Renovating a Shoebox Home in Montreal

Montreal is a beautiful and vibrant city, including its architecture. Tall building, Shoebox homes, Plexes, long metal staircases, colourful homes in small streets. Montreal is full of charm and beauty.

Shoebox Home Montreal

When buying a home we often look for space. The shoebox home is beautiful, but often stands out for being too small, too crowded, not enough space, and located inbetween taller buildings.

Buying a shoebox home in Montreal can have a lot of "Potential"!

Shoebox House in Montreal

You also have to check, before buying this type of home with its local city office. You could be in Ahuntsic, Rosemont, Verdun, Anjou or other Montreal boroughs and you would get completely different answers from each urban planning councils.

They each have their own sets of rules and limitations to make their decisions. Some areas might even forbid building over the shoebox and changing its vocation, if it is in a patrimonial location. Except, when there's a will, there a way. You simply have to get creative with your architect or design team. Renovating a shoebox home in Montreal is feasible.

If you're in the clear and you can build, there is so much potential for making your home more valuable and increase its value.

Getting information about a shoebox home is fairly easy. You should always start with contacting the administration of your borough, at the permits counter. In Montreal, you simply need to dial 611. You will be directed to the borough of your choice.

Or visit the City of Montreal website: https://montreal.ca/

Secondly, make a list of details about your house. Location, size, location plan and more, as well as various questions about what is possible and impossible to do to a shoebox home. This will tell you if this property can fit your needs and lifestyle.

The kinds of questions you should ask are:

• The cost of the construction permit?

• What you ARE AND NOT allowed to do with a shoebox home & change on the current building. (Patrimonial building? Patrimonial area?)

• Are there certain material NOT allowed to be used in that area, and more.

• Can an extension be built if it is set back from the facade of the building?

• How long are the delays to get a construction permit?

• What is the process in order to obtain the construction permit in your area?

The next step after that will be to contact an architect / Designer / Technologue in architecture / Engineer, to get an idea of cost to build your dream project. Write down all the ideas you have in mind, in order to guide all the actors you want to implicate in your project, at this stage. You will also want to have an idea of budget you will be able to get your hands on, in order to make it a realistic project. ,

Lastly, finding the right General Contractor to create your project, is key to creating and making the magic happen. Creating your dream home!

Finding the right contractor, for your dream project is crucial.

Lineaire General Contractor has a team with over 20 years of experience and thrives in making dreams into reality.

Floor Addition, Home Extensions and Home Remodel are their specialty.

They work by these 3 words: Quality, Passion and Honesty.

Contact them for more information: 514-686-0661 or www.lineaireconstruction.com