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Step-by-Step Planning Guide For Home Building Projects in Toronto

Step-by-Step Planning Guide For Home Building Projects in Toronto

Embarking on the journey to build your dream home is an exciting but sometimes daunting process if you are unsure of how and where to start. As Toronto’s leader in quality home renovations and home building, we've taken the time to outline a step-by-step guide to help you feel prepared to navigate this journey smoothly.

Home Building Readiness Assessment

Home Building Readiness Assessment

Think you are ready to complete a home build? Take our assessment to see if you are correct!

Benefits of Adding a Second HVAC System to a Home Addition

Benefits of Adding a Second HVAC System to a Home Addition

Expanding your home with an addition is a costly, yet necessary endeavor for a lot of Toronto home owners who have growing families or space needs. However, one crucial consideration often overlooked is how a home addition will affect your home's heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. While it may seem convenient to extend your existing HVAC ductwork to cover heating and cooling needs for the new space, adding a second and dedicated HVAC system for the addition can offer numerous benefits. In this article, we'll outline why adding a second HVAC system to your home addition project might become a huge benefit to your newly-constructed home in Toronto (and beyond).

How to Evaluate Your Home For Solar

How to Evaluate Your Home For Solar

Learn how to properly evaluate your home’s feasibility for installing solar panels!

The Importance of Renovation and Home Building Consultations

The Importance of Renovation and Home Building Consultations

Learn about the concept of a renovation consultation, and why completing one before you dive into your renovation or home build project will save you a lot of time, money, and…

Must Have Energy Saving Upgrades When Building

Must Have Energy Saving Upgrades When Building

Looking to make your new home build or home addition more energy efficient on a budget? Read our post to see what our recommendations are as a home builder in Toronto, Ontario.

More Homes Built Faster Act - Key Takeaways

More Homes Built Faster Act - Key Takeaways

Learn how the More Homes Built Faster Act will affect construction and density in Toronto

Give Your Budget to Your Home Builder

Give Your Budget to Your Home Builder

Learn about why telling your Home Builder about your budget can actually benefit you during the pre-construction process (as long as you tell them at the right time)

How to Build a Home or Renovate During A Recession

How to Build a Home or Renovate During A Recession

When money becomes expensive to borrow and inflation is high, it makes home renovations, home additions, and home building projects more expensive. Learn about the ways you can still renovate or build during a recession (and even save some money!)

How to Pick the Right Custom Home Builder

How to Pick the Right Custom Home Builder

Over the years we have seen many potential clients get tempted by or commit to home builders that we bid against who promise the world but under-deliver and end up creating a horrible home building experience for them. Below we will run through the items/credentials that you need to know and ensure that your builder has before committing to them.

A Guide to Home Building Versus Moving in Toronto

A Guide to Home Building Versus Moving in Toronto

A definitive guide on what your best option is between moving or building on your existing property in Toronto. We aim to provide a more technical set of concepts that every home owner should review before making their final decision.

Prevent Delays for your Custom Home Building Project in Toronto

Prevent Delays for your Custom Home Building Project in Toronto

Learn about the most common items that delay a custom home build that customers are unaware of until the contract gets signed. Custom Home Builders in Toronto have a nasty habit of hiding all of the potential risks to a project until it is too late. We are here to help you plan your project properly by first accounting for all of the items that will delay your project with improper planning.

How to Maximize the Floor Space of Your Second Floor Addition in Toronto

How to Maximize the Floor Space of Your Second Floor Addition in Toronto

BVM Contracting breaks down the process of designing a second floor layout that allows you to maximize the floor space while keeping the existing walls on the main floor as-is.

How to increase your basement ceiling height without Underpinning

How to increase your basement ceiling height without Underpinning

With our fair share of home addition, home extension, and full interior renovation projects we have seen and devised many alternative strategies to avoid having to underpin a basement to increase the ceiling height. Sometimes it is unavoidable to underpin but at least you will know your other options to make an informed decision for your next renovation project!

How to know if your Toronto home is a good candidate for a home addition

How to know if your Toronto home is a good candidate for a home addition

When you are planning to add additional levels to an existing home it is important to follow the right steps in order to prevent yourself from wasting money on a project that might be too costly for you to complete. Turning unknowns into knowns is an important step in making sure that there are as few items that pop up during your home addition project as possible. BVM Contracting has compiled a list of three very important items that you can complete for around $3000 that can give you absolute certainty that your existing home is well-suited for a second or third storey addition in Toronto.

Project Case Study: East York Second Storey Home Addition

Project Case Study: East York Second Storey Home Addition

What started out as an innocent site meeting to make sure that they were keeping their chosen General Contractor honest lead to working with BVM Contracting after Alex and Katherine learned more about our honest and transparent building approach. Learn more about their project and how we helped them build the home addition of their dreams in East York!

Birch Cliff Home Addition Feature - Viewbank Avenue

Birch Cliff Home Addition Feature - Viewbank Avenue

Learn more about our home addition project completed in the Birch Cliff neighbourhood of Scarborough. BVM Contracting can be your trusted home builder for any residential construction projects on the East End of Toronto, including Scarborough, East York, The Beaches, and the East end of Old Toronto/North York.

Be Your Own Builder or General Contractor with BVM Contracting

Be Your Own Builder or General Contractor with BVM Contracting

Learn about the different options you have for building your own home with BVM Contracting as the General Contractor/Home Builder/Project Manager for a portion of the residential construction project.