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Originally Posted by westopher
There was a cool build in North Van that I'd be super interested in seeing more of. It was a 3 story townhouse complex with a lock off suite in the basement and they were around 1.2 million.
Moving forward I think that would have a huge impact on both affordability in housing and child care/senior care for people to have multi generational households.
Culturally it's a lot less common for European lineage families to have that arrangement, but it's divided enough I'd be happy to have my Mom in the suite. As a family a 2.2 million dollar home is still out of reach, but this hits all the marks. Hopefully it becomes more common, as I really don't care to ever own a 5 bedroom home and laneway house, whether it's affordable or not, but a small yard and a 2 bedroom/1 bedroom split with a garage is perfect.
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I am not sure if it's the same one I am thinking of but the one in North Van we were looking at (both back in 2017 as a presale, and now we have seen them in person) had a basement lockoff suite but I can't imagine my parents living there. It was suuuper small. About 550 sq ft split between 2 levels. I could picture a college student possibly, but definitely not a couple of seniors who are used to their single detached house. Also no yards, and the garages were single car garages that don't leave much room for storing anything once you park a car in there.
I still like the idea of them, but they definitely come with some limitations.