With the rising cost of living, you may have thought about ways to make extra money and adding a rental unit to your home may have been one of them. However, there are rules associated with adding a rental unit before taking that leap. CTV Morning Live digs into what needs to be done in this regard with Tonya Bruin, owner of To Do Done.
She says you can benefit from the current economic conditions, such as the housing shortage and affordability crisis by using your basement as a rental unit. "If you can create space for another family, that's fantastic," she said. "So, we've done a few.
" Bruin says there are several considerations to take note of: There are other key considerations to take note of, including, zoning Bylaws, building permits, inspections and building code compliance. In Ottawa, you have to check the geoOttawa tool to see whether you're allowed to have a secondary unit or not. According to the City of Ottawa's website, secondary basement units should have a separate ground-floor entrance.
While an additional parking is not mandatory, the secondary parking spot can not be in the front yard. In April, the city of Ottawa released a first draft of a new zoning bylaw that is looking to allow fourplexes on all residential lots across the city, eliminating minimum parking rules, ban new surface parking lots in the downtown core and making room for more trees in its new zoning rules. Council will approve the new bylaw by the end of 2025.
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