Building Permit Plans
If it’s a go, you need drawings to submit. Permit-ready plans, prepared and BCIN-stamped by our registered design partner.
Heat Loss & Ventilation Documents
Ontario requires a BCIN-stamped CSA F280 heat loss calculation and, since OBC 2024, a Mechanical Ventilation Design Summary. We produce both — 48-hour turnaround through our OntarioHeatLoss.ca team.
Permit Acquisition
We submit the application, respond to municipal comments, coordinate the conservation authority when required, and clear deficiencies — so you don’t have to navigate it.
We Build It
One team from first conversation to final inspection — including the option of high-performance ICF construction. A real builder with 300+ homes behind us.
Three steps, 48-hour turnaround.
No sales call required. Tell us about your lot, pay, and we get to work.
Tell us about your lot
Fill in the short form below — your address, servicing type, and what you have in mind. Takes about three minutes.
Secure your report
Fill in the lot form, then pay $399 + HST ($450.87 total) on Stripe’s secure checkout page. Your 48-hour clock starts the moment payment clears — we don’t begin research until you’re booked.
Get your verdict
We research your municipality and assess your lot, then deliver your written feasibility report — a clear, honest go or no-go.
Exactly What Your $399 + HST Buys —
Section by Section
This is not a phone call or a sales estimate. It is a written, six-part report on your specific property, researched by a licensed builder and delivered as a PDF within 48 hours of payment.
Zoning & Setbacks
Your lot’s zoning designation, whether a garden suite is permitted, maximum size and coverage, every setback, height and parking rule — with the actual bylaw sections cited so you can verify every claim.
Servicing & Septic
Municipal lots: connection vs. new lateral, with local costs. Rural lots: which of the four septic scenarios yours falls into — from “existing system is fine” to full replacement — using OBC Part 8 load logic.
Site, Access & Overlays
Equipment access width, the OBC fire-path requirement (45m/1.0m), conservation authority mapping (NVCA/LSRCA), grading and tree constraints — the physical checks that kill projects on paper-perfect lots.
Budget & Funding
A realistic all-in cost range for the suite you described — construction, soft costs, site work, development charges — plus every funding program your project actually qualifies for, at verified current amounts.
The Verdict
A clear, written GO / GO-WITH-CONDITIONS / NO-GO — the one paragraph that saves you from spending $15,000 on drawings for a lot that was never going to work, or gives you the confidence to proceed.
Your Next Three Steps
The exact verifications to do next, in order, with who does them and what they cost — so the report ends with a plan, not a shrug. And if your lot is a GO, your $399 + HST is fully credited toward your permit plans or your build with us.
Start with your lot.
Fill this in, then continue to secure checkout. We begin the moment payment clears and deliver within 48 hours.
After you submit, you’ll continue to secure checkout. Payment is processed by Stripe — no card details touch this site. Your report begins the moment payment clears. Optionally upload a survey or site plan to speed things up.
What homeowners ask before ordering.
Why pay for this when other builders do a free lot review?
A free review is a sales call. This is real research into your municipality’s rules and your specific lot, delivered as a written document you can act on — even if you never build with us. And if you do proceed to build with us, the $399 + HST comes straight off your build, so it costs you nothing in the end.
What if the answer is no?
Then you’ve saved yourself thousands. A no-go report tells you exactly what stopped your lot and what, if anything, could change it. That’s the entire point of starting here instead of starting with drawings.
How fast is the 48-hour turnaround?
Your report is delivered within 48 hours of your payment clearing. Order Friday and you’ll have it early the next week. We don’t start research until you’re booked, so the clock is honest.
Do I have to use you for the rest?
No. The report is yours. Take it to any designer or builder you like. But the path is built so you can keep going with one team that already knows your lot — plans, permit documents, the permit itself, and the build.
Who prepares the building permit plans?
Permit plans are prepared and BCIN-stamped by our registered design partner, as Ontario requires. We coordinate it as part of your project so nothing falls between the cracks.
Not ready to order yet? Do your homework first:
Run the free 60-second lot check · Read what Bill 23 actually allows · Understand real 2026 costs and the four septic scenarios · See every funding program, verified · Check your municipality’s rules · Browse the floor plan library — then come back and order with confidence.