Trees, easements, and site constraints on a Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley lot
A mature tree near the rear lot line or a utility easement running through the yard can quietly reshape a multiplex design. Here's how trees, easements, and other site constraints affect what you can build on a Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley lot.
Trent Praski · August 6, 2026 · 9 min
Strata or rental: choosing the tenure for your multiplex
Sell the homes as strata lots, or hold them and rent? The tenure you choose shapes everything from how many homes you can build to how the project makes money. Here's how to think it through.
Trent Praski · August 4, 2026 · 11 min
Parking and bike rules for new multiplex homes in Vancouver
Parking rules have changed dramatically for new multiplex homes, and that change shapes how much of your lot goes to homes versus cars. Here's how parking and bike requirements work in Vancouver and across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
Trent Praski · August 2, 2026 · 8 min
Setbacks, height, and floor area: the rules that shape your multiplex
Three quiet numbers, setbacks, height, and floor area, decide more about your multiplex than almost anything else. Here's what each one means and how they combine into the box you get to build inside.
Trent Praski · July 31, 2026 · 11 min
Designing a multiplex that fits the neighbourhood
A multiplex that respects its street is easier to permit, easier to sell, and a better place to live. Here's how we design homes that add density without feeling out of place in Vancouver and Burnaby neighbourhoods.
Trent Praski · July 29, 2026 · 10 min
From single-family lot to fourplex: the development timeline
Turning a single-family lot into a fourplex is a sequence, not a single leap. Here is how the stages actually unfold, feasibility, design, permitting and construction, and where the time really goes.
Trent Praski · July 25, 2026 · 7 min
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