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Half Duplexes in Vancouver
This is the city the product was made for. Vancouver's duplex rules turned standard residential lots into two homes each, and the result is now the largest concentration of newly built half duplexes anywhere in the region.
The short answer
Vancouver's half duplexes are concentrated on the east side, in Renfrew, Fraser Street, Knight, Grandview-Woodland, Main, and Killarney, with an expensive west side market in Kitsilano, Dunbar, and Point Grey. Lots are narrow, so expect three storeys and a compact floor plate.
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
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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.
Why the homes are tall and narrow
A standard Vancouver residential lot is thirty-three feet wide. Split between two homes, that leaves very little width to work with, so the buildings go up rather than out.
Three storeys with bedrooms upstairs is the norm. Buyers moving in from the suburbs consistently underestimate how much a staircase between the kitchen and the bedrooms changes daily life, and it is worth walking one before deciding.
East side and west side are separate markets
The east side, meaning Renfrew, Fraser Street, Knight, Killarney, Collingwood, and Grandview-Woodland, is where most of the inventory sits and where the price per square foot is far lower.
The west side, meaning Kitsilano, Dunbar, Point Grey, Kerrisdale, and Arbutus, is the same product type on land costing two to three times as much. The homes are not meaningfully larger.
What to check in this city specifically
Whether you are buying the front or back half, which on a narrow deep lot changes light and outdoor space substantially.
Parking, which is tighter here than anywhere else in the region, and whether the home has a lane and a garage.
Whether the listing includes a suite, which is more common in Vancouver's east side stock than most buyers realise.
Common questions
Where are the half duplexes in Vancouver?
Overwhelmingly the east side: Renfrew, Fraser Street, Knight, Grandview-Woodland, Main, Killarney, and Hastings Sunrise. The west side has a smaller and much more expensive market in Kitsilano, Dunbar, Point Grey, and Kerrisdale.
Why are Vancouver half duplexes smaller than suburban ones?
Lot width. A thirty-three foot Vancouver lot split between two homes leaves a narrow footprint, so the buildings go up. Burnaby and the suburbs have wider lots, which is why their homes come out larger for the same product type.
Is the east side better value?
On price per square foot, substantially, and the two halves of the city are effectively separate markets. Whether it is better value depends on what you want from the location, which is not something a price table settles.
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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