Mushi Design Studio

An innovative design studio with creative professionals based in Toronto, ON. Dedicated to assisting clientsto make the success of the projects with our expertise, talents and passions. 

We provide building design service in residential and commercial projects.

Why do you need a Building Permit?

A Building Permit grants people the legitimate permission issued by the government to build or remodel their properties. It is the owner's responsibility to ensure the project complying with Building Code, local zoning requirements, and any applicable city regulations. There are numerous potential risks of construction without obtaining the City's approval of building permits.

- Insurance companies may reject the claims of any forms of losses related to your property damages.

- Fail to sell the properties involved in the project.

- The homeowner/property owner may be urged to restore the project to its original condition, meanwhile,  getting a fine.

A building permit is usually required when construct or demolish a building. However, not every construction has to be commenced with the Building Permit. If you are not sure about your projects, please contact us at any time.

Our Services

We provides residential and commercial building permit application services. Below are the main cotergories that we specialized in (Click to expend). If you have other requests, please contact us for further assistance.

• New House Design

Bungalow house, detached house, semi-detached house, and a townhouse of any types, either conventional or contemporary style, we can help you on it.

• Small Residential Additions

Residential additions could be adding an extra floor space to your ground floor, or adding a new second floor to your bangalow house. A good design could greatly increase the overall value of your property.

• Structural Design

Either new houses design, renovaion of removing load bearing partition wall or structural alteration, we will be able to provide professional analysis to help you acheive what you need.

• Residential Demolition

It occurs when you plan to rebuild your old house, but you haven't prepared to build the house yet. At such instance, you could apply to demolish your old house first so you could get the first thing done first and meanwhile you could proceed with whatever needed.

• Interior Alterations

While only changing your interior elements of your house, such as adding new walls or removing existing walls, renovating your interior designs, or finishing your basement, all of those simple works need to have building permits. However, many homeowners choose to omit the permit step. Sometimes they end up with costy and regreted results.

• Second Unit

A second unit is typically when you converting your basement into a complete independent unit which contains a complete set of living space for a family - the bedroom, washroom, kitchen, and a separate entrance. The design of second unit requires extra attention, such as fire resistance partition walls, comparing to regular basement renovation. It is really costy to retify a non-code compliance renovation that is intended to be used as second unit. So if you are thinking about that, please hold on and talk to us before you do it!

• Residential Basement Entrance

It is also known as walkout basement. It provides a seperate entrance to your basement. This extra entrance provides a great advantage to home owners who rent out their basements. It provides a good balance between the rent income and the privacy between tenants and landlords.

• Garages and Carports

For houses without garages or lacking enough spaces for parking. An additional garage might be able to be proposed. Alternatively, a carport can be proposed which is a open parking space with a roof. Carport adds great looking to your property while protecting your vehicle from hailing and snow. It is a great choice for places with limited zoning requirements.

• Decks and Porches

A deck larger than 10 square meter or 0.6 meter higher than the ground will need to be constructed with a building permit. if you not sure whether you need to apply for building permit, please contact us for help.

• Commercial Retail and Office Permit Application

All kinds of commercial renovation will need to have building permits. We provide building permit application services for commercial renovations including restaurants, retail stores, barber shops, and offices. please contact us for more details.

• Contractor Recommendation

We have been working with various contractors for years. The contractors ain't always good. We evaluate them periodically and will only recomend them to our clients based on their ongoing performences. We are here to ensure that you get the best one-stop service without any scary surprise.

We are professionals
and we are the cuttest couple