Cottage Renovation Strategy Consultation

A focused strategy session to clarify your cottage renovation goals, understand realistic budget ranges, and map out your next steps—before you commit to design or construction costs.

Is This the Right Starting Point?

Planning a renovation, addition, or rebuild at a cottage or secondary home is very different from a city project. Access, shoreline rules, aging structures, and short seasons all add complexity and risk.

This Strategy Consultation is ideal if:

  • You’re considering a renovation, addition, or rebuild at your cottage or second home.

  • You want honest, practical guidance from a builder—not a high-pressure sales pitch.

  • You’re unsure what’s realistic given your property, goals, and budget.

  • You’d like a clear plan before paying for design, surveys, or full preconstruction.

What You’ll Receive

Your Strategy Consultation is structured. It’s not a casual “coffee chat.”

By the end of the engagement, you’ll receive:

  • Discovery & intake questionnaire
    Before we meet, you’ll complete a short, structured questionnaire so we understand your property, goals, constraints,

    and timing. This lets us spend the live session focusing on decisions—rather than basic fact-finding.

  • Focused strategy session (virtual or on-site)
    A dedicated working session where we walk through your plans, priorities, and constraints, ask the right questions,

    and start shaping a realistic direction for your project.

  • Budget range and scope options
    A realistic budget range (or ranges) for your project, along with “good / better / best” style options where appropriate,

    so you can see how different levels of finish or scope affect cost.

  • High-level preconstruction roadmap
    A simple, plain-language outline of what should happen next and in what order, design, investigations, approvals, and

    construction so you understand the path from “idea” to “ready to build.”

  • Action list / next steps checklist
    A clear, prioritized list of decisions and actions for you (and, where applicable, your designer) to move the project forward

    with confidence.

  • Meeting summary & email recap
    A written summary of key points, ranges, and decisions from the session, sent by email so you have a record you can share

    with family members or your design team.

How the Process Works

Step 1

Share your project details

On the next page, you’ll select your project type (bathroom, kitchen, interior renovation size, etc.), choose virtual or on-site, and indicate any optional upgrades that interest you.

Step 2

Book a free 15-minute consultation call

After you submit your project details, you’ll be taken to our calendar to book a short call. This call is free and is used to confirm fit, refine what you actually need, and make sure we recommend the right level of service—before any costs are incurred.

Step 3

Confirm and schedule your Strategy Consultation

If it makes sense to move forward, we’ll confirm the scope, fee, and estimated session length based on your project type, send a payment invoice, and schedule your full Strategy Consultation.

Typical Investment by Project Type

The fee for a Strategy Consultation depends partly on the type and scale of work you’re planning. Most consultations fall within these ranges (all amounts + HST)

Session length refers to the live meeting only. Additional time is spent before and after your session reviewing information and documenting our recommendations.

Bathroom renovation

$325-$425

~60min

Kitchen renovation

$375–$495

~60-75 min

Interior renovation

<1,500 sq. ft.

$425–$575

~60-90 min

Interior renovation

1,500–3,000 sq. ft.

$475–$650

~90-120 min

Renovation >3000 sq. ft.

or Addition

$650–$750+

~2+ hours

These are guidelines, not hard quotes. During your free 15-minute consultation call, we’ll:

  • Confirm which band makes sense for your project

  • Confirm whether virtual or on-site is the best fit

  • Discuss any optional upgrades that might add value

You’ll know the expected fee and session length before you decide to proceed.

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