Journal

The answers we give at the kitchen table.

Written for homeowners deciding whether to build, not for search engines. All drafted from questions we actually get asked.

LEGAL SUITES · 7 min read

Legal basement suite in Calgary: the four requirements that decide it

Ceiling height, egress, entrance, fire separation. Three of the four are settled before anyone picks a tile.

QUOTES · 6 min read

Two quotes on the same basement can be thousands apart, and almost none of it is the cabinets.

PERMITS · 5 min read

What gets pulled, who pulls it, and the points where a City inspector walks through your basement.

GARAGES · 5 min read

It is a small building, and the City inspects it like one.

FENCES & DECKS · 5 min read

Both fail underground, and both get refused above ground for the same reason: a number nobody checked.

RENOVATIONS · 5 min read

Almost never the work. Almost always the order the work happens in.

INVESTMENT PROPERTY · 8 min read

Carrying costs, draws, permits, compliance and liens. The finishes are the easy part.

We see every property in person before quoting. You get a fixed price in writing, for a scope you can read line by line.