Did you know its against Vancouver city by-laws to build a nuclear weapon? Vancouver… so strict… http://t.co/rUz0qRxM Section 10.23

Eside @CultureCrawl starts tonight! Check out my amazingly talented officemate @andreaarmstrong http://t.co/1jClX9T3

Picked up another laneway house permit! Tradition 2-storey with a balcony and 2-bedrooms going up in Dunbar.

Applied for another Laneway House permit today. Excited about this one, it has a den, a balcony, two bathrooms, and two bedrooms!

I love it when City Hall approves Laneway Plans on the spot!

Laneside is now offering a comprehensive interior design package!

Due to safety concerns Laneside will not be incorporating any of these INSANE space saving techniques. http://t.co/SzNMPnO

Laneside’s last 7 days: 3 laneway house design reviews, 1 laneway house permit application, 1 variance board approval. And now the weekend.

Picking up a laneway permit on Wednesday! Anyone else need one? Contact for free consultation! #lanewayhouse #vancouver

Earth hour tonight 8:30-9:30. Don’t leave anything on. I recommend the large “off” on the electric panel. http://eh2011.com

Interesting article on Vancouver’s earthquake preparedness or lack of… http://tinyurl.com/6f4mfjr #vancouver #earthquake

A new Laneside designed laneway house! Breaking ground on the west side! #vancouver #lanewayhouse http://twitpic.com/4aeyto

One of my wonderful clients and I were recently quoted in the Globe and Mail. The article talks about the growing number of multi-generational homes in Canada. Laneway homes were mentioned because of their ability to affordably house family nearby and, at the same time, in a completely separate dwelling. Follow the link below for the full article! http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/the-multi-generational-home-makes-a-comeback/article1877264/ Byron,...

One of Laneside’s most excellent and most excited clients has put a lot of time and effort into cataloguing their entire Laneway House building process. With great ambition they even set up a webcam to record and create a time laps video compilation of the entire building process. With the project currently only half finished they’ve made an interim video with the...

Laneside Home Design is passionate about designing affordable laneway houses (a.k.a coach houses, a backyard cottages or a granny flats) and ensuring that the construction of its homes is performed in a manner that respects the safety of construction labourers. Since 2005, there have been over 10,000 reported injuries within the BC construction industry. To counter this, Laneside is promoting...

In North Vancouver, call it laneway housing, a coach house, a backyard cottage or a granny flat but no matter what you call it, call it a win-win.

The City of Vancouver has started to receive building permit applications for laneway homes over the last few months. I was informed today that they have received 13 applications and the first building permit has finally been issued! It’ll be exciting to see what happens over the coming months and into the spring. I’m sure this will be the first...

There seems to be a lot of interest in laneway housing all across Vancouver. A lot of homeowners are interested and asking questions. Everyone’s first questions are “am I eligible?”, “what will it cost?”, and “what’s it going to look like?”. I’ve been pouring over all these questions over the last few months and I’d like to make the research...