Noel, I hope you don't mind me reaching out to you as well? Would love to learn about your experience. I have attempted to make contact, via email, to a couple of (old) recommendations but they did not reply. Meaghan

If I knew then....what I know now. I would recommend checking out www.suiteadditions.com. Great information for secondary suites. Differences between secondary suites and duplex. Andy also has a great free e-book. Download that and take a look. Learnt lots from it. He also has a favorite...

The basement was unfinished. We had to bring in an electrician to do substantial work. The additional cost for the separate meter, as I recall, was not that significant relative to the overall renovation. Now, each unit deals with their own hydro bills. How far are you in your process? What...

It's been awhile. We ended up going with separate hydro meters. At the end of this small chapter, we ended up with a re-zoning of the detached house into a legal duplex. Although the story continues, we are very happy with the results and the value increase in the property. Lots of learnings...

Looking for thoughts and comments on the cost benefits between putting in a separate hydro meter versus arranging for sub-metering on a soon to be converted duplex. We are looking at a residential property with an unfinished basement that we would like to put in a separate apartment. As the...