Garden suites in Toronto

A garden suite is a small, self-contained home in the backyard. For family, for rent, or both. Rivendell designs and builds them as part of the same design-build process we use on new houses.

We already have this work on the ground, including the Queen's Garden Suite in Toronto.

How we build them

Payvand is the point of contact. We coordinate zoning, design, permits, construction, and finishing so you are not managing three companies. The suite has to work with the existing house, the lot, and the city's rules. That is a design-build job, not a bid package.

A built example

Queen's Garden Suite: we turned a backyard into a bright, self-contained secondary home, built to sit with the main house. Independent living, added value, no teardown of the original home.

View the Queen's Garden Suite

Garden suite vs addition vs laneway

A garden suite sits in the backyard as its own small home. An addition grows the main house. A laneway home uses the lane. We do all three. If you are not sure which your lot allows, that is the first conversation.

See home additions and new construction.

Where we work

Based in North York. Toronto, North York, Thornhill, Markham, and nearby in the GTA.

Talk to us

Call 416-720-4020 or use the form. Send the address and whether you are thinking garden suite, laneway, or addition.