Homeowners first · then realtors, designers, installers
How it helps each of you
The same free planner serves four jobs. A homeowner wants to know what might fit.
A realtor wants to show a yard’s possibilities. A designer wants a first cut of the lot.
An installer wants fewer wasted site visits. Nobody gets a survey, a title, or a permit
from this page — they get a picture they can talk about.
Homeowners
You should not need a GIS login or a contractor on speed-dial to ask whether a pool,
deck, parking pad, laneway home or ADU might physically fit on your lot.
Enter the address. Where public records exist, we draw the lot line and approximate size.
See the house outline when OpenStreetMap has a footprint, plus streets or aerial.
Drop a standard court, pool, greenhouse, spa, driveway, or laneway home or ADU on the yard.
Tap Show me what fits to test sizes and rotations against the keep-back and buildings.
Save an image or report to take to a spouse, a neighbour, or a contractor.
Share that picture with a realtor, a designer or an installer when you are ready to talk.
Homeowners are who this site is for first. Searches, saved reports and later contractor
conversations all start here. It is free and does not need an account. It is a planning
sketch — not a survey, not zoning, and not permission to build. If we do not have your
city’s lot fabric yet, you still get a sample 80 × 130 ft yard so the question does not die.
Buyers ask what they can do with a yard long before they ask for a survey.
MyLotFit is a listing conversation tool, not a replacement for GeoWarehouse or your CMA.
Open the listing address and show the lot and building on the map in the meeting or in a text.
Test “could a family pool fit?” or “is there room for a parking pad?” instead of guessing from listing photos or a virtual tour.
In Metro Vancouver, use the laneway / coach-house sketch as a maybe — then send them to the city.
Download the visual and attach it to a follow-up. Or send the planner link and let the buyer drag it.
You still need title, taxes, and a survey for the deal. We do not show ownership, sales history,
or legal setbacks. What you get is a free, shareable picture of the yard so the showing is about
the property, not a shrug.
For landscape designers, site consultants and other property professionals who need a fast
first look — not a municipal planning application.
Pull the public lot outline and, where OSM has it, the building as an obstacle.
See approximate lot dimensions and a usable-yard sketch before anyone books a topo survey.
Test standard envelopes (court pads, parking, accessory dwellings) as a yes / tight / no cut.
Hand the client a picture that explains why the large pool lost to the keep-back.
This is not zoning, an official community plan, or a permit set. Setbacks here are a uniform
8 ft sketch band, not the by-law. Use it to decide whether a measured site plan is worth
starting — then do the real planning work in the tools you already trust.
Court, pool, deck, and outdoor-living companies lose days on lots that were never going to fit.
A homeowner who already ran Show me what fits arrives with a candidate pad and a picture.
See the same lot line and building outline the homeowner saw, before you drive.
Know whether the conversation is “appears to fit,” “tight fit,” or “does not fit the planning envelope.”
Ask them to send the saved image or report so the first visit is about access, soil, and price.
There is no installer marketplace yet. After a homeowner places something that fits, they can
leave an email for quotes. Companies can join the waitlist now. We will not invent leads or
sell a directory we do not have.
Not a survey. Not a title search. Not a construction approval. Not a substitute for professional
property records, a land registry, or the city’s zoning desk. The useful part is the shared
picture — so the next professional conversation starts on the lot, not on a blank map.