What a Building Permit Costs: Truro, Colchester, Pictou, Halifax and East Hants
Five municipalities, five fee schedules and five processes. A side-by-side look at who issues the permit and what the approvals really cost.
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Building Guides & Advice
Permits, septic, lots and framing: what building a home in Nova Scotia actually involves, county by county.
Building on the Northumberland Shore: Tatamagouche, Bayhead and River John
Wind, salt air, setbacks and storm surge change how a house on this shore gets designed and built, and what it should be built from.
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Building a House in Colchester County: Permits, Septic and Ground Conditions
Who issues your permit in Truro versus the rest of Colchester County, what the septic approval involves, and what the red clay means for a foundation.
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