People lining up to view at Open HouseThere's a unique housing opportunity happening here in Vancouver called Laneway Housing where the city is allowing some property owners to build a secondary residence or studio typically located at the rear of an existing home, often replacing the existing garage or parking area. What it allows is a secondary residence for family members or a rental suite to generate additional income on your existing property. The first Lane House opened it's doors this past weekend featuring it's prefabricated self designed by Lanefab out of Vancouver. The 710-square foot, two storey suite features a downstairs bedroom, bathroom and laundry area. The kitchen and living room are located upstairs and the cost for this smaller unit starts at $190,000CAD to build and can be rented between $1500 to $2000 per month.
Click here to see more of Lanefab designs and here for a piece CTV ran this weekend. (Via Vancouver is Awesome). Photo's by Ming Pao except second from top from Vancouver is Awesome and bottom from Lanefab Facebook Page.
4 comments:
Wow, what a great space and a fabulous idea! I hope that catches on in Toronto!
I have such mixed feeling about laneway housing. People would be living in the basement plus on the yard of most houses and while its great that "affordable" housing is showing up for all of us looking(aka myself) I'm not really looking forward to the tiny bit of land that each house is on being even more packed with people.. people who will have even more cars on the street and using the sewers..
..sewers which haven't been checked throughly in 15-20 years.. 45 years in certain neighbourhoods (the company i work for is working with a company that takes pictures of the insides of city sewer and drainage systems and much of vancouver is overdue)
On the other hand.. who can afford a house here without some supplement to their income? And cheaper rent options also seem like a good idea. Although you'd get to live with the garbage trucks literally at your window.
The house is fabulous. I'm gonna check for more details. Thank you for posting.
I think that this is a great idea and so glad that it finally happened! This city could stand more density in certain neighbourhoods, as well as more housing where it can go.
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