Building design and permits / Ontario
Designed, drawn and permitted.
Be sure before you build.
Permit drawings for second suites, garden suites, additions, renovations and new homes, prepared by a BCIN-qualified designer.
- Project
- More room on your lot
- Service area
- Hamilton, Halton, Brant, Waterloo
- Sheet
- A-001 Cover
- Scale
- Not to scale
About SurePlan
SurePlan Design Co. turns a plan for more living space into drawings your building department can approve, and stays with the file until the permit is issued.
A small design practice in Ancaster, working across Hamilton, Halton, Brant, Haldimand and Waterloo Region. You deal with the same people from the first measure to the last revision.
Meet the teamClear drawings.
Fewer surprises.
Most permit delays come from questions the drawings did not answer. We check the rules first and draw to them, so the review is about your project, not missing information.
SurePlan Design Co.One team, start to finish
The same small team measures your space, draws it, submits it and answers the building department’s questions.
Code before drawings
Zoning and the Ontario Building Code are checked first, so the drawings are built around what is allowed.
Plain answers
What your property allows, what it will need and what happens next, without the jargon.
- S1 Building departments
- 8
- S2 Communities served
- 28
- S3 Steps to a permit
- 4
- S4 Project types
- 4
More space, drawn to code.
Permit drawings for the projects homeowners and investors take on most, prepared for the municipality that will review them.
- A-201
Second suites and ADUs
Basement apartments and garden suites, from the feasibility check to a permit-ready drawing set.Basement apartment / Garden suite - A-202
Additions
Rear, side and second-storey additions drawn to fit your lot, your zoning and the house you already have.Rear / Side / Second storey - A-203
Renovations and alterations
Interior changes that need a permit, like moving a load-bearing wall or finishing a basement.Load-bearing walls / Layout changes - A-204
New homes
Detached and infill homes, with the full drawing set your building department asks for.Detached / Infill
Different reasons.
The same permit.
Whether it’s your own home or a rental, the building department asks for the same.
- Your home01
Homeowners
Room for family, or rental income to help with the mortgage.- Basement apartment
- Garden suite
- In-law suite
- Your portfolio02
Investors
Add a legal unit to a property you own or are about to buy.- Legal second unit
- Rent, capital and timing compared
- Pre-purchase check
- Self-check03
Not sure yet
Find out if your property can take a second unit before you call anyone.- Ceiling height
- Lot rules and setbacks
- Servicing
From idea
to permit.
Every project follows the same path. You always know which step you are on and what comes next.
Tell us about your property.
Send the address and what you have in mind. We’ll tell you what the rules allow, what it will need and what the next step is.
- Project
- Your property
- Scope
- Second suite, addition, renovation or new home
- Prepared by
- SurePlan Design Co.
- BCIN
- 513453
- Office
- Ancaster, Ontario
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm