Multiplex - create more homes
Can the property credibly support more units before layouts and approvals begin?
Start with your address ↓Office A3E · Toronto
Make the right property move, before the expensive one.
Architecture and development judgment, brought in early - for properties with more potential than certainty.
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For homeowners, realtors, investors and property professionals.
One address. A clearer decision.Our point of view
The drawing is rarely the first decision.
First ask what's genuinely possible, which constraint matters and where the value is. We identify the right idea before momentum and consultant fees take over.
Three illustrated categories · Six paths screened
One property can hold several futures. Not all deserve to be pursued.
The examples below group the six paths the tool screens: Multiplex, Laneway suite, Garden suite, Conversion, Addition and Hold or sell.
Laneway or garden suite - use the rear lot
Is the rear lot a real opportunity, or an idea the site cannot support?
Addition or conversion - make the house work harder
Compare basement, attic, second-storey and rear additions before choosing one direction.
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Services
Buy the clarity the decision requires - no more, no less.
Delivered in minutes — Free
Property Potential
An instant first screen of the strongest directions and next question.
- Preliminary property potential screen
- Two best-fit paths, with reasons and checks
- Public zoning snapshot
- Site friction signals
- Three recommended investigations
- Clear next-step guidance
Sample finding (illustrative, not an actual result)
Start with your address ↓Preliminary screen: conversion and laneway housing are the first paths to investigate; rear-yard access and property-specific constraints still need confirmation.
Typically 1–2 business days — $250 + HST
Property Review
An architect-reviewed desktop assessment before more money moves.
- Planning parameters checked against available records
- Parcel, lot geometry and overlays
- Site, servicing and constraint flags
- Existing building and footprint read
- Opportunities, constraints and direction
- 15-minute call with an architect
Sample finding (illustrative, not an actual result)
Confirmed against available records: residential zoning supports a multi-unit path. Flagged: the existing rear addition may conflict with the current setback; a survey is required to confirm it. Recommendation: proceed to a measured conversion study.
Typically 7–8 business days — $1,500 + HST
Property Strategy
One recommended development strategy, tested for this property.
- Everything in the Property Review
- One recommended development strategy
- Site-specific building envelope study
- Quantified unit program and area schedule
- Parking and access strategy
- Preliminary development cost and revenue/value analysis
- High-level financial feasibility
- Project-specific delivery roadmap and 1-hour call
Sample finding (illustrative, not an actual result)
Recommendation: pursue conversion as the development strategy. Reserve a garden suite as a future phase only if servicing and financing are confirmed. The roadmap prioritizes the conversion’s unit program, cost, revenue and approval sequence.
The studio
Years in Toronto property, not just years in practice.
Office A3E is led by architects and developers who have designed, owned, developed and operated property in Toronto. We've sat on both sides of the table: asking what a property can become, and being accountable for what it costs to find out.
Every recommendation has to survive contact with cost, code and the people who will live with the result. If an idea doesn't hold up, we say so before you spend on it.
We aren't here to maximize every site. We're here to name the strongest idea a property can credibly support.
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