For Property Managers & Developers
Turn your buildings into more rentable, code-compliant units.
Andare Homes is the design-build team that turns plans into income. Our in-house design team and one accountable crew handle multiplex conversions, secondary suites, and renovations across the GTA, built to the Ontario Building Code, with the fire and sound separation that gets units approved and tenants in the door. Licensed, insured, WSIB-covered, Tarion-registered, 5.0 on Google across 55 reviews.
Add units that pass inspection, multiplex & secondary suites
Ontario's gentle-density rules opened the door; the inspector decides whether you walk through it. We design and build the conversions that actually add doors to your rent roll: duplex-to-fourplex multiplex conversions, plus basement, in-law, and accessory in-law and secondary suites built to the OBC from day one.
Every added unit is a balancing act between buildable square footage and code minimums. We build to the realities that make or break an occupancy permit:
- Compliant ceiling heights and clear egress windows in below-grade suites
- Separate, code-legal means of exit for each dwelling unit
- Layouts that hold finished room dimensions once drywall and trades go in
- Work coordinated with mechanical and electrical so HVAC and panels land where the plans say
The result: units that appraise, insure, and rent as legal, not as a liability you have to unwind later. See our legal basement apartments and accessory dwelling units.
Fire & sound separation that holds up to the inspector
The fastest way to stall a conversion is a separation assembly that does not make the grade. Between dwelling units, the OBC demands rated fire separation and minimum sound-transmission performance, and inspectors check it before you can rent. We build to the listed assemblies, so the wall on site matches the rated detail on the drawings.
- Rated demising walls and floor-ceiling assemblies built to spec, ready for the right board and firestopping
- Sound-control construction, staggered or double-stud and resilient details, so tenants are not hearing each other through the wall
- Service penetrations planned ahead of close-in, not chased after a failed inspection
Get the separation right the first time and you protect both your occupancy date and your reviews from the people living there.
Open units up, structural removals & renovations
Dated, chopped-up layouts rent slowly and rent low. Opening a floor plan is one of the highest-return moves in your portfolio, but only when the structure is handled properly. We install engineered beams and posts to carry the load safely, with the bearing and transfer details done to plan and ready for inspection.
Across unit turns and full gut jobs, our whole-home renovations and basement renovations reset layouts, level old floors, build new partitions, and square up openings so finishes go in clean and fast. We work inside occupied and tenanted buildings, keeping dust, debris, and disruption contained to the unit in play.
Scheduling built to protect your timelines
You do not earn on a vacant unit, and every extra week of construction is a week of carried cost and lost rent. We quote realistic durations, show up when we say we will, and build to a sequence that hands off cleanly to mechanical, electrical, and drywall, so the trades behind us are not waiting on us.
- Phased scheduling so you can stage turnovers and limit how many units sit empty at once
- Tight, predictable build windows that let you book follow-on trades with confidence
- A crew that finishes the rough-in clean and ready for the next inspection, not half-done
Less downtime between vacant and rent-ready is the whole game. We build like we know it.
Documentation and one team for the whole portfolio
Permits and inspections run on paper as much as lumber. We build to the stamped drawings and keep the work legible for whoever signs off, with beam sizes, separations, and layouts that match the set, so your reviewer and your building department are not sending you back for clarifications.
Most of all, we are a team you can use again. Property managers and developers do not want to re-vet a contractor every project, you want one number to call who already knows your standards, your buildings, and how you like the work handed over. Build your first conversion with us and the next ten get faster: same team, same quality, no relearning curve. Licensed, insured, WSIB-covered, Tarion-registered, and backed by a 3-year workmanship warranty across every job.
More doors, fully to code. Let's build them.
Send us the plans or the address and we will scope the work, the separations, and a schedule that protects your rent roll.