North Shore homeowners, contractors and designers who spent too many weekends lost in bylaws. Permit Nav is the solution we wish we’d had.
Who we are
A small team solving big problems.
Paul
Founder
Led design at Amazon, built startups from the ground up, and teaches design at BrainStation.
Rob
Co-Founder & Partnerships
North Van homeowner and aerial-drone business owner. He sparked the original idea.
Billy
Domain Expert
Has built local businesses across the contracting space and knows permitting inside out.
Matt
UX Lead
Ten years designing user-focused software, from Purina to Canadian universities and startups.
We’re homeowners and contractors in Vancouver. We’ve pulled permits to finish basements, add suites and keep the city growing. And every time, we hit the same wall.
01
It started with a broken system
Rules buried across bylaws, PDFs, counters and the heads of people who’d done it before. A forgotten form cost weeks, idle trades and real money.
02
We asked a different question
So we paired up with people who design for a living: what if a permit felt less like fighting city hall and more like a guided, modern workflow?
03
Experience meets technology
The hard part is knowing which rules apply to your job, in your city. We pair real-world experience with AI to surface exactly what your project needs.
Vision
Where we are going
Expanding across permit types and municipalities, and eventually working directly with cities to fully integrate, making the process better on both sides of the counter.
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