{"id":59,"date":"2026-10-02T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/gloriayeung-com\/2026\/10\/02\/how-a-secondary-suite-can-make-buying-a-home-more-affordable-in-ontario\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:00:00","slug":"how-a-secondary-suite-can-make-buying-a-home-more-affordable-in-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloriayeung.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/02\/how-a-secondary-suite-can-make-buying-a-home-more-affordable-in-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"How a secondary suite can make buying a home more affordable in Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Ever wondered how to make homeownership in Ontario more attainable? One creative solution I often see\u2014especially in Toronto\u2019s vibrant, ever-evolving neighbourhoods\u2014is transforming a property into a duplex by adding a basement suite. With Ontario now allowing up to four units per lot and waiving development charges, there\u2019s real potential to ease the financial stretch. Of course, you\u2019ll need to consider essentials like separate entrances, full kitchens, bathrooms, proper ceiling heights, and parking. Having helped so many clients navigate these possibilities, I find it\u2019s often the key to unlocking a new chapter\u2014one where affordability meets opportunity. If you\u2019re dreaming of a space that works for both your budget and your lifestyle, secondary suites are a smart path worth exploring!<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moneysense.ca\/spend\/real-estate\/how-a-secondary-suite-can-make-buying-a-home-more-affordable-in-ontario\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered how to make homeownership in Ontario more attainable? One creative solution I often see\u2014especially in Toronto\u2019s vibrant, ever-evolving neighbourhoods\u2014is transforming a property into a duplex by adding a basement suite. With Ontario now allowing up to four units per lot and waiving development charges, there\u2019s real potential to ease the financial stretch. Of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":456,"featured_media":60,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriayeung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriayeung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriayeung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriayeung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriayeung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriayeung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriayeung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriayeung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriayeung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriayeung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}