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If you looked into legalizing your Brampton basement a few years ago and gave up over the parking requirement, it's worth looking again. That rule has changed. Under Brampton's current Additional Residential Unit (ARU) rules, a single ARU no longer requires an extra parking space. The old requirement — three spaces on the property, each a specified size, all within your property lines — was the point where a lot of otherwise workable basement suites died on the driveway. For

If you're pricing out a legal basement apartment in Toronto, the number you'll usually see quoted is the full construction cost — $75,000 to $120,000 including underpinning, kitchen, bathroom, and electrical. But the part you need before any of that construction can legally start — permit drawings and the permit application — is a much smaller number. Our packages start at $2,000 for drawings and permit filing. This is our fee for design and permit filing; the municipality's

Most Ontario municipalities have allowed at least one secondary dwelling unit in a home since 2019 — but "allowed" doesn't mean "automatic." A basement apartment only becomes legal once it has a building permit and meets a specific set of Ontario Building Code requirements. Here's what actually gets checked. Ceiling height: habitable rooms need a minimum of 1.95 m (about 6'5"); hallways can be slightly lower. If your basement falls short, underpinning can lower the floor to c