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Would you consider building a modern prefab on an infill lot?
11 May 11 07:21 PM
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Anne Lok
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Architect-designed high quality prefab has gained popularity over the years. They are also considered to be more sustainable than traditional construction process producing less waste, using renewable materials and designed through state of art engineering
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Would you ever swipe your credit card to purchase a home? Trend in Urban Modern Prefab homes.
25 April 11 09:12 AM
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Anne Lok
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The concept of prefabricated homes have been around for decades. However, most consumers are unfamiliar with the concept, process of obtaining financing, zoning approval, process of the construction and assembly process, as well as the prefab design industry
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Buying Infill properties and Contruction of Laneway Dwellings in Toronto
25 July 10 03:06 PM
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Anne Lok
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"House behind a house." I have had many clients who are particular drawn to constructing laneway dwellings. However very few understands the complexity of the process and the hurdles they have to face. From the sellers of point of view, sometimes
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What can you do with $725? Modern Micro-lofts...Design solution to affordable housing?
29 January 10 09:20 AM
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Anne Lok
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In the city of congestion, small is big. Much emphasis is placeed on energy efficiency, affordable housing, urban densification and adaptvie re-use, teeny slick designs as live-work space...Microlofts design are gaining popularity in the West Coast. I
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Toronto Residential Laneway House Blogspot
01 March 09 07:41 PM
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Anne Lok
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The concept of laneway infill properties in Toronto in the last 10 years has been a fairly recent phenomena. Laneway properties mean that property owners are permitted to build in a back lot that borders a public or unserviced lane. These laneways are
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Interested in building on vacant land or urban infill development, but don’t know where to start?
05 February 09 03:33 PM
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Anne Lok
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City is an organism that is constantly growing and changing by neighborhoods. For different reasons, old homes are replaced with new or larger redevelopments. Infill projects directly impacts an existing established neighborhood. Issues from disgruntled
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Architecture - A Laneway House with an Upside Down Plan.
28 April 08 12:21 PM
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Anne Lok
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U.S. Home Prices Dropped Most in Areas of Long Commute
27 April 08 08:34 AM
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Anne Lok
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Homes that are near the edge of the City appears to do better than homes that require a long commute into the City. Would the same phenomena hold for GTA in the rise and fall of house prices? Listen to the news clip http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89803663
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Urban Infill -Existing Laneway Dwellings in Central Toronto
24 March 08 09:17 AM
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Anne Lok
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Laneway housing is very much an existing part of the urban Toronto fabric. Densification of neighbourhoods is achieved through redevelopment of infill lots and laneway dwellings, which are often architectural icons that are unique, exciting and multi-layered
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Lot / Land For Sale in King/Strachan - Your Chance to Build a Designer Home!
14 December 07 12:37 PM
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Anne Lok
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Central King West Village • lot / land "Laneway Lot" - $299,000 - Vacant Land King/Strachan, Toronto - Custom Build A Designer Home in Downtown Toronto! Rarely Available Vacant Laneway Lot in the Heart of King West Village Opposite Stanley
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