Toronto Laneway Housing Project
Toronto Life interviews the homeowner and builder of our Cedarvale Laneway Suite. They walk through the process of converting an old garage structure into a substantial 2 bedroom laneway suite complete with a two car garage. With plans to use the laneway suite as a live-work space with potential for conversion to a rental unit in future, this is a prime example of how laneway suites can provide housing flexibility for a wide array of living scenarios.
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Jon Lorinc at the Globe and Mail reviews the opportunities and obstacles present in Toronto’s hot laneway market. Properties with laneway suite potential can attract buyers and command a premium by offering additional rental income, a space for extended family, or a live-work retreat. Our co-founder Craig Race cautions that prospective buyers should always do their due diligence before offering on a property marketed with laneway development potential. Before making your offer, do your research and confirm the property’s eligibility with a trusted professional. Our Free Property Reviews are a great resource to ensure you are investing in the right property. Contact us to learn more about our tailored services for buyers, sellers and real estate professionals.
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Dave LeBlanc from the Globe and Mail has written a great article featuring our Seaton Village laneway suite. From his interview with Lanescape’s co-founder Craig Race and Andrew Fishman from Laneway Home Building Experts Inc., we gain insight on the process of how this laneway suite project came together and became a role model for laneway suite builds across the city.
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Urban Toronto, known for their exceptional reporting on Toronto building and construction, recently attended our February Information Session. Isaac Khouzam outlines how Laneway suites can address the ‘missing middle’ as well as an array of other relevant topics alongside diagrams and project examples prepared by yours truly.
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Spacing Magazine, one of Toronto’s forefront publications on all things architecturally related to our great city, published an article about Toronto Laneways. John Lorinc highlights the obstacles associated with providing emergency service access to laneway suites and the relative impact on property eligibility.
While the article is a great read bringing a contentious issue to the forefront, one shall take this content with a grain of salt. In reviewing nearly 1,000 properties across our great city, Lanescape has found that majority of such lots can satisfy emergency access. There is still of course lots of work to do in expanding the policy, but we remain adamant that life safety on laneways is always paramount!
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