mickael
Active Member
Ever think the city would allow people to sell their laneway property, but keep the main property?
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SunriseChampion
Senior Member
Isn't it perfectly legit to sub-divide lots?
And actually, I recently worked on an infill project that had 3 seperate units in the main building (side-by-side) and another unit on a floor built above the garage in the rear. All sold seperately.
And actually, I recently worked on an infill project that had 3 seperate units in the main building (side-by-side) and another unit on a floor built above the garage in the rear. All sold seperately.
mickael
Active Member
Huh, I remember reading that the laneway unit couldn't be sold separately, but maybe that was regarding a specific case and not generally. Cool!
AlbertC
Superstar
62 Croft Street in the Bathurst & College area:
pauljohnston.com
Unique Laneway House Opportunity for Sale | Paul Johnston Unique Urban Homes
62 croft street is a rare laneway home opportunity in the city of Toronto's College and Bathurst neighrbouhood.
pauljohnston.com
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Johnny Au
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Even the rendering depicts graffiti tags on neighbouring garages. The artist must have done an amazing job.62 Croft Street in the Bathurst & College area:
Unique Laneway House Opportunity for Sale | Paul Johnston Unique Urban Homes
62 croft street is a rare laneway home opportunity in the city of Toronto's College and Bathurst neighrbouhood.
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mickael
Active Member
Can't find any info on starting a business in a laneway. I see the odd business but presumably they're grandfathered in somehow.
I dream of running a bike shop in a laneway.
I dream of running a bike shop in a laneway.
Jonny5
Senior Member
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Five-storey laneway building raises questions over who Vancouver is adding density for
Infill apartment building may be omen of the future
www.theglobeandmail.com
The histrionics from the NIMBYs in this article! I especially love grasping on to the straw of "decolonialism" to object to one particular laneway housing development. "We can't let good get in the way of perfect. Each new housing unit must solve all of the worlds problems."
Don't laugh too hard though. The kind of people who object to increased density in Toronto have a correlation to G&M subscribers, and you can bet that discourse will arrive here soon.
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Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
Jesus christ, what on earth is this article and those hot takes contained within them.Five-storey laneway building raises questions over who Vancouver is adding density for
Infill apartment building may be omen of the future
The histrionics from the NIMBYs in this article! I especially love grasping on to the straw of "decolonialism" to object to one particular laneway housing development. "We can't let good get in the way of perfect. Each new housing unit must solve all of the worlds problems."
Don't laugh too hard though. The kind of people who object to increased density in Toronto have a correlation to G&M subscribers, and you can bet that discourse will arrive here soon.
I especially like this part:
"She says that rather than just saturating the market to address affordability, it would be more effective to take an intersectional approach to planning. Current mainstream discussions around density ignore social determinants of health, income, race and disability, which effectively exclude large segments of Vancouver’s population and heighten the housing crisis, Ms. Moffatt says."
Let me translate this. So the solution is to not address housing supply in her white and wealthy neighbourhood without first talking about it ad nauseum for a decade before finally rallying all her white and wealthy neighbours to oppose said development to BC's OMB equivalent, in order to prevent potential offense to intersectional population groups that can't afford to enter her white and wealthy neighbourhood in the first place, due to the lack of housing supply.
kali
Active Member
^that's what you get when progressive politics as pushed in the schools goes mainstream. she's just using the same rubbish rhetoric as the leftists, but in the service of her particular biases. anyone can play the victim/intersectional game. the rest of us have been warning you about this for years lol
jje1000
Senior Member
Five-storey laneway building raises questions over who Vancouver is adding density for
Infill apartment building may be omen of the future
The histrionics from the NIMBYs in this article! I especially love grasping on to the straw of "decolonialism" to object to one particular laneway housing development. "We can't let good get in the way of perfect. Each new housing unit must solve all of the worlds problems."
Don't laugh too hard though. The kind of people who object to increased density in Toronto have a correlation to G&M subscribers, and you can bet that discourse will arrive here soon.
It started with the anti-gentrification movement, but recently I have literally seen rhetoric about how pedestrianization and reducing car traffic is ableist for those who can't walk, and also racist because it makes buses slower being passed around by ultra-leftist Twitterati.
It even extends to articles like these:
‘Safe Streets’ Are Not Safe for Black Lives
A transportation planner warns pedestrian-friendly street redesigns that happen without diverse public input can end up harming the communities they serve.
www.bloomberg.com
Urbanism Hasn’t Worked for Everyone
"Who are we city-making for? These ‘experts’? Or is it the other human beings who call that place home?"
www.curbed.com
And yes, intersectionalism is the du jour cudgel used by the power-hungry nowadays.
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AlbertC
Superstar
Stumbled upon these in the Dundas W & Dovercourt area:
I believe this was somewhere around Dupont & Christie:
I believe this was somewhere around Dupont & Christie:
AlbertC
Superstar
slickpete83
Active Member
great idea , but just guessing by the photo and Toronto prices , the main house would sell for 1.1 Million and this modern back alley home looks like 1.4 million , still not affordable option for most families or car enthusiasts in Toronto lol...62 Croft Street in the Bathurst & College area:
Unique Laneway House Opportunity for Sale | Paul Johnston Unique Urban Homes
62 croft street is a rare laneway home opportunity in the city of Toronto's College and Bathurst neighrbouhood.
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$1,250,000 priced dropped
$1,149,000
62 CROFT ST
Toronto, Ontario M5S2N9
MLS® Number: C4924551
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gardensuitestoronto
New Member
Laneway Suites have access from the laneway, but Garden Suites will likely have access from the main house side yard. If you had your choice, which would you prefer to build?
Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
Depending on your lot, you often won't have a choice. Not many streets in Toronto have laneway access, however, most neighbourhoods have backyards able to support garden suites.
Well, there is no choice anyway, since the City of Toronto explicitly prohibits garden suites in its zoning. Toronto is lagging behind other jurisdictions which have allowed it such as Ottawa.
I would welcome the Province coming out and forcing municipalities to adopt garden suites in their next comprehensive zoning reviews.