Thursday, 28 February 2013

How will I apply my research?

The main goal of this report is to discover if there are benefits to building affordable laneway houses. I will be applying this research by looking at the construction of a laneway house in Kamloops and the costs involved with building it. If these costs are low for the amount of square feet the house takes up then I can apply this to other lots of similar size in the downtown core of Kamloops and ultimately discover if the building of laneway houses in a legitimate option for affordable housing in Kamloops.

Please comment if you think this is a good way to apply my research or if you have a different suggestion on how to apply the research let me know!
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3 comments:

  1. Unknown1 March 2013 at 13:33

    I think this is a cool topic, if given the choice I'd seriously consider staying in laneway house for a place to stay.
    With your report what if you could extend it by comparing laneway houses to basements suites as well? (or other outlets people use to rent room and board). I would think this would be a benefit for the owner (renting it out when its not needed) and possible students who are from out of town and need a home for the school year.
    Also Kamloops would make the ideal spot for renting out housing space 1) for the university and 2) for the possibly upcoming KXA event complex

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  2. Unknown1 March 2013 at 23:00

    Thanks for your feedback! I think that is an interesting view for this topic, I will think about comparing different rental options and applying it to student rental places is a neat spin!

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  3. Unknown19 March 2013 at 20:06

    If your exploring different rental options why not explore quality of life in a Lane way in comparison to super dense high rise living. Just a thought I know that would I would be interested in seeing that comparison.

    Nice work T!

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