Zoning
How many units can I build on my lot in Delta?
Three homes on a lot of 280 m² or less, four on anything larger, and up to six within 400 metres of frequent transit. Here is how to find your lot's number.
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Cam is a licensed realtor and a licensed builder, so he reads a house as a purchase and a project at the same time. This is where he writes about what he is seeing in Delta and Vancouver, what the rules actually allow, and what he makes of it.
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Three homes on a lot of 280 m² or less, four on anything larger, and up to six within 400 metres of frequent transit. Here is how to find your lot's number.
In most cases no. Small scale multi unit housing is permitted as of right, so there is no rezoning, no public hearing and no council vote. Permits still apply.
Lots over one acre, properties without municipal water and sewer, provincial heritage sites and Agricultural Land Reserve land. A title covenant can also limit you.
Up to $7,250. The credit is 14.5 percent of eligible work, capped at $50,000 of expenses, and it is refundable. It can be claimed once for a given person.
Often yes. CMHC's refinance programme lets you borrow against up to 90 percent of the improved value, on properties under $2 million, with up to four units.
It is settled in writing before you buy. A co-ownership agreement sets the notice period, the valuation method, and who gets first chance to buy the other share.
You never buy with a stranger. Matching runs a questionnaire, a criminal record check and a phone interview before anyone is introduced, and either side can decline.
Yes. Nothing in the arrangement requires you to be related. What matters is that both households want the same thing, and that it is written down before you buy.
Scope is agreed in writing before work starts, with allowances for what cannot be known until a wall is open. Change orders are approved by you before they happen.