Hey everyone, I'm planning to close this group and wanted to give you a heads up on why. The timing for owner-builder projects got completely thrown off over the last couple of years. The numbers just haven't worked. You've seen the massive halt in construction starts across Ontario — even professional builders have pulled back because the economics don't make sense. While the new provincial incentives create a brief window where this might pencil out, the long-term headwinds are still working against us. Land prices haven't come down enough, material costs are still elevated, labor rates remain high, and meanwhile resale prices continue declining. That's a tough environment to build into. I want to thank everyone who joined and showed interest in this. The vision was solid, but market timing matters, and with these Skool groups costing $99 USD per month to run, it's time for me to make the decision to close things out. If you're actively building and need resources or direction, send me a message and I'll see what I can point you toward. If there's still a small group looking for a place to converse on Canadian-specific topics, we could potentially start up a free Facebook group to migrate into. Thanks again, Mitch

Welcome to the community of future builders! The goal of this community is to make it easier for you to tackle your first build. We are here to share techniques, budgets, mistakes, corrections, and share anything that helps advance each others builds. There is a leaderboard to track engagement and reward members who contribute - here’s how it works: POINTS: You earn points when other members like your posts or comments. 1 like = 1 point. This encourages users to produce quality content and interact with other members in the community. LEVELS: As you gain points, you level up. Your level is shown at the bottom right of your avatar. The number of points required to get to the next level is shown under your avatar on your profile page. In the future, contests will be announced to reward weekly/ monthly leaders, and prizes will be available at certain levels. INACTIVITY: Please note, the intention of this group is to create and active and engaged community that helps everyone involved advance their goals of building a home. If you entered the group during the free start up period, and are inactive for longer than 30 days, you may be removed from the group. NOW TOO, KICK THINGS OFF! Please comment below introducing yourself. Let us know: 1. Your province and city. 2. What's your big why is for wanting to build? 3. Your #1 hurdle, bottleneck, or fear at this point in your journey. 4. Your social media handles so we can all connect and watch our build progress! See you in the comments! Let’s get building! Mitch

Over the last year the province of Ontario has allowed as of right 3 units on one lot. The Fed is pushing 4 units - or, to speed up building - in order to get access to some Fed grant money. The pushback is due to the infrastructure, and by-laws like max height, parking, setbacks, etc. Is anyone seeing any 3s and 4s being built? I'm talking strictly infill. Where? By who?

Based on reading the survey questions of incoming members, I'm curious to know which one of these reasons is the primary one that has you interested in self building?

Hi Everyone! Thank you for this opportunity. We are a couple from Laval, Quebec who are planning for our retirement home. We just bought a 2 acres land in North Hatley (Quebec) in the Eastern Townships after 4 years of searching and 6 months of negotiations! We are excited to start this journey of house building. Any valuable information is welcome! Looking forward to chatting with all or any of you!