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Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending a showcase about laneway homes, the process of building one - hosted inside Ashley McInnis’s new build in the Upper Beaches. I love that we are seeing these pop up all over really established, dense neighborhoods as ways to create more housing options in core areas.

This place is gorgeous - beautiful craftsmanship, 11.5 ft ceilings, huge windows spanning the full width of each room, loads of storage, a chefs kitchen w lux appliances (anyone else peep that Bertazzoni gas range?) That glow above the plants in the dining room comes from clear storey windows, an alternative to skylights - cheaper and come across as such an intensional design choice.

And because it’s not part of the main house, you’re in a detached space and don’t need to worry about sound transfer / sharing a place.

Now while Ashley and his wife Jen made it seem easy, the process of getting this place built was a learning process - for everyone involved - because the approval process is still pretty new, there are a few experts out there but many architects, builders, consultants are learning with you.

A key item that needed a lot of back and forth - utilities - the place was not permitted to be separately metered or have separate hookups from the main house, so as part of the process they had to upgrade the main electrical and tie in to the drains through the backyard - meaning they had to tear up their backyard.

Other considerations you might want to think about if you’re considering adding a laneway house is insurance and HST - depending on if the space is considered residential or commercial depends on how you use it, you might be looking at some added costs.

Would you look into building a laneway or garden suite on your property?

#development #newconstruction #design #condoalternative #lanewayhouse #gardensuite #density #upperbeaches #toronto #yyz

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