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Bryn Davidson, designer of the Lanefab laneway Energuide 90 home in Vancouver, BC.
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Traffic calming bicycle infrastructure with a laneway home under construction in the Douglas Park area of Vancouver.
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Bryn Davidson of Lanefab homes at the intersection of the alley, street and house at one of his many laneway home projects in Vancouver.
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Bryn Davidson of Lanefab homes in front of a regular, non-laneway home in Vancouver. Good, compact design makes for great regular homes as well!
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Bryn Davidson of Lanefab Homes outside of a new creation, a Vancouver house, yard and laneway home all built together.
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Bryn Davidson of Lanefab homes says his company is known for building laneway homes, but they build regular homes as well.
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Bryn Davidson and his business partner Mat Turner of Lanefab Homes in front, or perhaps in back of one of their laneway homes in Vancouver.
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Home prices in Vancouver average $1.3 million so building a laneway home is definately an affordable way to live in the core of the city.
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The owner of this Vancouver home built a laneway home and then moved into it. They now rent the main home out.
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This laneway home fits in very tastefully on the back part of this Vancouver lot.
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Building homes in the alley comes with landscaping requirements and generally smartens up the look of the alley.
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This Lanefab home on Dumfries Street looks good in the alley and at EnerGuide 90 it's one of the best rated and most energy efficient homes in Vancouver.
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The living space of this laneway home is integrated with both the kitchen and the backyard as efficient design makes for very functional use of space.
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Bryn Davidson stands on the balcony outside the master bedroom overlooking the alley and yes, another laneway home.
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Bryn Davidson of Lanefab homes shows how storage and the water heater were built into the bathroom in this laneway home in Vancouver.
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Bryn Davidson of Lanefab Homes shows how the washer and dryer are built right into the home's master bathroom, once again making great use of space.
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Petto Chan in his office in his 1,000 sq. foot laneway home designed to make very efficient use of space.
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To make efficient use of space the hallways are incorporated into the rooms as in the case of Petto Chan's daughter's room. She even had a say in the design of her room.
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Petto Chan built this 1,000 sq. foot laneway home on his parent’s property on Dumfries Street in Vancouver. Laneway homes are an affordable option in a market where the average home price is $1.3 million.
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Petto Chan says he wanted a large kitchen in his laneway home. The entire wall of the kitchen opens to the yard. Chan says he has even taken up cooking since building the home.
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The back yard of Petto Chan's home. The entire kitchen wall opens up to incorporate the backyard. Photo Courtesy of Lanefab Homes
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The bathroom on the main floor is tucked behind the stairs.
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