Things to Know About Building a Laneway House

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Things to Know About Building a Laneway House

• Laneway houses are becoming very popular housing
  choice in the populated dense cities especially
  in the Vancouver a city of Canada. The price is
  very small compared to a detach house of similar
  size even if its rent or sale or building it.
• Laneway houses are mostly built it pre-exist
  property such as a loft and can be found in
  various design. You can search its design in the
  internet by typing Vancouver laneway home design
  as these houses are very popular in Vancouver
  city. If you want to build a laneway house in
  your property then here are some steps that will
  help you to the house

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• Check out the rules The first thing you need to
  do is checking out if your property is qualified
  to build a laneway house according to the rule of
  city hall. The regulations set by city hall will
  affect your house design so make sure to take
  note of it.
• Survey the site Once you get the conformation of
  building the laneway house in your property, get
  the accurate measurements by doing survey of your
  site. Hiring a qualified surveyor is necessary as
  they can help you to determine the site of the
  property that fit the regulation.
• Check the utilities and city service When you
  built a new house then it will need sewer and
  water, electricity and gas to hook up. So to
  maintain your budget check the connection and
  permission cost beforehand and you can check
  these by contacting city services, BC Hydro and
  Fortis of your city.

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• Get your house design done In order to get the
  permits you will need the detailed plan of your
  house. So get your detailed house design as soon
  as possible with accuracy. You can hire a company
  that have experience in designing and building
  laneway house since they know what kind of
  problems usually arise with this kind of house.
• Apply for the permits of the house When you get
  your detailed house design, to get the approval
  you will need to bring it to the city hall. The
  first permit you will need is a development
  permit and then a building permit.
• Build your house Once you get all kind of permit
  time to build your house according to the BC
  Building Code. Also regarding home warranty
  insurance make sure to contact BC Homeowner
  Protection Office, but this is normally a
  builder's responsibility.

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• Laneway Houses
• Locations Port Moody, BC, V3H 0E6, Canada
• Website www.lanewayhousesvancouver.com
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