Laneway house… not a bad idea eh
Meet Vancouver’s – and North America’s – first laneway house!
Located in Vancouver’s east, this laneway house has 710 sq ft spread over two storeys. The rooms are small but the layout is well-designed. I’m sure a lot of Chinese homeowners will be interested in the idea. This one took $190,000 to build with a potential monthly rental of $1500-1700. Not a bad investment given the expensive real estate world in Vancouver!
A modern kitchen with up-to-date appliances. (Photo: Ming Pao)
The balcony is small but cute. (Photo: Ming Pao)
Homeowner Mendoza and his proud Vancouver's first laneway house. (Photo: Ming Pao)
A long line up was seen outside the laneway house on the first day of open house. (Photo: Ming Pao)
Bathroom -- remind me of that on a plane. :D (Photo: Ming Pao)
The interior is quite impressive. (Photo: Ming Pao)
Bedroom is small and dark. (Photo: Ming Pao)
Cute little storage space under the stairs. (Photo: Ming Pao)
Stairs and laundry area. (Photo: Ming Pao)
More coverage here. The City’s requirements on laneway housing:
Tags: laneway house, Real estate, VancouverA laneway home is a small house (500 – 750 square feet) built on a single family dwelling sized lot (RS-1 or RS-5). These buildings occupy the footprint of the allowable garage space for the lot.
Application processAll laneway housing proposals must go through the same application process described for 1 & 2 family dewellings. If you are proposing to build a 1 or 2 family dwelling and a laneway house at the same time, one application will suffice. All laneway houses must have a dedicated sanitary system and a dedicated storm water system as well as a fire suppression system.
The City of Vancouver will supply only one sanitary service, one storm service and one water service to a property regardless of the number of buildings situated on the lot. If you are proposing to add a laneway to an already developed property you may want to contact the Sewer and Water Design office through a citizen service representative at 3-1-1 to discuss servicing options prior to moving ahead.
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Too crammed for single family dwelling sized lot.
Remember the Hongcouver monster house? White people whined about the backyard/frontyard space. Now WTF?
Sociologically it may not be all rosy. But I can see a safer and beautified back lane, if all the lanehouses are built according to municipal specs and standards, It is spacious for immigrants coming here from Tokyo, Paris and the previous Eastern Bloc countries. When the landlords and neighbors start rearing chickens in their backyards, it will exude the atmosphere that one is renting a chalet in the countryside.
It is spacious for immigrants coming here from Tokyo, Paris and the previous Eastern Bloc countries?
No, from those places, more like the slums in Indian, Argentina and Brazil to be exact.
We should ask our resident expert David Wong on this subject.
I still don’t understand the concept of why is it called a laneway home. It is built on where the garage used to be and not on the backlane. Isn’t it?
And the report says that it costs over $100,000 to build. I am not an architect but I can build a 500 sq ft home for a lot less than that for sure. But like I said, we must ask David Wong because he would know the best.