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Originally Posted by 240glt
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^ Huh.. I thought Fulton Court was all RF1. You must be closer to the 101ave side.
Glad to hear it went well. I gutted out the basement of my house in Parkdale last year due to some infiltration problems. For the moment I have a great tenant renting the whole house but if they move out I'll look at putting a proper suite in there.
I just put a new high efficiency furnace and HWT in that house as well. I had to as the chimney is failing so I opted to go forced draft on everything and vent it out the side of the house. Next spring I'll take the chimeny down and get a few extra square feet on the main floor when I put a new roof on it
I want to look at a garage attic (not a suite) for the place in Gold Bar, but want to look at re-zoning it for future. Was curious how that process went. I'm guessing it won't be the most pleasant process
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Yeah, I'm about 2 blocks North of 101 Ave, not right in the 'core' of the neighbourhood. {EDIT} I'm actually RF1, not RF3. But the rules for secondary suites in RF1 have been relaxed since, I believe, 2002. A lot less restrictions as far as where on the block you need to be in order to build.
I'm venting both furnaces out the side as well, and installed a power vented hot water tank as well, so my chimney is really just decoration at this point. Just couldn't justify the money it would take to remove it at this point, for the few extra SF it would garner in my place.
Unfortunately, if you're looking to go legal in Gold Bar you might be in for a fight. If I'm remembering right from my house search, there's an overlay in effect in Gold Bar that doesn't allow for secondary suites as it borders with Stratchona (or at least, it's discretionary). (
http://webdocs.edmonton.ca/zoningbyl...es_Overlay.htm). Best of luck, though!