Half Duplex | Living in one
Parking and the Garage
Parking is the constraint that quietly rules homes out late in a search, usually after the offer is being drafted.
The short answer
A half duplex typically comes with one or two spaces, often in a lane-accessed garage. Which unit gets what, and how a shared driveway works, should be registered rather than assumed. A second space is one of the least negotiable things in a home, so establish it early.
Newly built half duplexs on the market
670 active listings
- Median list price
- $1,586,500
- Median price per sq ft
- $876
- Median size
- 1,895 sq ft
- Median strata fee
- $365
- Median annual property tax
- $5,070
typical range $1,148,000 to $2,338,000
typical range $482 to $1,290
typical range 1,435 sq ft to 3,084 sq ft
typical range $109 to $629
43 of 670 listings state one
typical range $2,117 to $8,529
236 of 670 listings state one
Measured across 670 active listings on .
Where these homes are
Click a pin for the photo, the price, and a Street View link.
300 of 670 homes plotted. 355 more have coordinates but were left off to keep the map readable. The ones shown are spread evenly across the price range rather than taken from one end. 15 listings have no coordinates in the feed and cannot be placed. Click a pin for the photo, the price, and a Street View link. Zoom with the plus and minus buttons or by pinching.
Homes behind these numbers
$599,000B 2020 VIEWMOUNT COURT
FVREB Out of Town · 3 bed · 1,648 sq ft
$798,0002485 BECK ROAD
Abbotsford East · 3 bed · 1,609 sq ft
$812,0002473 BECK ROAD
Central Abbotsford · 3 bed · 1,609 sq ft
$859,900
Freehold
8576 DUNBAR WAY
Mission · 4 bed · 2,233 sq ft
$859,900
Freehold
8548 DUNBAR WAY
Mission · 4 bed · 2,233 sq ft
$869,90044720 WILLOWSTREAM ROAD
Lower Landing · 4 bed · 2,306 sq ft
$899,000
Freehold
1 46018 BONNY AVENUE
Chilliwack Proper East · 5 bed · 2,201 sq ft
$899,000
Freehold
32529 HIGGINBOTTOM COURT
Mission · 6 bed · 3,149 sq ft
$899,000
Freehold
32531 HIGGINBOTTOM COURT
Mission · 6 bed · 3,145 sq ft
$899,9003143 E 19 AVENUE
Renfrew Heights · 2 bed · 1,073 sq ft
$899,9002 552 KASLO STREET
Renfrew · 2 bed · 971 sq ft
$899,9001051 CELIA CRESCENT
Gibsons & Area · 3 bed · 1,702 sq ft
658 more active listings are not shown here. Search every active listing . Prices are the list price. Most new homes have GST added on top.
How parking usually works
Where there is a lane, parking is generally at the back, in a garage or a pad, and each unit has its own. Where there is no lane, both homes park off the street at the front, which is where shared driveways come from.
A shared driveway is workable and it needs an agreement. Who can block whom, who clears snow, and who repairs it are all questions that are easy to answer before you buy and unpleasant to answer afterwards.
Why a second space is hard to add
Almost everything else about a home is negotiable against something else. Parking is not: the space either physically exists or it does not, and creating one means construction, permits, and usually strata consent.
So if your household runs two cars, treat parking as a filter rather than a preference, and apply it at the start of the search instead of at the end.
What to confirm
Get parking allocation from the Form B or the strata plan, not from what the current owner does.
- → How many spaces are allocated to the specific unit, in writing
- → Whether the garage is part of the unit or common property with exclusive use
- → How a shared driveway is governed, if there is one
- → Whether there is capacity and permission to add EV charging
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Common questions
How many parking spaces does a half duplex have?
Usually one or two, and it varies by lot and by whether there is lane access. The allocation for a specific unit is on the Form B or the strata plan, which is where to check rather than relying on what the current owner happens to do.
Can I add a second parking space?
Rarely without construction, permits, and strata consent, which is why parking should be a filter early in the search rather than something to solve later.
Can I install an EV charger?
Often, and it depends on electrical capacity and strata approval. Ask about the panel capacity and whether the strata has an agreed process, because retrofitting charging is a common source of small-strata disagreement.
Where these figures come from
- VanPlex active listings, MLS® data
Active townhouses, half duplexes, and row houses built in the last two years across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
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