Our Primary Process
We manage and deliver your project from concept to completion. This can include services like building permit applications and site preparation.
The 3 Main Steps
Build Off-Site
Your dwelling is built to completion and is furniture-ready in our facility. All electrical, plumbing, finishes, and appliances are installed before delivery.
Site Prep
The foundation, electrical & plumbing rough-in are installed simultaneously as your dwelling is manufactured. Our team will do the physical work or work with a contractor to prepare your site.
Delivery & Installation
Your dwelling is delivered by a semi-truck and installed by a crane. The process is professional, quick, and with minimal disruption to your property.
We aim to complete the delivery in 1 day.
Steps & Payments Process
9 steps from engaging with our team, to living in your aux box.
STEP 1 - Accessibility, Permitting & Feasibility Analysis
Duration: Minimum 3 weeks
Cost starts at
Non Permitted Projects: $1500
Permitted Projects: $3000
Multi-unit Projects: $5000
Step 1 applies to all projects. You may already have a good understanding of the project based on the 4 self-qualifying questions (listed above). We will fill in the missing pieces or complete the entire analysis for you.
Accessibility Analysis: Can we deliver your project using the aux box methods
Permitting Analysis: Are you legally allowed to build what you want on your property? If yes, what documents do you require?
Feasibility Analysis: We help you understand the overall project cost. We can provide estimates for all parts of the project that aux box will manage.
STEP 2 - Conceptual Design
Duration: Minimum 3 weeks
Cost: The design budget/estimate is created based on the information gathered in Step 1.
Step 2 applies to customized modulars and standard aux boxes with multiple alterations by the buyer. We will review the architecture, placement, orientation, foundation type, styling, budget, and project goals
Once you have committed to the Conceptual Design, we will provide you with a modified floor plan and preliminary drawings to proceed to Step 3.
STEP 3 - Drawings, Engineering, CSA certification, & Building Permit Prep
Duration: Minimum 6 weeks
Cost: Starts at $10,000 and is project/location dependent
Once we have completed the Conceptual Design and you have committed to the Drawings and Engineering Proposal we presented in Step 2, we will start on your architectural and engineered set drawings for your building permit submission.
STEP 4 - Permit Submittals
Note: Step 4 is omitted if a building permit is not required.
Once all architectural, engineering and certification documentation is complete, all drawings and accompanying documentation are compiled and submitted for Building Permits (BP) to your local building officials for review and approval.
STEP 5 - 50% of Manufacturing Payment and Site Work
Payment for the aux box & site work that we are involved in. Logistics and installation are cover in ‘Final Payment’
50% Payment
The first manufacturing payment is due at contract signing. Materials are ordered and we schedule your build for production.
STEP 6 - Progress Payments:
30% Payment
Due upon completion of the structural frame & windows/doors are installed (or assembly up to equivalent value)
20% Payment
Due upon completion of the mechanical, electrical & plumbing rough-in (or assembly up to equivalent value)
We then complete the interior finishes and install the appliances. We also prepare any materials ordered for site assembly (such as decks).
Final Payment
Due once the aux box is installed
STEP 7 - Delivery and Onsite Installation
Once we confirm that your site is ready to receive your aux box, we book the crane, trucks, and send the aux box installation team to your site.
The aux box Install Crew coordinates with the crane operator to land the individual modules onto the foundation and complete the aux box installation (Approximately 1-2 days, depending on the aux box model and scope of work).
The general contractor or tradesperson then connects all site utilities.
Then, the final walkthrough occurs, and the keys are handed over to you.
The final building inspection is carried out by the local building inspector. They will issue an occupancy permit.
STEP 8 - Final Shipping, Crane & Install Payment
30 days before the scheduled shipping date, we will re-estimate and provide you with the updated shipping, crane and installation pricing
Payment is for crane and delivery is due once the project is completed.
STEP 9 - Completion of non-aux box site work
Site hardscapes and soft-scapes are completed by your contractor after the aux box is installed on the foundation. Aux box is not typically involved in this step…but you should remember to budget and plan for it.
FINAL STEP - Enjoy your aux box!
Do you Qualify?
Before contacting us, qualify yourself by answering these 4 questions:
Do you have the space?
Does zoning allow for a CSA A277 home or an additional dwelling on your property?
Can a crane access your desired location?
Do you have the finances to complete the project?
Still don’t know the answers? Let us help: