Free Lot Check
Can I build a garden suite on my property?
Send us your address and we'll check your municipality's garden suite rules against your lot — zoning, size, access, and the new provincial SSMUH changes — and give you a straight answer. Free, no obligation.
What we check
BC legalized small-scale multi-unit housing across most single-family lots, and every municipality has been rewriting its rules since. Most homeowners have more buildable potential than they think — and no easy way to find out. That's the gap this check closes.
Zoning & SSMUH rules
Whether your zone — and BC's small-scale multi-unit housing changes — allow a detached suite on your lot, in your municipality's current bylaw.
Lot size, frontage & siting
Minimum lot dimensions, how large a suite your lot supports, setbacks, height limits, and where on the property it can sit.
Access & servicing
Lane or street access for construction and occupants, and what water, sewer, and electrical servicing a suite would need on your specific lot.
What it would take
If your lot qualifies: the realistic path — permits, timeline shape, and the decisions that matter early — from a builder who has taken suites from permits to handover.
Want to read the rules yourself first? See our garden suite rules by municipality and the full garden suite construction guide.
Free Lot Check FAQs
What do you actually check?
Your municipality's current garden suite and laneway home rules against your property: whether the zoning and the provincial small-scale multi-unit housing (SSMUH) changes allow a suite, minimum lot dimensions, access, siting and height limits, and anything about the lot — like slope or existing structures — that would shape the build. You get a straight answer on what's possible.
Is it really free? What's the catch?
There's no catch and no obligation. Pro Construction Group builds garden suites — a free lot check is how we meet homeowners at the very start of the process. If your lot qualifies and you want to go further, we'll tell you exactly what the next steps look like. If it doesn't qualify, we'll tell you that too.
How long does it take?
We'll usually come back to you within a couple of business days. If your municipality's rules are mid-change — several are still updating their bylaws for the provincial SSMUH legislation — we'll say what's confirmed and what's pending.
Which municipalities do you cover?
The Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island — including Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, Delta, North Vancouver, Langley, Victoria, Saanich, Langford, and Nanaimo. If you're somewhere else in BC, send the address anyway and we'll tell you if we can help.
I'm just exploring — is that okay?
That's exactly who this is for. Most homeowners we build for started by wondering whether a suite was even possible. Knowing what your lot allows costs you nothing and makes every later decision easier.