
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Session length refers to the live meeting only. Additional time is spent before and after your session reviewing information and documenting our recommendations.
$325-$425
~60min
$375–$495
~60-75 min
$425–$575
~60-90 min
$475–$650
~90-120 min
$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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