Tools · Suite ROI
Will a suite
pay for itself?
Estimate the build cost, monthly rent, and payback period for a legal secondary suite in Chilliwack. Enter your email to receive your results.
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Estimates are based on typical Chilliwack and Fraser Valley ranges for 2026. Actual costs depend on site conditions, egress requirements, mechanical upgrades, permit scope, and finish selections. A site visit gives you a firm quote.
How to read this
A secondary suite is one of the highest-ROI things you can do to your property.
In most Chilliwack neighbourhoods, a legal secondary suite pays itself back in five to eight years through rent alone, and simultaneously adds to the resale value of your home. After payback, the rent is margin.
The payback estimate above accounts for build cost and gross rent only. It does not include the mortgage-qualification bonus lenders typically assign to a legal suite, property-value appreciation, or maintenance and vacancy costs. Your accountant will want to look at the full picture.
What a site visit adds that this calculator cannot: whether your basement has the ceiling height for legal egress, how much electrical service upgrade is required, whether your lot zoning supports a detached suite, and what your specific fire-separation and permit path looks like in Chilliwack.
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