Calgary Garage Suite Incentive Program 2026: Up to $35,000 for Backyard Suites. The Ultimate Guide to Garage Suites The Calgary Backyard Suite Incentive Program allows homeowners to receive up to $35,000 toward building a legal backyard or garage suite in Calgary. Calgary continues to grow rapidly, and with that growth comes increasing demand for flexible and affordable housing. At [...]
How CMHC’s Refinance Program Can Help You Pay for a Legal Suite Turning part of your home into a rental suite can be a smart way to bring in extra income and boost your property value. The problem? Renovations and construction aren’t cheap. That’s where CMHC’s Refinance Program comes in. It allows you to tap into your home’s equity [...]
Calgary’s Push to Legalize Basement Suites: Opportunity or Challenge? In Calgary, more homeowners are starting to see the value in turning their basements into safe, legal rental suites. Take contractor Caleb Roddick, for example. Through his company, Red Door Construction, he has already completed around a dozen secondary suites across the city. Recently, he purchased a bungalow in the [...]
Exploring the Benefits and Costs of Garage and Basement Suites With the recent news on May 14, 2024, after listening to Calgaryians in the largest public hearing in Calgary's history, City Council voted to approve citywide rezoning with amendments. It's never been easier to get a permit for a legal suite. While we still strongly recommend applying with an [...]
Materials Shortages & Price Volatility challenges for Garages, Basements, & Home Improvements Projects - & How We Can Help As we approached the 3rd quarter of 2020 to date builders across the country experienced a series of unprecedented spikes and manufacturing disruptions for almost every single construction material product, While this especially applies to lumber, there is also a shortage [...]
Building Inspections During the Covid-19 Pandemic Covid-19 has certainly didn't leave anyone indifferent. The construction industry had to get adapted to the new regulations, protocols and inspections on projects. Most jurisdictions including the City of Calgary implemented a new way of conducting building, electrical and gas inspection on construction sites, and residents of the premises on which the job [...]
COVID-19 and Your Home Improvement Project With the home improvement season around the corner, over the last few weeks, we have received many enquiries and questions. Most are related to our process and feasibility of building a garage and completing a basement development project during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you may be guessing whether moving forward with your home improvement [...]
2019 was an incredible year for Alta Home Garages and More and it wouldn’t be possible without you! We are ecstatic to announce: A record-high of 458 projects completed 118 Brand new customers added 25 x Positive Reviews on HomeStars With Best Of HomeStars 2019 Award as well as many new positive Google and TrustedPros reviews 5 New outstanding [...]
Home improvement projects such as building a garage, developing a basement or renovating the whole house can and do get overwhelming. To get to desired results you must have a detailed plan of action. The plan should entail a level of involvement. Hiring the right professionals who can either do the work or help to guide you through the process [...]
Each year HomeStars carefully goes through all the companies and contractors in their database to select a handful of companies to award the with Best Of Awards. This year Alta Home Garages & More has been selected as best of in the: Calgary Garage Builder & Basement Renovation Categories. "Best Of" Awards are being awarded based on several factors i.e [...]
