It Varies By City but Here’s a Blanket Statement!Guide to a Smooth Building Permit Process In the process of residential design, it all starts with doing your homework and turning over a few rocks to make sure you plan accordingly. Here in the British Columbia & particularly in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver, it’s especially…
Innovation Comes at a Cost And this is going to hurt! On January 1st 2015, Vancouver’s new building by-law will take affect with a push to make Vancouver homes more comfortable, quieter and have lower monthly costs. Some of the significant changes as a result of the Vancouver Greenest City Initiative will include things like…
Vancouver’s “New” Tree Barrier RulesDo You Like Consistency? If you’re anything like us, you enjoy consistency when it comes to rules and regulations, especially when it come to The City of Vancouver. And like many homeowners in Vancouver, we were a little surprised when the city suddenly started requiring an arborist report to accompany building…