Will Your Infill Project Trigger a Costly Electrical Upgrade?
As a builder, you did everything right. Bill 44 gave you the zoning. Your design works, the units are sized well, the pro forma pencils. Then the servicing conversation happens— and the electrical connection turns out to cost far more than you budgeted, or worse, forces a piece of equipment onto your lot you never […]
What Does It Actually Cost to Build a High-Performance Multiplex in BC?
Ask any builder what it costs per square foot to build a Step 5 multiplex and the honest ones all start the same way: “it depends.” It sounds like a dodge, but it isn’t — the number swings enormously on your site, your jurisdiction, and above all the design choices you make before a shovel […]
Gentle Density Is Law: Here’s What You Can Actually Build on Your Lot
The single-family lot as most people picture it (one house, maybe a basement suite) is quietly becoming a thing of the past across much of British Columbia. A provincial law called known as Bill 44 has rewritten what you’re allowed to build on a huge number of residential lots across the province. If you own […]
Missing Middle, Missing Again? What the Federal Parties Say—And Don’t Say—About Small-Scale Housing
As the housing crisis deepens across the country, every major federal party has placed housing at the center of its platform. This isn’t surprising —housing affordability, supply, and livability are issues that demand national attention. Yet as we examine the promises laid out in the current election, a recurring theme emerges: a focus on large-scale […]