An advertising site for independent Calgary-area garage builders, written around the City's own permit rules and the prices builders publish, so you can compare written quotes before the spring rush. Call now.
Back Lane Garage Co is an advertising site. It puts Calgary-area homeowners in touch with independent detached garage builders in Calgary, Airdrie, Cochrane, Okotoks, Chestermere and Rocky View County. It does not build garages, employ crews, pull permits or hold a builder's licence. The builder who takes your call quotes the job and contracts with you directly.
The site's main job is groundwork. A garage quote moves with the things a builder has to settle before pricing: the size and wall height, the slab, the lane access, the overhead doors, the electrical, any heat, and whether an old garage has to come down first. Several of those decide which permits apply. On the City of Calgary's garage page, a detached garage over 10 m² (107 sq. ft.) needs a building permit, a new garage always needs a separate electrical permit, and a development permit comes into play above 75 m² (807 sq. ft.) or 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) in height. Confirm the rules for your lot with the City or your Town before you sign anything.
Prices get the same treatment. Builders publish starting prices on different bases, so two numbers that look comparable often are not. Venkor Group lists a 22 x 22 double at $30,126 and says city permits and design drawings are included in the quote, while Corsac Construction lists the same size at $27,500 plus GST, and Venkor's page does not say how GST is treated. That is why the cost page names the firm behind every figure, and why the garage packages page spells out what a package does and does not cover.
The rule here is to publish only what can be sourced and to say plainly what the site cannot do. Every figure and rule here traces to a named source, and when a builder's page contradicts the City, the City wins and the builder's claim stays off the site. The City lists a 2026 total of $333.84 for a new-garage building permit and approximately 7 days for that review, or 10 to 12 weeks when a development permit is also needed, with no guarantee either way. The site cannot inspect a builder's work or promise an outcome, so the checks that matter stay with you: an itemized written quote, the City's inspections, and a permit check before you commit.
Every price, fee and size limit comes from a named page: a builder's own site for prices, the City's pages and Land Use Bylaw for rules. If a figure cannot be sourced, it does not appear.
Garage quotes differ in what they include: permits and drawings, GST, door size, electrical, slab. The site lists the line items to match so you compare like with like.
Where a builder's claim about permits or fees disagrees with the City of Calgary, the City's figure is the one published, and you are told to confirm your own lot with the City or your Town.
The builder who quotes your garage contracts with you directly. The site does no work on your lot and is not a party to that contract.
No. It is an advertising site for independent Calgary-area garage builders. It builds nothing, has no crews, pulls no permits and holds no licence. The builder who quotes your job signs the contract with you, and the City says that anyone you hire to do the work needs to apply for the permit.
Call (403) 555-0162 and describe your lot, your lane access and the size of garage you have in mind. The builder who takes your enquiry quotes the job in writing and contracts with you directly. If you plan to build in spring or summer, ask two or three builders for comparable written quotes over the winter.
Prices are what named Calgary builders advertise on their own sites. They are not a market survey and not a quote from this site. Permit rules and fees come from the City of Calgary's pages and Land Use Bylaw, and the City says those pages cannot be used as an official interpretation, so confirm your own lot with the City or your Town.
Written quotes from independent Calgary garage builders.
