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Oct 14, 2025

Pillar 9 update: Basement and suite fields

By CREB®
Pillar 9 will be unavailable on Tuesday, October 21st from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. to conduct updates to the basement and suite fields on the platform. 

Updates to basement fields 

Based on member feedback, the Basements field will break into three separate fields to aid with searchability: basement, basement development and basement features. 

Adding basement information will only be required after selecting residential properties such as a detached, semi detached (half-duplex), townhouse or duplex (full-duplex). It does not apply to apartment or recreational properties. 

The three fields will offer the following options: 

Basement
- Full (If selected, the addition fields basement development and basement features will be required)
- Partial (If selected, the addition fields basement development and basement features will be required)
- Crawlspace
- Dugout
- Other
- None

Basement Development
- Finished
-Partially Finished  
-Unfinished

Basement Features 
-Walk Out
-Walk Up
-Separate/Exterior Entry 
-Other
-None

Updates to suite fields 

Suites will also transition to newly expanded suite fields. Suite location and suite details will be available as multiselects given that a property could have more than one suite. Therefore, members will be required to select the following options and information.

• Suite
- Yes
- No

Suite location
- Suite attached/Within primary dwelling
- Suite detached from primary dwelling

Suite details 
- Basement
- Main floor
- Upper
- In converted garage – attached
- In converted garage – detached
- Above attached garage
- Above detached garage
- Tiny home/Accessory dwelling unit

Number legal suites  

A legal suite is an existing secondary suite that is registered on the City of Calgary suite registry. If the suite is not in Calgary, it must be approved for occupancy by the municipality that the property is located in.

Number of illegal suites

Please note: A saved search conversion will be done to minimize the impact to any saved searches and/or auto emails.
 
Agents are encouraged to go in the system on Wednesday, Oct. 22 and verify any saved searches that are still performing as intended, as well as to use the new fields to optimize their listings.
 
For questions and feedback, please contact Pillar 9™ at support@pillarnine.com or 587-430-2991.
 

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