Service Details
Secondary Suites
Secondary suites above garages offer more than extra space. They create rental opportunities, bring families closer together, and add long-term value to your property. We handle every step of the process from design permits to finishing, so your suite feels safe, welcoming, and truly a part of your home.
Service Details
Secondary suits
Service Breakdown
Secondary Suite Analysis:
We build legal, fully-functional secondary suites above detached garages that add value and flexibility to your property. Each project includes a private entrance, complete kitchen, bathroom, and living area, designed to meet Calgary’s building and safety requirements.
Secondary Suite Analysis:
We build legal, fully-functional secondary suites above detached garages that add value and flexibility to your property. Each project includes a private entrance, complete kitchen, bathroom, and living area, designed to meet Calgary’s building and safety requirements.
Sustainability Consultation:
Enhance your project’s green credentials with eco-friendly materials, energy-efficient systems, and sustainable design strategies. We help you reduce environmental impact without sacrificing style or function.
Sustainability Consultation:
Enhance your project’s green credentials with eco-friendly materials, energy-efficient systems, and sustainable design strategies. We help you reduce environmental impact without sacrificing style or function.
Budget Planning & Cost Estimation:
Eliminate financial surprises. We provide clear, comprehensive cost breakdowns and work with you to develop a budget that balances ambition with practicality.
Budget Planning & Cost Estimation:
Eliminate financial surprises. We provide clear, comprehensive cost breakdowns and work with you to develop a budget that balances ambition with practicality.
Code Compliance and Safety:
Calgary has strict rules for secondary suites, and we handle all the details from separate entrances and egress windows, to proper fire rating insulation and stoppage. Our team also assists in obtaining $10,000 City of Calgary Grants for legal secondary suite development.
Code Compliance and Safety:
Calgary has strict rules for secondary suites, and we handle all the details from separate entrances and egress windows, to proper fire rating insulation and stoppage. Our team also assists in obtaining $10,000 City of Calgary Grants for legal secondary suite development.
Kitchens and Bathrooms:
A great suite needs more than just walls and floors. We design and build complete kitchens and bathrooms with durable finishes, quality fixtures, and practical layouts that make daily living easy and enjoyable for all.
Kitchens and Bathrooms:
A great suite needs more than just walls and floors. We design and build complete kitchens and bathrooms with durable finishes, quality fixtures, and practical layouts that make daily living easy and enjoyable for all.
Insulation and Soundproofing:
Comfort and privacy are essential. We install high-performance insulation and soundproofing so your tenants, family members, or guests can live peacefully without noise or temperature issues.
Insulation and Soundproofing:
Comfort and privacy are essential. We install high-performance insulation and soundproofing so your tenants, family members, or guests can live peacefully without noise or temperature issues.
Construction Management Support:
Stay on top of your project’s progress. We provide expert oversight, ensuring timelines, quality, and budgets stay on track.
Construction Management Support:
Stay on top of your project’s progress. We provide expert oversight, ensuring timelines, quality, and budgets stay on track.
Personalized Touches:
Every homeowner has a vision. Whether you want modern finishes, a classic style, or features tailored to your family, we collaborate with you to ensure the suite reflects your goals and feels like a natural extension of your property.
Personalized Touches:
Every homeowner has a vision. Whether you want modern finishes, a classic style, or features tailored to your family, we collaborate with you to ensure the suite reflects your goals and feels like a natural extension of your property.
What’s Included
• Detailed site preparation and structural framing for the suite.
• Detailed site preparation and structural framing for the suite.
• Complete roofing and exterior finishing to match your existing home.
• Complete roofing and exterior finishing to match your existing home.
• Full interior build-out including walls, insulation, and drywall.
• Full interior build-out including walls, insulation, and drywall.
• Material and Finish Selection to match your taste and budget.
• Material and Finish Selection to match your taste and budget.
• Kitchen and bathroom construction with cabinetry, fixtures, and appliances.
• Kitchen and bathroom construction with cabinetry, fixtures, and appliances.
• Permit Ready Documents prepared in compliance with local requirements.
• Permit Ready Documents prepared in compliance with local requirements.
• Collaboration with Skilled Trades to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
• Collaboration with Skilled Trades to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
Benefits
Benefits
What makes our Secondary Suite development different?
What makes our Secondary Suite development different?
Full Design & Permitting – We handle the drawings and city approvals, as well as obtaining $10,000 city grants .
Full Design & Permitting – We handle the drawings and city approvals, as well as obtaining $10,000 city grants .
Full Design & Permitting – We handle the drawings and city approvals, as well as obtaining $10,000 city grants .
Custom Layouts – Floorplans designed around your needs, whether for family, rental income, or guests.
Custom Layouts – Floorplans designed around your needs, whether for family, rental income, or guests.
Custom Layouts – Floorplans designed around your needs, whether for family, rental income, or guests.
Cost-Effective Planning: Avoid costly mistakes with accurate budgeting and foresight.
Cost-Effective Planning: Avoid costly mistakes with accurate budgeting and foresight.
Cost-Effective Planning: Avoid costly mistakes with accurate budgeting and foresight.
Complete Utilities Setup – Full electrical, plumbing, and heating integration for a move-in ready suite.
Complete Utilities Setup – Full electrical, plumbing, and heating integration for a move-in ready suite.
Complete Utilities Setup – Full electrical, plumbing, and heating integration for a move-in ready suite.
Turnkey Finishes – From flooring to paint, we deliver a fully finished suite ready to enjoy or rent.
Turnkey Finishes – From flooring to paint, we deliver a fully finished suite ready to enjoy or rent.
Turnkey Finishes – From flooring to paint, we deliver a fully finished suite ready to enjoy or rent.
Our Approch
Our Approch
This is how we bring your Secondary Suite to life:
This is how we bring your Secondary Suite to life:
Understanding Your Needs
We start by learning about your project goals, challenges, and vision.
Getting started
Our team begins construction, and will require all personal belongings removed from the garage for safety reasons
Thorough Building
From framing and siding to masonry and painting, we've got you covered on all aspects!
Final Steps
After everything is complete, we will conduct a thorough run through with the customer to make sure all is well.
Everything you need to know.
Everything you need to know.
Got questions? We’ve got answers. Here’s everything you need to know before getting started.
Got questions? We’ve got answers. Here’s everything you need to know before getting started.
Will I, the homeowner, be required to file all the legal paperwork on my own end?
No, Our consulting team will make sure all legal transactions between city officals and you, the homeowner, is handled, ensuring a seamless handoff once construction is finished.
Will I, the homeowner, be required to file all the legal paperwork on my own end?
No, Our consulting team will make sure all legal transactions between city officals and you, the homeowner, is handled, ensuring a seamless handoff once construction is finished.
Will I, the homeowner, be required to file all the legal paperwork on my own end?
No, Our consulting team will make sure all legal transactions between city officals and you, the homeowner, is handled, ensuring a seamless handoff once construction is finished.
Can I build both a garage and a secondary suite on top simultaneously?
Yes! We would be able to offer specialized packages upon further request.
Can I build both a garage and a secondary suite on top simultaneously?
Yes! We would be able to offer specialized packages upon further request.
Can I build both a garage and a secondary suite on top simultaneously?
Yes! We would be able to offer specialized packages upon further request.
How do you ensure my project stays within budget?
We provide detailed cost estimates and practical strategies to optimize spending without compromising quality.
How do you ensure my project stays within budget?
We provide detailed cost estimates and practical strategies to optimize spending without compromising quality.
How do you ensure my project stays within budget?
We provide detailed cost estimates and practical strategies to optimize spending without compromising quality.
How does Nordhaven's $10,000 Grant process work?
We obtain all the permits, pass all the inspections, provide you with the invoices, and you as the homeowner will recieve a cheque in the mail from the City of Calgary within 2 weeks of submission of all required documents.
How does Nordhaven's $10,000 Grant process work?
We obtain all the permits, pass all the inspections, provide you with the invoices, and you as the homeowner will recieve a cheque in the mail from the City of Calgary within 2 weeks of submission of all required documents.
How does Nordhaven's $10,000 Grant process work?
We obtain all the permits, pass all the inspections, provide you with the invoices, and you as the homeowner will recieve a cheque in the mail from the City of Calgary within 2 weeks of submission of all required documents.
How long does the process take from consultation to finalized construction
It varies based on your project’s complexity, but most consulting projects are completed in 6-10 weeks.
How long does the process take from consultation to finalized construction
It varies based on your project’s complexity, but most consulting projects are completed in 6-10 weeks.
How long does the process take from consultation to finalized construction
It varies based on your project’s complexity, but most consulting projects are completed in 6-10 weeks.