LYON Legal suites and basement developments.
A full secondary suite with its own entrance, or a family basement with a bar and a bathroom. Framed, wired, plumbed, permitted and inspected, finished to match the floor above.
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What a fixed price covers.
This is the scope written into every Lyon Homes basement quote. If it is on this list it is in the price.
NOT INCLUDED
Appliances. Kitchen cabinetry beyond twelve feet. Anything outside the scope is priced as a written add on before it is built, never after.
- Framing: bedrooms, washroom and mechanical room
- Full electrical to code, centre LED in each bedroom, exhaust fan with light in the washroom
- Plumbing rough in and finish, Moen or equivalent, matched to upstairs
- Drywall, tape, mud, sand and texture throughout
- Doors, casings and baseboards matched to upstairs
- Full paint throughout
- LVP flooring matched to upstairs with metal nosing
- Kitchen cabinetry with quartz counters, up to twelve feet
- Standing shower with wall tile
- All city permits and inspections
How much of your mortgage could a suite cover?
Put in your payment and what comparable suites near you advertise for. It is your money either way, this just shows who is paying it.
$1,500 a month, without you working for it
63% of it paid by someone else
Straight arithmetic on the two numbers above. It does not account for vacancy, maintenance, insurance or tax, and it is not mortgage advice. A legal suite is what makes this rentable.
Book a site visitHow a basement runs.
Six stages, in the same order every time.
Site visit
We come to the property, measure it, and check the three things that decide whether a legal suite is possible at all: ceiling height, windows and the entrance. Free, and no obligation.
Fixed price in writing
One number for the whole job, scope listed line by line, exclusions stated plainly. Not a range and not a per square foot rate.
Permits
Pulled in the Lyon Homes name and paid for out of the contract price, not added to it later.
The build
Established Calgary trade companies, contracted and coordinated by us. You hold one contract and speak to one person.
Inspections
Booked and passed at rough in and at completion. Nothing gets covered up before it has been signed off.
Walkthrough
You walk the finished space with us and check it against the scope. Anything outstanding is written down and finished before we call it done.
The money is agreed before the work is.
You get a written scope and a fixed price before anyone picks up a tool, and the payment terms are set out in that same document. Nothing about the money gets worked out while the job is running.
What it looks like before the last coat.
Anyone can photograph a finished room. This is the same job before handover, with the walls closed, the flooring down and the cabinetry going in.
It is the stage that decides whether the finished photographs are worth anything, and it is the one most contractors never show you.
Book a free site visit.
We see every property in person before quoting. You get a fixed price in writing, for a scope you can read line by line.