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Understanding Ontario Regulation 462/24: Additional Residential Units in Toronto

Understanding Ontario Regulation 462/24: Additional Residential Units in Toronto

Discover how Ontario Regulation 462/24 simplifies building Garden Suites and Laneway Suites in Toronto. Learn about reduced setbacks, removed angular planes, and how BVM Contracting can help with your project.

Overcoming Fire Hydrant Constraints for ADU's in Toronto

Overcoming Fire Hydrant Constraints for ADU's in Toronto

Toronto's urban landscape is evolving. Garden suites and laneway suites offer a promising solution to housing challenges, but a hidden obstacle often stands in the way: fire hydrants! In this article we discuss the solutions to overcome your property’s proximity to a fire hydrant, including one that one of our pre-construction client used!

How to Navigate Toronto's Interactive Zoning Map

How to Navigate Toronto's Interactive Zoning Map

Learn how to use the Toronto Zoning By-law Map and discover how BVM Contracting’s free zoning analysis can help you unlock your property’s development potential.

Attached Secondary Suites Versus a Garden or Laneway Suite

Attached Secondary Suites Versus a Garden or Laneway Suite

Discover when a secondary suite via rear extension or addition is better than building a garden or laneway suite in Toronto. Learn about zoning, fire code, and cost considerations.

Discover Canada's New Housing Design Catalog

Discover Canada's New Housing Design Catalog

Explore and learn more about the Government of Canada's new catalogue which includes 50 pre-approved designs for garden suites, laneway suites, new homes, and multi-unit buildings. Save time, cut costs, and streamline your building project. Learn more with BVM Contracting!

Understanding the Stratification Process For Residential Properties in Toronto

Understanding the Stratification Process For Residential Properties in Toronto

Learn more about the process of stratification in Toronto and why it is usually reserved for large multi-unit development projects. We go over a case study of a project that completed a stratification of a residentially-zoned low-rise project in East York.

All About The Canada Secondary Suite Loan Program

All About The Canada Secondary Suite Loan Program

Learn about the Canada Secondary Suite Loan Program offering up to $80,000 in low-interest loans to homeowners to build secondary suites and increase density. Discover how to affordably build a garden suite or laneway suite and expand affordable housing in Canada.

Rooming Houses Allowed in the Greater Toronto Area

Rooming Houses Allowed in the Greater Toronto Area

Learn more about the new update to the Rooming (multi-unit) Housing by-law in Toronto, and what they mean for you as a Torontonian.

Turn your single family home into a legal 3 or 4 unit property

Turn your single family home into a legal 3 or 4 unit property

Learn how to turn your single family home into a legal duplex, triplex, or fourplex in Toronto!

Multi-unit or Multi-family Renovation Services

Multi-unit or Multi-family Renovation Services

BVM Contracting specializes in multi-unit residential building (MURB) renovations and can help real estate investors maximize their investment by updating, renovating, remodeling, and re-configuring their multi-unit apartments in Toronto.

Evaluating a "Fixer-Upper" Home in Toronto

Evaluating a "Fixer-Upper" Home in Toronto

This article is meant to give anyone trying to buy a home that is in need of renovation the tools to evaluate the property before overspending on the home and being put into a position where the cost of the renovations were way higher than what was expected. BVM will be able to help get you realistic numbers quickly and efficiently so you can make the best buying decision possible!

Search Toronto Real Estate

Search Toronto Real Estate

The first and most important step in the world of real estate investing is buying a property. In a market like Toronto, it is important to understand what you can afford and which areas you can afford investing in. There are two great websites that you can use to…