More home from the lot you already own.
Laneway homes, custom single-family homes, duplexes and multiplexes — designed and built by one team in Vancouver & the Lower Mainland.
A design-build team.
Laneside Homes designs and builds all four ways Vancouver lots are growing — a laneway house in the backyard, a brand-new custom home, a duplex, or three to six homes on a single lot. One team takes you from first sketch to final walkthrough: no hand-offs, no surprises, and a fixed price before construction starts.
- Experience10+ years building in the Lower Mainland
- ContractsFixed price, agreed before we build
- ApproachDesign-build, under one roof
- VisibilityYour own client portal, 24/7
Four ways to build — one team for all of them.
Every project type gets the same design-build care, the same fixed-price contract, and the same portal access. Pick the one that fits your lot.
Your backyard, put to work
A rental suite, a home for family, or a place to downsize — typically 600–2,000 sq ft.
Custom homes, designed around you
A new home designed around how you live, priced from full drawings.
Trout Lake
Two homes on one lot — live in one side, sell or rent the other.
Three to six homes, one lot
Triplex and multiplex builds under the new zoning — for families together, or rental income.
The details are the build.
Anyone can frame a wall. What you live with every day is the hardware, the joinery and the hundred small decisions nobody photographs — so we photograph them.
Details from the West 11th Ave multiplex — the same standard runs through every laneway, custom home and duplex we build.
Five steps. One fixed price.
The same process whether you're building a 700 sq ft laneway or a sixplex — and you can watch every step from your client portal.
Consultation & Feasibility
We start with your lot and your goals — zoning, size limits and what's actually possible on your property.
Rough Budget
Early, honest numbers based on the current cost guides, so you can decide with real figures on the table.
Design
Drawings, consultants and permits — designed around how you'll live in it, and what the city will approve.
Fixed Price
With full drawings done, we price the whole build and sign a fixed-price contract. That's the price.
Construction
We build it — and you follow along daily through your portal, with logs, photos and video from site.
Your build, in your pocket — 24/7.
Every Laneside project comes with your own client portal. No chasing updates, no wondering what's happening on site: it's all there, whenever you want it.
Client Login- MessagesEvery conversation with your build team, in one thread.
- Gantt scheduleThe full build schedule — what's done, what's next, what's on time.
- DocumentsDrawings, permits, contracts and selections, always at hand.
- Daily logsPhotos and video from site, posted every working day.
A free guide for every way you build.
Plain-language guides to feasibility, zoning, budgets, timelines and the permit process — one for each project type. Click a guide and the PDF downloads straight from this website. No Instagram needed.
Laneway Guide
“Two homes. One lot. Room for every generation.”
Feasibility, zoning, budgets, timelines and the permit process — everything a Vancouver homeowner needs to know before building a laneway home.
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Single Family Guide
The guide to planning a custom single-family home — from first feasibility look to fixed price.
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Duplex Guide
The guide to building two homes on one lot — side-by-side or front-to-back, with or without suites.
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Multi Family Guide
The guide to putting three to six homes on a single lot under the new zoning.
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What homeowners say on Google.
“Jason Hyare of Laneside Homes Ltd has built an excellent landway house for us. We appreciate his good work.”
“I had a fantastic experience with Laneside Homes. Jason is open and honest, and his creativity in saving costs is truly impressive. Laneside maintains great relationships with trades and consultants, ensuring smooth and efficient project execution. Jason was able to help my project save money and not add any additional overhead fees like other builders. I highly recommend Laneside Homes for anyone looking to build or renovate their home.”
“Laneside homes built my dream home based on custom designs. At every step, they provided technical expertise to make sure every detail worked. They navigated permitting with the city and supply challenges during execution, and still achieved an excellent outcome on schedule and on budget. The end result is a home of enduring quality that I'm proud to share with my family and friends. I strongly recommend Laneside Homes!”
“I have been working with the guys from laneside homes for the past 5 years and have worked with jason for almost 15 years. They are very professional and provide a great service to their customers weather its a new build a renovation big or small. Great bunch of guys who love the building industry and want the clients to have a great experience in building their projects.”
Turn your backyard into a home.
A laneway home turns the lot you already own into a rental suite, a home for parents or adult kids, or a smaller place to downsize into — while the main house stays exactly as it is. We handle feasibility, design, permits and the build.
Laneway projects
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West 20th Ave Laneway
Sage-grey two-storey laneway with red double doors — click the photo to open the rest
What a laneway home costs
Here is the full budget, line by line — the same breakdown we work through in a first consultation. The total sits at the bottom, where the lines add up to it.
| Example: 1,000 sq ft, two-storey laneway home | |
| Construction | $350,000 – $400,000 |
| Design & drawings | $15,000 – $20,000 |
| Consultants | $10,000 – $15,000 |
| Permits, city fees & servicing | $30,000 – $50,000 |
| Site work | $25,000 – $40,000 |
| Landscaping | $15,000 – $25,000 |
| Total project cost | ≈ $445,000 – $550,000 |
These figures are a starting point for a conversation, not a quote — applicable taxes are extra. After design, your laneway is priced in full and signed as a fixed-price contract — and then it doesn't move.
Laneway Guide
“Two homes. One lot. Room for every generation.” Feasibility, zoning, budgets, timelines and permits for laneway homes, in one free PDF.
Custom homes, designed around how you live.
A new custom home starts with your lot and your life — then we design around both. Featured here: Quesnel Drive, a modern Vancouver home with a rooftop deck, wine cellar, theatre room and a sauna shower.
Single-family projects
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What a custom home costs
Custom homes are priced from full drawings — but this is the construction guide we start every conversation with.
Construction only. Final price is set from full drawings, then fixed by contract.
Design, permits and site costs are scoped per lot in the feasibility step, so the fixed price we sign is the whole project — no allowances games.
Single Family Guide
Our guide to planning a custom single-family home — from first feasibility look to fixed price, in one free PDF.
Two homes on one lot.
A duplex puts two full homes on a single lot — side-by-side or front-to-back, often with secondary suites. Families share a lot across generations, or live in one side and sell the other. Featured here: our Trout Lake duplex — click the cover to walk through the full set.
Duplex projects
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What a duplex costs
Duplexes are priced from full drawings — this is the construction guide we start every conversation with.
Construction only, per side or for the whole build — priced from drawings, then fixed by contract.
Design, permits, servicing and site costs are scoped per lot in the feasibility step, so the fixed price we sign covers the whole project.
Duplex Guide
Our guide to building two homes on one lot — side-by-side or front-to-back, with or without suites, in one free PDF.
Three to six homes on one lot.
New zoning lets a single lot hold a triplex, fourplex or larger multiplex. Build for extended family living together, or as a long-term rental asset. Featured: West 11th Ave — a three-storey multiplex with a laneway house behind it, and a rooftop terrace over the whole lot.
Multi-family projects
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What a multiplex costs
Multiplex pricing depends on unit count, servicing and structure, so there is no honest one-line rate — we scope it properly in the feasibility step.
Priced from full drawings after feasibility, then fixed by contract — the same process as every Laneside build.
Multi Family Guide
Our guide to putting three to six homes on a single lot under the new zoning, in one free PDF.