When national media comes calling, you know something important is happening in your city. Late last year, our company, Garage Suites, was featured in a CBC News article about Calgary’s new backyard suite incentive program. The story highlighted how the City of Calgary is [...]
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Are you thinking about building a backyard suite in Calgary? If so, you’re probably wondering just how much a garage suite or carriage house will cost you. With dozens of projects in our portfolio to date, we have the knowledge and experience to tell [...]
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Calgary homeowners looking to build a garage suite or carriage house in their backyard often wonder if there are any incentive programs they can take advantage of to help reduce the cost of such a project. Well, there’s great news coming. According to the [...]
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As Calgary's premier backyard suite builder, we get asked every week by potential clients about the possibility of building a new suite on top of an existing garage. It may be because these people have a new garage and feel it would be [...]
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If you’re looking to build a laneway home in Calgary, it’s essential to be aware of the types of features and specifications desired for the project. For those who have never built a new home before, you may not be aware of the sheer [...]
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Just how tall can a backyard suite in Calgary be? It’s a good question, one that we get asked often by potential clients. The answer is straightforward: Garage suites built in Calgary cannot be taller than 24.5 feet. This is a restrictive land-use bylaw [...]
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Very good question! As Calgary’s premier garage suite builder, we get many inquiries from homeowners across the city about building a backyard suite without a back lane, or alley, per se. The short answer to this question is no, it is very unlikely that [...]
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So, you’re thinking about building a garage suite in Calgary and aren’t too sure about how the permitting process works. Not to worry, as we’d love to share with you what that process looks like and what steps are involved each step of the [...]
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It’s an excellent question; one we get all the time. And, for the record, we always encourage people to build as big of a garage suite as possible on their lot to maximize the value of their dollar while reducing the cost per square [...]
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Backyard suites are a popular type of “home improvement” project being taken up by many homeowners in cities across Canada. As these types of projects become more prevalent in Calgary, we have been asked repeatedly about the procedures and costs associated with utility connections.As [...]
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