Fees
Building Department Permit Fees and other Municipal Goverment fees:
Refer to the City of Toronto Web
site for their Fees:
http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/building/fee_schedule.htm
Refer to this City of Mississauga
document for their Fees:
Our
Fees:
Conceptual Design: This is usually a free service as
part of the initial meetings with the agreement in principal to do the design.
But no drawings will be given to the client for any length of time without
payment first.
Measured Existing Drawings: $1.00 to $2.00 /SF
Design Development: $0.50 to $1.50/sf*
*This above fee
will apply when more then one design package is required by the client to chose
from. For example 3 design versions of a 300 square foot space @ $1/SF would be
$300 each design. Existing drawing square footage portion would only be charged
once. The final design is not charged for and is part of the Concept/Design to
Working Drawings transition and swallowed in the overall fee.
Example above of
3 different proposed layouts of a back addition off an existing kitchen with 3
different deck designs and mud room configuration off the deck and bike storage
area. This was for the Deforest project show on the website. In the end we
settled on no deck or bike storage and a slightly different layout to the
mudroom addition and new back stair to the basement.
Working Drawings: $1.50 to $3.00/sf
The above two items are usually
combined for one price depending on the nature of the client and the situation,
number of design schemes, etc.
example Fee for a 1000 SF existing house with a 500 SF new addition would
be calculated as the following:
Existing Portion of House (Required
for permit and is basis for new design)
1000SF X $1.00/SF= $ 1,000.00
New Portion Concept, Design
Development, and Working Drawings (New Permit Drawings)
500SF X $3.00/SF= $ 1,500.00
Total
Architectural Fee
$ 2,500.00
Decks: Average
deck $1000-$1500 depending on zoning headaches and
site.
Garages: Average
small single car garage $1000-$1500. A Double
car garage would be $1200 and
up depending again on complexity.
HVAC/Heat Loss Calculations: $1,000
on average.
Structural Design:
Items that can’t be engineered under Part 9 of the Code but only Part 4 of the
Code (OBC) would need to be designed by a Structural Engineer. A fee would be
determined on a case-by-case basis.
Generally houses can be designed
under Part 9 of the Ontario Building Code. This is when the design live load is
not greater then 2.5 kPa and clear spans are, generally speaking, not greater
then 4.9m. There are special conditions when greater spans can also be designed
under Part 9 of the code.
As long as the design is able to be
kept to Part 9 the fee is included as part of the Working Drawing Fee, and no
extra fees are charged.
A good rule of thumb here though is
to assume around $1000.00. However depending on complexity and if
required it could be more. Some projects may need some major beams, special
foundations and footings, special retaining walls, underpinning or shoring, or
helical piles.
Committee of Adjustment Hearings & Construction Review Fees:
$500.00 for each Committee of
Adjustment hearing (includes documentation as required).
Construction Review: This is an hourly rate
of $100.00/hr. Note there should be at least the same
number of visits by the permit drawings designer as the main municipal building
inspector. Reviews should be done at least at the completion of the stages of
foundations, framing, insulation, enclosing, and final completion/inspection. A
review at the completion of the excavation stage when the initial setup of the
foundations is taking place is also a good idea. This is to give the customer
the insurance during the construction process that the contractor is doing
things correctly and a good manner and as per the design.
Keep in mind we want your work. So all prices are
negotiable. Let's meet and see what we can agree to do for each other.
Note partial payments at the end of
each stage of the design & drafting will be requested. At each payment
point you will get a hard copy of the drawings. If you do not like what you see
at that point you do not have to pay. But you will not receive any hard copy of
the drawings at that point in the design for something you did not like, or
want to pay for.
