The 2012 Laneway House Tour

Saturday, October 20th, 1 – 5 pm 

A self-guided tour and fundraising event
inside recently completed laneway houses
in Vancouver.  Tickets on sale NOW!

2011 Tour images courtesy of MKPhotomedia

2012 will be the third Laneway House Tour. The first Laneway Tour in December 2010 opened five newly constructed laneway homes behind existing houses in historic neighbourhoods. The VHF chose to launch a discussion about the sustainable retention opportunities offered by laneway housing. One of the 2011 Tour projects was an infill, part of a Heritage Restoration Agreement project. The infill illustrated the differences (it was 1200 sq feet) between infill and laneway housing zoning and permitting.

Laneway housing can be a tool for owners of older homes to densify and improve their property while contributing to the preservation of their historic neighourhood.
Our hope is for laneway housing to be used as a tool to preserve heritage homes and prevent demolitions. Only laneway houses constructed behind existing houses have been opened on this tour. 

For more information about Laneway Housing in Vancouver, read the City of Vancouver's Laneway Housing webpage at: vancouver.ca/commsvcs/lanewayhousing

Read Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation's study: Livable Lanes: A Study of Laneway Infill Housing in Vancouver and Other Growing B.C. Communities. Click on image to download PDF.

The laneway tour qualifies for 4 non-core professional development credits with AIBC, AICBC, BCLA, BOABC and PIBC.

Images from the 2010 Laneway Tour.