Residential Services

Residential Projects. Professionally Designed. Permit Ready

Renovations • Legal Basements • Home Additions • Second Units • Structural Changes We help homeowners turn renovation ideas into permit-ready, code-compliant projects — from design and drawings through to municipal permit approval on a timely manner at competitive rate.

Services Included

Everything under Residential

Every sub-service below is delivered by our in-house team. Talk to us about your project.

Basement Services

Legal basement apartments, underpinning, walk-outs, and full finishing permit-ready drawings included.

Home Additions

Rear, side, and second-storey additions with structural engineering and permit drawings, designed to match your existing home.

Side Entrance & Below Grade Entrance

Access solutions for homes with unique site constraints, ensuring compliance and functionality.

Interior Renovations

Load-bearing wall removal, kitchen gut-renos, and bathroom overhauls with structural support and permit coordination.

Custom Homes

Full architectural and structural design for new custom homes, from concept to certificate of occupancy.

Garden/Laneway Suite Design & Permits

Create additional living space on your property with a well-designed, code-compliant Garden or Laneway suite design and permit & municipal approval

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More Services

More Residential Services

Explore more specialized services we provide for residential and commercial projects across Ontario.

Legal Basement Permit (ON)

Out of the Box can help Creating or legalizing a basement apartment or secondary suite/ Second Dwelling Unit in Ontario typically requires a building permit. Approval may involve Ontario Building Code, fire safety, exits, ceiling height, plumbing, ventilation, alarms, and zoning requirements.

Deck Permit in Ontario

Deck or Garage permit drawings and application support for new decks, replacement decks, guards, stairs, footings, and structural changes across Ontario, ON

Home Addition Permit

Architectural Design, Zoning Review & Permit Drawings for rear, side, and second-storey home additions across Ontario, including City submission and permit support.

Walkout Basement / Separate Entrance Permit

Permit drawings and application support for basement below grade entrance, walkouts, separate entrances, exterior stairs, underpinning-adjacent work in Ontario.

Load Bearing Wall Removal Permit

Permit drawings and structural coordination for removing or altering load-bearing walls, beams, posts, and related interior structural changes in Ontario

Interior Renovation Permit

Interior renovations that require a permit may include removing or altering load-bearing walls, changing the layout or structure of a space, and adding or modifying plumbing fixtures such as kitchens and bathrooms. Cosmetic updates such as painting, flooring, cabinetry, fixture replacements without moving plumbing, and minor repairs generally do not require a permit.

Our Process

How we deliver residential projects

A predictable five-step process refined over 2,500+ Ontario projects.

Consultation

Free 30-minute discovery call to understand your goals, budget, and timeline.

Planning

Feasibility review, zoning check, and a fixed-fee proposal with clear deliverables.

Design

Architectural and structural drawings developed with you through 2–3 review rounds.

Permits

We submit, respond to reviewer comments, and coordinate until your permit is issued.

Build

Construction administration, site inspections, and certificate-of-occupancy support.

Questions

Residential FAQs

The questions we hear most about residential work.

Permit timelines vary by city, but typically take 2–8 weeks from submission depending on the municipality and the complexity of your project.

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