How to build a LEGAL BASEMENT from START to FINISH 🔨👷

one of the most essential things that they look at is jobs in the furnace the probability of getting a fire are much higher this is crazy so how much money did you spend to move it there it cost me close to this video is the only video you'll ever want to watch if you want to understand how to develop a legal rentable basement from scratch that would help you supplement your mortgage payment we'll talk about permits process challenges costs and timeline as we look at different homes in different stages of development and for this we have hergy with us who is part of bricks and dreams my realtor Partners a civil engineer by education and owns a construction company along with being a realtor tell us a little bit well uh I have over a decade of experience in construction but this this Venture is something we just started over an year ago and that's when I decided you know and you know start to have a second uh Venture where create some income and also help the clients if you are new to this channel my name is Naj and I'm on a mission to retire myself and 1 million more immigrants with $5 million do subscribe to the channel if you have not done that already and let's get started [Music] all right so we are in an amazing basement right now I love it it's a walk out basement and we have with us and he'll explain to us this is we are planning to build a two-bedroom basement here and while also keeping some of the area for the owner's use as a storage and gym area so now let's talk about the 13 steps that are involved in developing a basement number one is measurements and initial consultation where hergy and his team will go to the client and understand what their requirements are whether they want a one bedroom basement or a two-bedroom basement they'll also look at the requirements as for the city guidelines and that's the initial consideration that has to be made first then obviously the expectation on cost timelines all that is discussed then her's team will be building a layout as per legal requirements the third step in this is forwarding the layout after the approvals from the client obviously uh they forward the layout to the city for approval and this includes the permit fees because obviously there's a fees to the uh you know to making changes uh to the house as well there are kitchen requirements their height of the basement you know there has to be a minimum height we'll talk about that separate entrance window requirements fire safety there's so many things that need to be looked at and because they are experts they know exactly what the city requires and they make sure that all the requirements are met important like when you are looking at the plans and everything like is it the ceiling height is it a separate entrance like what what are the three or four things that they are definitely looking at when it comes to approvals well to be honest with you they they look at everything you know they look at okay how are you installing the separate entrance H where are you installing it and one of the most essential things that they look at is fire separation right because uh as per OBC uh we need to have 30 minute fire separation we provide interconnected fire alarms anyway uh which are connected with the upper unit as well so requirement then you're only required to put in 15 minutes fire separation got it but uh we try to do both ah makes sense Mak sense to just and then you also have to have one egress uh window for the fire exit for the fire exit so igress window is basically a bigger window uh which you see uh here these are all igress windows now we talking about [Music] so the minimum height that's required is 6' 5 in that's going to be across all no that's the lowest height that they would allow you right just say here we have uh I can just tell you this is 7 fo10 uh and we will most likely remove this uhhuh and uh we would have a roughly 8T sorry 7t 10 ceiling that's more than acceptable okay but the 65 would apply here ah because we have lowered this down and by the time you put a drve ball and framing here this might come down a little bit more M right but in certain cases there's no way you are able to do it sense like like if it's a little bit City would allow it okay right and but if it's if you still can't do it then the other option you have is underpinning so what we are trying to do is we trying to you know not increase the but it used the floor and that's how we increase height that's requires a lot of cost we'll not get into that um not recommended in most cases but um yeah that's how we can make it legal now this basically is the floor plan and her has actually given two floor plans to this client so if you just try to imagine you know we came down from here this is the gym area uh and then there'll be a bedroom here there'll be a laundry here uh and then you know you'll have uh the furnace closet this is the bedroom number two this is the kitchen and here's the you know where the living area will go and here's the bathroom and there's a even a walk-in closet you know if you look at this bathroom um and then you know so this is where you come down and this is where you enter basically and on in the entrance there's a laundry as well so it's a pretty nice you know like very spacious um you know um looking plan uh and this is the walk out basement I think this is the patio door so this is where the entrance will be so it's pretty amazing and then this is basically an alternate plan where the layout is a slightly different uh it it doesn't give you know a walk-in closet it gives a smaller closet but the washer dryer is at a different position it makes the uh house a little bit bigger uh when it comes to bedroom number two so these two options the client can actually choose you know what they like and that's how uh the layout works and depending on you know this is all bu up to building Cod and depending on what the client chooses uh this will actually go to the city uh for permits then number four is of course the permit comes in 2 to 4 weeks then there is framing that will be started now they do not complete all the framing that's what you know harji told me they don't complete all the framing because there's another inspection that happens but what they do is after they do the initial framing so that they know what room uh goes where and what it looks like and the client can also you know imagine a little bit you know because it's very difficult for someone who has not done it you know um himself to know uh or get into the brain and even understand the layout uh when it's made it's just easier if the framing is done to understand how the bedroom would look like and how the kitchen would look like and how the entire layout would look like then obviously uh when the framing happens without doing the drywall it's much easier to do the plumbing HVAC electricals all that happens after the framing and then they basically complete the framing after they've completed the framing then another inspection happens all the greens ones are that are not in control of the construction people these are all and everything that is marked in green these are all inspections it's very much dependent on City and how much time they take to do it uh usually this particular inspection uh you know is happens pretty quickly because the inspector is already assigned uh so inspection happens in need to make sure that the plumbing is as per code uh HVAC is there electricals are there so everything has to be as per code and that's why this particular inspection happens and after the inspection is done then they actually do the drywall because now you cannot make a lot of changes once you have done the drywall so then the drywalling happens then there's something called as mudding and now will explain what mudding actually means out there just to make it look very nice the way we see the finished W after that we are in the final stages where we have to finish the entire you know house we have to do flooring tiling trims bathrooms and then there is priming and painting and plus we also need to do kitchen installations and bathroom installation so all the finishing touches go on step number 11 and 12 and finally there's a final inspection that happens just to ensure that everything is to code all the you know fittings have been to code and it's all you know good and once the inspector is satisfied then you get the occupancy permit basement it's very easy to have a separate entrance you just need to make a sidewalk uh what happens if you don't have a walk out basement so then we have to do a below ground stairwell entrance and you know that's the direct cost that gets added to the project uh 12 to $5,000 depending upon project to project there to do it we need to have from your building footprint to your property L you need to have at least 4 foot four if you don't have it this is the thing and the second thing I look for is what type of electrical panel they have why is that important it is important because uh if if you are converting into legal duplex if you have up to 125 ampere panel it will not be able to take the electrical load laundry or plus air conditioner right so you need to upgrade it to almost 200 because say we are just doing a project in Brandford 200 possible the maximum we are going to get is uh 150 we have recommended the clients to uh install one of their stoves as gas gas makes sense and the the third thing I look for is the size of water line but this is a new property built in 2019 but some of the properties which are older 58 in line and that is not enough to support two units M so in those cases you have to upgrade your water line from City's curb stop to your within your property and that's also an additional cost rly uh it can vary from $5 to $8,000 depending upon KY length all right we are in her's basement now which is under construction nice so this is what stage now well this is at mudding stage right now uhhuh and here it's going to be kitchen okay and well this is what upgraded 200 a okay you have upgraded this 200 US like Bel provided 100 we have upgraded it to 200 got it because 100 won't support two laundries and two stoves Mak sense and here it will be kitchen very small kitchen M and then uh this is going to be living area mhm and this is going to be bedroom that's going bedroom this is washroom okay this will be washroom this is washroom so con so this is going to be one bedroom this is going to be the bedroom and ab be uh like originally I wanted to have a closet here uh but because I'm doing everything legally so the door has to be at like 32 in wide so I was not able to put a closet so what I have done to C to that is I have I'm going to convert the under stairs portion ah uh this should be easily I think $1,300 ,300 plus utility is 30% nice yeah so all of this is out yes so this planning happens at uh the stage roughing stage ruffing stage happens inspection so now what we need to do after this is finishing there is one more layer of mudding that they need to do and after that uh I'm going to call in painter to do the priming and right where we are going to call in the finishing team to install flooring and uh washroom instulation and last thing to catchen installation all right time total from starting to let's say end roughly like is but I was also not very aggressive on this because I'm focusing more on my clients better than my own by the way has done something really amazing where her is standing was what heri so so when when when I bought this house from the build so this where we standing I had the furnace and the water heater was there one of the first things when I was visualizing the basement floor plans I was like okay I was always wanting to have open concept living room in order to get that I had to move my furnace pretty much my whole mechanical room had to be moved there this is crazy so how much money did you spend to move it there it cost me close to $5,000 to to move that but this is so much worth it because you got so much space here and this can be a bedroom with a walk-in closet and a laund and this is pretty big awesome amazing are the best thank you now let's go to another project that hergy and his team just completed this is a two-bedroom one bath basement with separate entrance and separate laundry this basement would cost about $75,000 including HST and permits and the finishes are topnotch especially in the kitchen and washroom now let's understand a few safety requirements in this basement because they are so critical to getting the permits this is duct smoke detector and uh in simple terms uh the purpose of this is to detect any smoke in the system in case it detects any smoke or fire it will shut off Fuel and power to this furnace so that to prevent the spread of any further fire or smoke in the upper unit very simple reason in case of any fire it will immediately kick in and you know prevent the spread of fire the utility room is close to 60t source of fire usually mechanical room it can be because at the end of the day in the furnace uh the probability of getting a fire are much higher compared to any other uh parts of the house that's awesome hery is a very kind person and a Powerhouse of knowledge do follow his Instagram page to know more about behind the scenes of construction that's all I have for today do subscribe to the channel if you have not done that already do hit the like button if you really love the video and do put in the comments what is the best part of this particular video and what all videos you would want to see in future byebye [Music]

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Keywords: Basement renovation, Canada, Legal basement rental, Basement apartment, Building codes, Zoning laws, Egress windows, Basement ceiling height, Fire safety, Smoke detectors, Carbon monoxide detectors, Electrical code, Plumbing code, Insulation, Soundproofing, Basement waterproofing, Foundation repair, Basement flooring, Subfloor, Basement walls, Drywall, Basement lighting, Egress window requirements, Exit routes, Basement ventilation, HVAC system, Basement heating, Space heaters

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Length: 15min 58sec (958 seconds)

Published: Sun Jun 09 2024