Built around yield and turnaround.
An ADU isn’t a lifestyle project, it’s a unit that has to cash flow. What it rents for and how fast it gets from decision to rent cheque are the two numbers that matter. One team producing the full design package, drawings included, is our biggest lever over the second one: no waiting on a separate sub before permit submission.
14.3% gross yield on the build.
Gross, before vacancy, property tax, insurance, upkeep and financing. Illustrative only, not a quote. Ranges are typical for Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford and Paris in 2026.
- Capital in
- $130,000
- Rent a year
- $18,600
- Simple payback
- 7.0 yrs
Add rent where there was one unit.
- 01
As-of-right zoning
Up to three residential units allowed on most urban lots without a rezoning application, removing the committee-hearing gamble.
- 02
Tight rental supply
Every market we serve has demand ahead of supply, which keeps well-located legal units renting quickly.
Regional ranges, not Toronto numbers inflated to look better.
Basement apartment
Garden suite
Once Projects is live, that’s where we’ll publish sourced numbers by area and unit type. Until then, model your address with Cost & Financing and the Cost Calculator.
Basement first, garden suite to stack.
On a lot with room for both, stacking a basement unit and a garden suite roughly doubles the rent roll off a single property.
Basement apartment
The better first move on almost any deal, quicker to permit and build, sooner to produce rent.
Garden suite
Costs more and takes longer, but rents for more and stands fully separate from the main house.
Full comparison: Basement Apartment vs. Garden Suite
One property is different from a portfolio.
HELOC or conventional refinance
A single ADU on a property you already own is usually financed the same way a homeowner would.
CMHC MLI Select
For new construction of five or more rental units, rewarding affordability, accessibility and energy-efficiency commitments with up to 95% LTV and amortizations to 50 years. Worth knowing if a project is heading toward a small multiplex.
We’re not mortgage brokers. If you’re structuring financing across multiple properties, that’s a conversation for your broker or lender. We’ll tell you what a given property can physically support.
Same reason it helps your turnaround.
One point of contact producing the whole design package, instead of you coordinating separate consultants on every deal. That’s what lets us hold a real turnaround number across your second, third and tenth property, not just your first.
- You
- Designer
- HVAC designer
- Revisions
- Submission
- You
- Northpoint
- Submission
Pick the question closest to yours.
Does my property qualify?
A self-check on space, lot rules and servicing before you call.
Cost & Financing
What drives the build cost, plus HELOC, CMHC MLI Select and grants.
Projects
Real projects and worked examples, with the numbers behind them.
Bring us the address, we’ll tell you the turnaround.
What the property can physically support, what it costs to get there, and how fast it gets to a rent cheque, before you commit to drawings.