Lanescape’s Senior Manager Tony Cunha speaks with Breakfast Television on the pros and cons of building laneway suites in today’s housing market.
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Could a backyard house let Torontonians grow old at home? Proponents see adding a ‘garden suite’ as one solution to the city’s sky-high prices
The Star’s article about garden suites discusses the benefits that this new housing typology could have in Toronto and the current status of the draft amendments. The article also features Craig Race who discusses how like laneway suites, garden suites can become a successful solution to generating more housing opportunities in and around Toronto.
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This couple built a $1-million laneway suite
Toronto Life’s article about The Leslie Laneway House discusses the challenges of design during the pandemic, highlighting potential delays in cost and construction. The article also features the homeowners of this laneway suite who now live there and enjoy life on the lane.
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Stay in Your Lane
Toronto Life’s article, ‘Stay in Your Lane’ by Philip Preville discusses the housing shortage in Toronto and how laneway suites can help to offset this issue. In addition, the article dives into the typical construction costs for a laneway suite development as well as the additional advantages of gentle densification that the laneway suite housing typology offers.
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A guide to laneway housing in Toronto
NOW Magazine’s article by Julia Mastroianni addresses important questions about laneway suites in Toronto like, who laneway housing is for, the costs to build a laneway suite, and what a property would require to qualify for a laneway suite. We discuss laneway suite eligibility with the author.
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