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Originally Posted by cabotp
Ya the zoning is already there. RS-1 allows this.
In the house that I saw built. The front door goes up stairs. Then the basement suites are accessed by two rear doors. There is also a stair case to access a back door on the upper level. Probably for fire reasons on this one. The laneway house has a door facing the lane.
I know another house was built it doesn't have a laneway house but I believe it has at least 2 dwellings in the house. The property is only 50x80 so it is too short for a laneway house.
As for parking I kind of see a benefit to it. If people have no place to park their cars. They might give up owning one.
If not people are going to start demanding that underground parking lots should be built on the properties. Although I don't think the city would allow that in the area I live.
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Almost every single new house built today in East Vancouver ( and I'm talking 95% ) have two suites in the back. They look like the grey house here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...207.58,,0,8.21
Two car garage, sometimes, a spot for a third car.
Two doors in the back for the two suites. Usually both two bedroom. Usually no laundry. It has a combined kitchen/dining/living room, usually tiled.
Here's a good example of one for $950:
source:
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/va...001555983.html
Assuming you rent both suites, you bring in $1900. That's taxable, mind you. A laneway house will bring in $1200. A basement suite on top of it could bring in $800. Assuming you don't mind managing three suites and assuming a month or two per year where a suite is vacant... I'm assuming you could bring in $3000 / month avg.