Tell us what you need drawn.

Halifax, Nova Scotia. We are a remote studio, so there is no walk-in office — everything from the first scoping call to the final DWG moves by email and cloud share.

Yes — we draw for builders and homeowners Canada-wide. Being remote is the point: the jurisdiction library we have built travels with us, so a set for Kelowna is checked the same way a set for Dartmouth is.

A lot survey if you have one, plus whatever describes the intent: a sketch, a plan book set, your architect’s drawings, or photographs of what is already standing. If you have none of that, send the address and a description — we will tell you what is missing before quoting.

Most residential permit sets run two to three weeks from the day we have what we need. Renovations with as-built measurement add about a week; ground-up construction documents run longer. Turnaround is confirmed in writing before any work starts, not estimated as we go.

Sets are quoted flat, not hourly, so the number you approve is the number you pay. Price follows the scope — square footage, how much of the existing structure has to be documented, and what the jurisdiction requires on the sheets. Send the project and you will have a full quote within two business days.

Half on acceptance of the quote, half on delivery of the permit set. Redline response is already inside that price, so a set that comes back from the examiner does not come with a second invoice.

Every set is delivered as both PDF and DWG. The PDF is what goes to the authority and to the field; the DWG is yours to keep, so the next drafter or engineer who touches the project is not starting from a flattened drawing.

We are drafters, not the sealing authority. Where a jurisdiction requires an engineer’s or architect’s seal, we draw the set to that standard and coordinate with the licensed professional — either yours or one we work with — so review is a signature rather than a redraw.

The National Building Code as your province has adopted and amended it, plus whatever the local authority adds on top — zoning setbacks, energy compliance, and the submittal checklist that varies office to office. We confirm the applicable edition before drawing, because that is the detail that quietly invalidates a set.

The application is filed by the owner or the contractor of record, so that part stays with you. What we hand over is a submittal-ready package — drawings, schedules, and the compliance sheets that office asks for — and we answer the examiner’s questions directly if you would rather we did.

We correct it and get it back to you for resubmittal, usually within a few business days, at no extra charge. Plan check before submittal is the whole reason the practice exists — but examiners have opinions, and answering them is part of the job we quoted.

That is what as-built documentation is for. We work from laser measurements and photographs to rebuild the existing conditions as a drawing set, which is the starting point for any renovation permit — and often the thing that turns up an unpermitted change made by a previous owner.

Around the Maritimes, yes — Dean runs the field side of the practice. Further afield we work from a measured photo set you or your contractor shoots to our checklist, which covers the large majority of renovation projects without anyone buying a plane ticket.

Yes, and they come off the same model as the construction set, so what the client approves is what gets drawn. Useful for design review boards, condo or HOA submittals, and pre-sale marketing on spec builds.

Both. Roughly half the sets we draw are for builders and architects who need documentation capacity; the rest are homeowners doing one renovation and needing someone to explain what the permit office is actually asking for.