Laneway and Garden Suite Design

On The Point Design is well versed in the zoning by-laws regarding Laneway and Garden Suites. We have partnered with local contractors in order to create a design-build process to see your project through from conception to construction. 

A Laneway Suite is located in a backyard next to a public laneway and is smaller in size and detached from the main house on the lot. Laneway Suites provide rental housing opportunities within established neighbourhoods and could be useful for multi-generational living space.  

Laneway Suite

In order to determine the feasibility of building a laneway suite on your property, there are certain zoning by-laws and other restrictions which must be considered such as:

  • Permitted land use

  • Access to a public laneway

  • Lot size and lot frontage

  • Firefighting access

  • Existing coverage of structures on the property

  • Buildable area (Will room sizes meet building code minimums?)

  • Access to services (i.e. water, hydro, sewage, garbage collection)

  • Backyard landscaping 

  • Large tree protection

The site plan below outlines some of the factors to be reviewed to determine the feasibility of a laneway suite on the property.

A Garden Suite is a separate rental housing unit that is smaller in scale and located in a backyard detached from the main house. Unlike a Laneway Suite, a Garden Suite is not next to a public laneway and could instead be next to other yards, a flanking street, a private lane, a park or open space or other uses. They can be built in Barrie, Guelph, Welland, Kitchener, Hamilton, Brampton, Windsor, Pickering, Oshawa, Clarington and Toronto to name a few.

Garden Suite

In order to determine the feasibility of building a garden suite on your property, there are certain zoning by-laws and other restrictions which must be considered such as:

  • Permitted land use

  • Lot size 

  • Firefighting access

  • Existing coverage of structures on the property

  • Buildable area (Will room sizes meet building code minimums?)

  • Access to services (i.e. water, hydro, sewage, garbage collection)

  • Backyard landscaping 

  • Large tree protection

  • Bicycle parking

The site plan below outlines some of the factors to be reviewed to determine the feasibility of a garden suite on the property.

Contact us below today and we’ll tell you if you’re able to build a laneway or garden suite on your property!