A Second Home on Your Rural Land: What the ALR Rules Actually Allow
If you own rural or farm land on the Sunshine Coast, there is a good chance you have more options than you think. Many landowners assume that Agricultural Land Reserve…
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Gentle Density Comes to the Coast: What Cluster Housing and Retrofits Could Mean for Your Land
There is a made-on-the-Coast housing idea taking shape, and it is worth knowing about if you own land here. A local group, the Sunshine Coast Affordable Housing Society, is working…
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The Coast’s Housing Wave: What New Openings in Gibsons and Sechelt Mean for Landowners
The Sunshine Coast’s housing story took a visible step forward this week. On July 9, federal, provincial and local partners celebrated the opening of 33 new middle-income homes at O’Shea…
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Is There Water? The First Question on Any Sunshine Coast Build
When people picture building a home on the Sunshine Coast, they think about the view, the floor plan, the drive to the ferry. The question that actually decides whether a…
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Water on a Sunshine Coast Build: What’s Changing This Summer
On the Sunshine Coast, water shapes a home twice: first when you ask whether a lot can be serviced at all, and again every quarter when the utility bill arrives….
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A Sunshine Coast Summer: Markets, Trails, and the Case for Coastal Life
Farmers markets, forest trails, and long ocean evenings – a taste of a Sunshine Coast summer, and why it makes newcomers want to stay.
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New GST Rebate for First-Time Modular Home Buyers in BC
There is a new reason to take a serious look at building new on the Sunshine Coast, and it has nothing to do with paint colours or floor plans. As…
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The Sunshine Coast Is Getting a Free Housing Solutions Hub – Here’s How to Use It
If you have ever wondered whether you could add a second home or a suite to your Sunshine Coast property, a useful new place to start is on the way….
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How to Scope a Sunshine Coast Lot Before You Build: Slope, Access and Zoning in One Sitting
If you are eyeing a lot on the Sunshine Coast, the most expensive mistakes happen before anyone pours a foundation. A site that looks perfect in a listing photo can…
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Single-Wide, Double-Wide, or Pacific Cabin? Choosing the Right Eco Fab Home for Your Coast Lot
One of the first questions we hear on the Sunshine Coast isn’t “how much?” — it’s “which one?” Eco Fab offers three families of factory-built homes from Moduline, and they…
