A completed two-storey home addition in Toronto's east end

East Toronto · East York · Scarborough · North York · The Beaches

You love your street. You shouldn't have to move to get the space your family needs.

For a limited number of Toronto families planning a 2027–2028 home addition or custom build — we'll tell you what your project should actually cost before you spend a dollar on drawings. Then we design it, prove it can be built, and hand you a fixed price you can trust.

The Design & Feasibility Sprint — $15,000 of design, planning & feasibility work for a $5,000 investment, 100% credited to your build.

Est. 1997 · 100+ additions completed · Fixed-price contracts · Featured in CBC, Toronto Star & Fortune

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The problem

Figuring out if a home addition is right for your family means flying blind.

Vague estimates. Premature commitments. No transparency.

In the early days — when you're just trying to work out whether adding on even makes sense for your home and your family — no one will give you the full picture. So families do one of two things: stall for years, or spend $15,000–$30,000 on drawings for a project that may never turn out to be feasible. Money you don't get back if the answer is no.

We've deliberately flipped that on its head. Before you commit a dollar to construction, our Design & Feasibility Sprint gets you every piece of information you need to confidently decide what to do next — even if that turns out not to be a home addition.

The offer

The 2027/2028 Design & Feasibility Sprint

Everything you need to make a confident, fully-informed decision about your build — designed, costed, and de-risked before you commit to construction.

Design & Feasibility Sprint

What's included
Custom preliminary design & floor plansSchematic layouts built around how your family actually lives
$5,500
Space planning and design directionHow each space feels, flows and functions — designed in from day one, not bolted on later
$2,500
3D rendering & visualizationSee your home before it's built — not just floor plans
$2,000
Property feasibility & zoning reviewSetbacks, lot coverage, Committee of Adjustment — answered
$2,000
Verified fixed-price budget rangeBuilt from our database of 100+ completed Toronto projects
$1,000
BVM pre-construction planning sessionOne team for design, budget, permits and build
$2,000
Total value$15,000
Your investment $5,000 + HST·100% credited to your build

The Design & Feasibility Sprint is a flat $5,000 + HST — credited in full toward any home-building project you go on to build with BVM. This pricing applies to home additions with a total above-grade area of 2,000 sq ft or less (including your existing above-grade square footage); larger projects are quoted individually. You receive $15,000 of design, planning and feasibility work to make a confident, fully-informed decision before you commit. All designs and drawings remain the property of BVM Homes.

What the Sprint is — and what comes next

The Sprint is the minimum design and feasibility work needed to determine whether your project will truly work for your family — so you can make the most informed decision before committing. It does not cover the full design process: consultant fees (structural, HVAC, etc.), further interior design, survey, City permit and Committee of Adjustment fees are separate. Before you commit to anything, we give you the full picture of the remaining design, planning and construction costs — so you know your total investment up front.

Your $5,000 is credited toward any home-building project you go on to build with BVM. And The Constructible Design Co. is a service of BVM Homes — one team, one point of contact, not a separate company.

How it works

Clarity before commitment. Certainty before construction.

01

Apply

A 2-minute application below. We read every one personally and reach out to families who are the right fit — this isn't a form that disappears into a call centre.

02

Property & Budget DiscoveryFree

A 30-minute intro session, followed by an hour-long deep dive into your project's scope and needs — completely free to qualifying families. We help you understand the budget your project will really need, and we won't proceed to Step 3 unless we can confirm it's both constructible and within that budget. That's our Constructible Design Guarantee.

03

Your Design & Feasibility Sprint

Our design team creates your custom preliminary plans and 3D rendering, confirms it can be built, and delivers a fixed-price budget you can trust.

04

Decide with confidence

Move forward and your full $5,000 is credited to the build. Or walk away with a complete design and a real budget — the clarity most families never get.

Why families choose BVM

Six things no other GTA builder can say they offer together.

01 Accurate budgets before drawings

Using our detailed database of past home addition projects, we're one of the few Toronto home builders who can give you an accurate budget before a single drawing is made.

02 Fixed-price, always

The number you sign is the number you pay. No cost-plus. No surprises. No "we'll figure it out later."

03 Design + build, one team

The Constructible Design Co. is BVM's in-house design service — not a separate company — so design and budget are in constant conversation from day one.

04 The honest stay-vs-move advisor

We'll tell you to move if moving is the right call — even though it costs us the project. That's how much we play the long game.

05 The Constructible Design Guarantee

We will not progress to design unless we can confirm your project fits your budget. We'd rather fail fast than waste your money.

06 100+ home additions completed

Est. 1997 — 25+ years and 100+ home additions across the GTA. Additions are our specialty, not a sideline: deep experience in exactly the kind of project you're planning.

Stay or move?

Selling a $1.2M Toronto home costs you six figures before you've even moved.

Land transfer tax, agent fees, the bidding war on a bigger house 30 minutes further out, pulling the kids from their school, leaving the street you love. Most families run this math imperfectly — with the real numbers missing.

Your Discovery Call includes an honest Stay vs. Move breakdown for your situation. Sometimes the answer is to move. When it is, we'll say so — because a family helped honestly always comes back.

"I no longer think Vince is an honest person. I know he's an honest person." Alex Hadjis, P.Eng. East York Home Addition Client
700→1,500sq ft, two-storey
6 monthsconstruction
$0surprise overruns
The Hadjis family in front of their completed East York home addition

Chilton Road, East YorkAlex & family's completed addition

Ryan Meagher, Pre-Construction Manager at BVM

Your point of contactRyan Meagher — Pre-Construction Manager

A message from the Meagher family

My father, Vince, founded BVM in 1997. In 25+ years and 100+ additions, we've watched the same thing happen to good families over and over: they can't get a straight answer, so they give up — or they get burned by someone who gave them a cheap number that wasn't real.

We built The Constructible Design Co. inside our construction company so that design, budget and buildability finally talk to each other from day one. The Design & Feasibility Sprint is how we prove it to you before you're asked to commit to anything.

— Ryan MeagherPre-Construction Manager, BVM Contracting

We're accepting a limited number of pre-construction partners for our 2027–2028 build cycle. Every application is reviewed personally by our team.

Apply

See if your project qualifies

Takes about 2 minutes. There's no obligation, and no cost to find out what's possible. We review every application personally and reach out to families who are a strong fit.

We design and build across Eastern Toronto, Scarborough, East York, North York, The Beaches, and the Durham region.

Questions

The things families ask us first

Why is the Sprint only $5,000 for $15,000 of work?

Because we only take on a limited number of builds each year, and families who complete the Sprint almost always build with us. We'd rather do the design and budget work properly up front than hand you drawings you can't act on — so we price the Sprint well below its value and credit every dollar to your build. If you proceed, it costs you nothing on top of your project.

What if I go through the Sprint and decide not to build?

The $5,000 isn't refunded — but you keep a complete preliminary design, a 3D rendering, a feasibility answer and a real fixed-price budget: the clarity most families never get. The plans and designs remain the property of BVM Homes. If you do move forward, every dollar is credited to your build.

Do I need drawings or a budget figured out already?

No — that's the whole point. Most families come to us with a lot, a Pinterest board and a dream. We supply the real numbers and the feasibility answers before you spend anything on design.

We're a year or two out. Is it too early to apply?

It's the ideal time. Great additions take 4–16 months of planning before construction. Starting now for a 2027–2028 build is exactly how the smoothest projects happen.

How many families do you take on?

A deliberately small number each cycle — it's how we protect quality, communication and our fixed-price promise. That's why we review every application personally rather than booking everyone automatically.

Where do you build?

Across Toronto and the eastern GTA — Leaside, Rosedale, East York, Leslieville, The Beaches, Danforth & Pape Village, Don Mills, and the Scarborough Bluffs (Birch Cliff, Cliffcrest), plus Markham, Ajax, Pickering, Whitby and Oshawa.

Get the space your family needs — without leaving the street you love.

Find out what your 2027–2028 project should really cost, before you spend a dollar on drawings.

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Take the real numbers with you.

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