Eco-Density - Laneway Housing

Laneway housing objectives:
- Affordability
- Permitted across Vancouver
- Retention and homeowner opportunity
- Green site and building
- Liveable and neighbourly units
- Contributes to appearance and safety of lane

Straight.com Article 

Building-smart Fry and design-sensible Rosensweet explain that laneway housing is exactly as it sounds: a small home in the back yard or, rather, in the space typically occupied by a double garage, typically 60 to 70 square metres–the size of the average condo. Except that instead of a box in the sky, residents live at ground level and step out into green space.

SMALLWORKS | Studio/Laneway housing

Smallworks specializes in the design and building of small homes and laneway houses.  Smallworks is operated by one of its original founders, Jake Fry. A group of 18 employees make up its pre-production, millwork shop and building teams. Smallworks has been building small homes and studios in backyards for over 5 years in the Vancouver area.

Vancouver Laneway Housing

“On a standard 33x122 size west side vancouver lot how much would it increase a home owner’s property value to build a 553 square foot Laneway House"... the estimated value would increase between $150k to $200k.