Buttercup laneway house in Vancouver
This Craftsman-style laneway house sits in a Vancouver, Canada, backyard. The Buttercup Guest House is one of the hundreds of laneway houses built in Vancouver since its laneway housing program was adopted 2009. The goal of the program was to increase the supply and variety of housing within the city, but some of them, like Buttercup, are being used as vacation rentals instead.
Buttercup was built by Vancouver laneway house specialist Lanefab Design/Build. The cottage’s 780 ft2 (72.5 m2) floor plan has two bedrooms, one on the ground level and one tucked into the roof space, both of which can accommodate a queen-sized bed. There is also a bathroom on each level, giving you the choice of either single-level living or the increased privacy of an upstairs master suite. The downstairs bathroom has a bathtub while the one upstairs has a shower with a window.
A small recessed “front” porch faces the alley. As you enter the backyard cottage, a short hallway takes you past the bedroom and stairs to the open living space along the back half of the home. The U-shaped kitchen is at one end and the sitting area at the other. The dining space in the middle has French doors opening to a paver-stone terrace.
The upper stair landing was designed to be big enough to include a built-in desk, allowing it to double as a small study or home office.
The Buttercup Guest House can be rented through Homeaway. Have a wonderful weekend!
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Photographs courtesy of Buttercup Guest House / Homeaway and Lanefab Design/Build.
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This ia a lovely, well-designed home. I like the inclusion of a first floor bedroom.
I can’t believe the amount of homes that were built for RENT that are being used for vacation rentals instead! As someone who’s been looking for a place to live in the city for over a year it’s just another disgusting kick in the teeth. This house and the Cypress Laneway House are just gross abuses of programs designed to give people a chance to LIVE in a city that they can’t get out of! whether because of a job, medical issue or what!
Stop abusing the effing system!!