214 Front Street · Nanaimo · British Columbia
Start a drawing
Studio · the west wall at fourS 61° W16:05
Tell us about the lot
What happens nextin order2 days
If you would rather talk first, Prem answers the studio phone between 09:30 and 17:00, Tuesday to Thursday.
Sillwork · Architecture + Interiors
Hours & Fees
Front Street, Nanaimo · posted 1 January 2026 · all figures in Canadian dollars
The studio is open
Tuesday09:30 — 17:00
Wednesday09:30 — 17:00
Thursdayon site
Friday09:30 — 13:00
Mon · Sat · Sunclosed
What a stage costs
01 Feasibility note4,200
02 Scheme design18,500
03 Permit set26,000
04 Tender + joinery19,800
05 On site6.5 %
First visit free · third round of scheme changes 1,400 · consultants included · city fees are not
Finding us
The net loft is the grey building between the chandlery and the small-boat ramp, north end of Front Street. The street door is unmarked; go up the outside stair and turn left at the top. There is no lift.
Parking
Two hours free behind the museum on Cameron Road, four minutes' walk. The harbour lot is closer but fills by nine. If you are coming from the ferry, the 15 stops on Comox and takes six minutes.
Bring
The title, any survey you already have, and photographs taken from the road at two different times of day. If you have none of that, come anyway.
Stair hall, net loft · visitor arrivingS 54° W15:46
Come at four if you can
The west wall takes the light from about half past three and the whole room turns the colour of the floor. It is the best twenty minutes to look at a drawing in, and we schedule first visits around it whenever the calendar allows.
Last few things
Before you send it
Five things people ask in the first email. If yours is not here, ask it in the form above — we would rather answer it than have you guess.
Enquiries answered withinworking days2
Do you charge for the first visit?
No. Ninety minutes on the lot, the bearings taken, and a conversation. If it is further than Ladysmith we will ask to combine it with another visit, which can mean waiting a fortnight.
We have not bought the lot yet. Too early?
It is the best time. Three of our eight clients commissioned the feasibility note before completing, and one of them walked away from the purchase because of it. That $4,200 was the cheapest money they ever spent.
Can you take over a scheme someone else drew?
Sometimes, and only after we have spoken to whoever drew it. We will not take over a job that is in dispute, and we will not re-badge someone else's drawings as ours.
How do you invoice?
Stages 01 to 04 are invoiced on completion of each stage, net fourteen days. Stage 05 is monthly against certified progress. We have never asked for a deposit and we have never written off a fee.
Will our house end up on this site?
Only if you want it to. Two of the eleven we have finished are not shown anywhere and never will be. We ask once, at handover, and we take no for an answer.