Mark H Smith Designs Inc. BCIN Designer & Building Permits Specialist Serving Toronto and Surrounding Areas in Southern Ontario.
From initial design concepts to construction-ready plans and approved permits, we work directly with homeowners and contractors to bring your residential project to life.
With over a decade of expertise, Mark H Smith Designs Inc. seamlessly integrates design, drafting, and permitting—transforming your vision into a construction-ready plan built on candor, creativity, collaboration, and efficiency.
Our Design services:
Designing newly constructed custom single family homes, multi-family homes, or providing alterations to an existing building by designing custom renovations and additions that best meet each project’s goals.
Designing building conversions from single family homes into multiple family homes as legal secondary suites, duplexes, and triplexes.
Designing garden suites, laneway suites, garages, workshops and building conversions into garden suites.
Our Drafting services:
Drafting a complete drawings package that is able to obtain building permits for the project.
Coordination and design integration with specialized professionals such as arborists, surveyors, structural and mechanical engineers to complete calculations and prepare reports and specialty drawings required by the building department.
Building Permits services:
Preparation, filing and coordination for applications required by the building department in order to begin construction.
Printing and delivery of a complete set of the permit package after it has been released from the building department and the project is ready to begin construction.
We also can provide additional permit services when required to lead and coordinate the project through the Committee of Adjustment (CofA) to obtain a minor variance.
Visit our Projects Page to see some of our design, drafting, and building permit projects.
Visit our Services page to learn more about the design services, drafting services and building permit services we can offer your upcoming residential building project.
Visit our Reviews page to read what our previous clients have experienced while receiving our design services, drafting services and building permit services for their project.
Not sure about what a BCIN is… go over to our page What is a BCIN and BCIN Designer pages to find out more information.
Learn more about what’s involved with obtaining a building permit by visiting our Toronto building permits page
Interested in learning more about Mark H Smith Designs Inc.? Visit our About page to learn more.
Contact us today to begin a conversation about your upcoming project and how it can best get started.
CUSTOMER REVIEWS
Project: New Home Construction, 2 Storey Home (2800sqft), Integrated 2 car garage, Minor Variances Case Approval
“We were referred to Mark through a Toronto area construction manager knowing that our project was to design a new home for us in the Grand Bend area. Our starting point with Mark was a conversation on site to get to know our initial vision, lifestyle and approximate budget. Then using our comments he created a number of home designs to begin refining our thoughts. We achieved a final design of about 4000 sq feet of construction that we were excited to move to the permit stage. Our new home will be located in the country and as a surprise to the local builder, ourselves and Mark we needed to apply for a minor variance. Here Mark shone in handling all the paperwork and attending local meetings 2 hours away. He established a very positive working relationship with the local building department and followed through to the approval. We are now breaking ground thanks to him.
Mark is knowledgeable and creative, detail-oriented and timely, conscientious and very patient. It was a pleasure to have him at our side through this journey. We are happy to highly recommend his services.”
— Anna L, Rating 5/5; ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Project: New home construction, 2 Storey Home (3800sqft), Integrated 2 car garage, Conservation authority coordination with Niagara Escarpment Commission
“Lead design, planning, permitting of minimalistic farmhouse in controlled developed zone. Mark H Smith guided our journey to build our new home, from start to finish. From listening to our needs, wants, evaluating options, to concepts, budget realities and all permits. The permitting process was complex being in a special development zone of the Niagara Escarpment. We highly rate Marks professional service, transparent process with the highest governance applied. Yet being personal and easy to deal with.”
— Christian V, Rating 5/5; ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Project: Third Storey Addition, Interior & Exterior renovations throughout entire home, Basement Secondary Suite, Minor Variances Case Approval
“Mark is an effective communicator and provided great service from the day I signed up to the day I received my second set of building permits over a year later. Mark came up with creative solutions for the open concept design I wanted as well as the approach I should take with the city in order to start work on the building quicker. Mark was also an invaluable part of the Committee of Adjustments (“CofA”) process. He diligently prepared the case and did a great job of representing my project and he was successful in obtaining a minor variance for the third floor addition and basement apartment portion of the project.”
— Nevin S, Rating 5/5; ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Project: Second Storey Side Addition, Rear Second Floor Balcony, Interior Alterations, Minor Variances
“I retained Mark to design a 2nd story addition above a tandem garage. Mark efficiently guided through the Committee of Approval and Building Permit process despite a few miscues/delays from the City. Mark is very diligent and through, I would highly recommend his services, in so much that I already have lined him up for another project down the road.”
— Bryan M, Rating 5/5; ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Mark H Smith Designs Inc.
Address: 203-50 Cambridge Ave, Toronto,
ON, M4K 2L3
Telephone: 647 609 0333
Email: info@markHsmith.ca
Hours: Monday - Friday: 10a.m.-6p.m.
Saturday, Sunday: Closed
Services:
Design
Drafting
Building Permit Coordination
Service Areas:
Greater Toronto Area(GTA);
Up to 200 km outside of GTA
