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Tiny Homes in Nepean
A permanent, permitted tiny home in your Nepean back yard, designed and built by the team based on Merivale Road.
A Tiny Home Behind Your Nepean House
A tiny home in a Nepean back yard usually starts with family: a parent who wants to stay close, an adult child who wants a place of their own nearby, or a tenant whose rent helps with the mortgage.
OGC's office and design centre are at 1886 Merivale Road in Nepean, so the site visit, the design meetings, and the finish selections all happen close to home. If you are planning a whole new house rather than a tiny home, see our custom home builders in Nepean page.
In Ottawa, a permanent tiny home on a lot that already has a house is a coach house: a detached dwelling on a foundation, built to the Ontario Building Code under a building permit. OGC designs and builds them on the lot you own. See our tiny homes in Ottawa overview, or the full coach house rules.
- Site visit and design meetings close to home
- Unit count and size checked before design
- Services run from the main house
- Backed by a 7-year warranty
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What a Tiny Home Takes in Nepean
Five steps from the lot check to the keys, planned out of our Merivale Road design centre.
We confirm what your property allows: unit count, rear yard setbacks, lot coverage, and the permitted size. We also walk the site to confirm how services and equipment will reach the back yard.
- Unit count and size limits confirmed
- Setbacks, lot coverage, and amenity space
- Servicing route from the main house
- Site access, trees, and grading reviewed
Start from one of our ready-to-build floor plans or design from scratch at our Merivale Road design centre. You see the result in 3D before anything is built.
- Floor plans within the permitted footprint
- Full 3D renderings inside and out
- Exterior matched to the main house or set apart from it
- Finish selection with your designer
A permanent tiny home is a new dwelling, so it needs a City of Ottawa building permit, engineered drawings, and a site plan. If the design cannot meet the by-law exactly, a minor variance at the Committee of Adjustment comes first and adds months, and we tell you that up front. Read our guide to tiny home permits in Ottawa.
- Permit drawings and structural engineering
- Site plan, servicing, and grading
- Minor variance handled if the lot needs one
- Fixed-price contract before anything is ordered
Water, sewer, and hydro are trenched from the main house to the back yard, sometimes with a service upgrade at the house. Then the footings and foundation go in.
- Service trench and connections
- Panel upgrade at the main house if needed
- Footings and foundation sized for the soil
- Yard protection and restoration planned in
Framing, close-in, mechanical, and interior finishes, then every municipal inspection through to occupancy. One project manager runs the whole build, and the finished tiny home carries OGC's 7-year warranty.
- Framing, roof, windows, and cladding
- Kitchen, bathroom, flooring, and trim
- All inspections managed through to occupancy
- Final walkthrough and 7-year warranty
Tiny Homes We've Built in Ottawa
Including the Spadina in Hintonburg, the first coach house built in Ottawa, and the Comfrey in Orleans.
Why Nepean Homeowners Choose OGC
200+ verified reviews across Google, Houzz, and HomeStars, and the team behind Ottawa's first coach house.
Ottawa's First Coach House Builder
OGC built the first coach house in Ottawa under the city's coach house rules, the Spadina in Hintonburg. We learned the process on our own project, not on yours, and we have been designing and permitting backyard homes here ever since.
Award-Nominated, Industry Members
The Spadina was nominated for a Greater Ottawa Home Builders' Association award. OGC is a member of the GOHBA, RenoMark, and the Canadian Home Builders' Association, and our work has been covered on CTV and CBC.
True Design-Build, One Roof
Design, engineering, permits, site plan, servicing, and construction all live in-house. No gap between the person who drew your tiny home and the person who has to build it in your back yard.
See It Before We Build It
Every tiny home is designed in 3D so you can walk through it before a footing is poured. In a small building that matters more, because there is no spare space to fix a layout you dislike later.
Fixed Pricing, No Surprises
What you are quoted is what you pay, including the servicing trench and the site work that cheaper quotes leave out. No hidden fees and no mid-project change orders.
7-Year Warranty
A tiny home is a whole building, and it is backed by OGC's 7-year warranty. A parent, an adult child, or a tenant will be living in it, so it is built to last.
What a Tiny Home Costs in Nepean
These are the ranges OGC publishes for a permanent tiny home. Where a Nepean build lands depends on size, finish, and the site.
Servicing From the Main House
Wherever the lot is, the trench that carries water, sewer, and hydro from the main house to the back yard is the line that moves most. The farther the tiny home sits from the house, and the more there is to dig around, the more it costs.
Size and Layout
A kitchen and a bathroom cost what they cost whether the building is 500 square feet or 5,000, so a tiny home carries a high cost per square foot by nature. Going from one bedroom to two, or adding a second bathroom, moves the number more than floor area alone.
Approvals and Timeline
A design that fits the by-law goes straight to a building permit. One that needs a minor variance goes to the Committee of Adjustment first, which adds months and cost. We design to avoid that wherever the lot allows, and tell you up front when it is unavoidable.
Want the full breakdown? Read our full Ottawa tiny home cost breakdown, or browse our tiny home floor plans.
Nepean Tiny Home Questions
On most fully serviced lots, yes, built as a coach house. Current zoning reliably supports three dwelling units on a serviced lot and two on well and septic, and the four-unit change is still under appeal. Setbacks, lot coverage, and access to the back yard decide the rest, and we check them before design.
The Ottawa range applies: $250,000 to $350,000 or more for a permanent tiny home, depending on size, bedrooms, finish level, and servicing. The length of the servicing run is the main site variable. See our tiny home cost guide.
While both of Ottawa's zoning by-laws apply, design to the smaller cap, about 80 m² (861 sq ft). Lot coverage and rear yard amenity space then decide how that area is laid out.
Permanent tiny homes on the lot you own: designed for your property, permitted, built on a foundation, and finished to the Ontario Building Code. If you are comparing a factory-built or wheeled unit, budget for the site work it still needs, including grading, a foundation or pad, and water, sewer, and hydro, which our cost guide puts at about $50,000 to $150,000 or more.
At our office and design centre at 1886 Merivale Road in Nepean, after we have walked your lot. Design reviews in 3D and finish selections happen there, close to home.
Also Building Tiny Homes Nearby
See our main tiny homes in Ottawa page, or a nearby area. Planning something bigger? See home renovations in Nepean or custom homes in Nepean.
