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Originally Posted by jammies
Although this is somewhat (ok - more than somewhat) off-topic, I really wonder what people think about "detached" homes now that are almost always on lots barely bigger than the houses. For example, I went last weekend to look at the Foothills Hospital Home Lottery grand prize home, and I was amazed that a house that was worth over $2 million was set on a lot where the neighbouring house was no more than a few metres away, and where the yard was not much bigger than my balcony.
Is this what people want? I work for a developer myself, and that type of lot/house combo is more the norm than otherwise in almost all new neighborhoods I visit in the course of my employ. It's more an illusion of separation than the reality; you're living in a townhouse with a bit of air as walls between the units.
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Exactly the homes in newer areas that have to meet density guidelines are becoming virtual townhomes. This is why one of the areas we looked at was Langdon; where the lots are 60' X 180' and there is a minimum of 16' between houses.