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ike many baby boomers, Mila Cotic grew up in a large suburban home with a big backyard. Meanwhile, her European-born husband, Les, was raised in a city apartment. When it came time to have children, Cotic expected they would sell their 870-square-foot condo in the West End and buy a house in the ‘burbs. It didn’t happen that way. “We grew to love and appreciate the convenience of living in the city, so we decided to raise our three kids in our three-bedroom condo,” she explains, adding their two daughters shared a room, while their son had his own bedroom. That was 22 years ago. It would seem that this couple was years ahead of what is now called the growing “new normal” for many young families in Vancouver. Today it isn’t unusual to raise children in condominiums because for many people buying a single detached home in Metro Vancouver is out of their reach.
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are challenges – a lack of storage and bathrooms were definitely two of the biggest – the benefits are many. “We became really innovative when it came to storage solutions, but we also didn’t collect as much superfluous stuff as we might have had living in a traditional home.” But kids also need space to run, play and climb. “My kids’ backyard was the school yard, Stanley Park, the beach and Science World,” Cotic says. “My children didn’t sit round watching television; we were always out exploring.” With the condominium building boom of the past few years, the increased density is attracting everything a family needs: grocery stores; restaurants; green space; events; libraries; schools; and easy access to transit.
Gallop, principal at Sarah Gallop Design Inc., is experiencing an increased demand for storage ideas from clients living in condos with young children. First off, says Gallop, decorating a small bedroom doesn’t have to be daunting if you choose a peaceful palette, great lighting and simple, yet smart, storage solutions. These allow you to meet the challenge with style and ease. “Also, it’s a good idea to design a space that your child can grow into rather than just for the present,” she says. “Choose a design that is flexible and can adapt to their changing needs.” Ask yourself how they will use the space as they grow older so you avoid redoing it over and over again. Choose larger storage containers for your toddler’s toys that can convert to games storage as they get older.
Built-in storage is a great solution. “Many of my clients are asking for builtins to add extra storage space by taking advantage of all the nooks and crannies,”
says Gallup. She also recommends: ■ Buy multi-functional furniture. ■ Look for bunk beds with a desk underneath or captain-style beds with built-in drawers. ■ Build a window seat so your children have their own private little reading space. ■ Look at all the other under-utilized areas that you might be missing – the backs of doors, the sides of bookcases – and use them for additional storage space. Fold-up, retractable furniture is also on the rise, notes Gallup, mentioning that her company has just created a table that comes out of the wall. Additionally, she suggests putting beds on risers to give more space to place things underneath. Meanwhile, to help your kids stay organized, keep things at their height. That includes installing pegs or hooks in the closet at child height and putting a basket for shoes on the closet floor. To read the full version of this article, go to REW.ca/News/Inspiration
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BC Sees Record New Home Construction Investment: StatCan BC
’s new home building investment in June was up 33 per cent year over year and 2.5 per cent since May to $950,379 million – the highest amount invested in a single month, Statistics Canada reported August 22. The record investment was led by another jump in spending on BC apartment-condo buildings, up nearly 53 per cent year over year to $434,020. This was again BC’s housing type that saw the most investment in June, and was an increase of 7.9 per cent from May. Single-family home construction investment fell again month over month, down 1.3 per cent to $404 million in June. However, this home type was still up more than 19 per cent compared with June 2015. Townhouse and row house con-
struction was up 34.2 per cent year over year to $83.6 million, a four per cent decline since May. Year-over-year duplex investment dropped again, down three per cent to just shy of $28 million, although this was a slight improvement of 0.4 per cent month over month. Elsewhere in Canada BC’s total new housing construction spend was once again second only to that of Ontario, which invested nearly double BC’s amount at $1.8 billion in June. However, BC’s year-over-year percentage increase outstripped Ontario’s again, with Ontario seeing 25.9 per cent growth. The only region to see sharper growth was the Northwest Territories at 36.5 per cent, although the absolute
numbers are small enough to make those figures more volatile. Investment in new housing construction fell in four of Canada’s provinces and territories, with year-over-year declines in Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Nunavut. The largest decrease was seen in Alberta, where the 30 per cent fall was the province’s 12th consecutive year-over-year decline. Strong gains in BC, Ontario and other provinces drove national new home building investment up 8.7 per cent year over year to $4.4 billion in June, a strong rise of 4.3 per cent compared with May. Most of the yearly increase came from higher investment in apart-
ment-condominium construction, which jumped 16.7 per cent year over year to $1.54 billion nationwide. Row house construction also increased nationally, rising 8.1 per cent to $416 million. Investment in single-family homes recovered after the previous month’s dip, up 5.3 per cent year over year to $2.24 billion for the country as a whole. Duplexes continued to be the odd man out in construction investment, continuing to see declining figures, with year-over-year investment across Canada falling 5.9 per cent to $210 million.
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