TORONTO HOME BUILDING AND RENOVATION BLOG — BVM Contracting

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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!)

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.

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.

Do I Need a Building Permit?

Do I Need a Building Permit?

“When do I need building permits?” is a question that we get a lot, and for a good reason. Knowing what types of renovations need permits and which do not is an important differentiation and will either add or subtract a step to your process of renovating.

Enbridge Home Efficiency Rebate Program

Enbridge Home Efficiency Rebate Program

Chances are that if you live in Toronto (or the surrounding area) and own a home you have an account with Enbridge Gas. If you currently are a natural gas customer with Enbridge you can qualify for one of the following rebate or savings programs that allow you to live in a home that is more comfortable and less drafty…

Recirculating Home Shower Systems

Recirculating Home Shower Systems

How do you shower for a longer period of time but use less water? Seems a little tricky until you start to understand the science behind recirculating water showers. The technology of recirculating water showers is still very new with only a couple of companies trying to create an industry out of it. Nonetheless, it is still a very exciting idea that, if successful, will lead to a very large reduction in water usage across the world.