Coach House TsawwassenThe Two-Storey Secret Your Backyard's Been Keeping

Tucked behind the established homes of Tsawwassen, an evolution is taking shape, one garage, one backyard at a time.

Coach houses are Delta's answer to the "what if" question every homeowner eventually asks: What if my backyard could do more like Vancouver's density? Thanks to recent zoning updates, you can build one or two-storey dwellings. Pair living space with a proper garage to create new homes that are as practical as they are charming.

The future family lifestyle is finally here.

ADUs in Delta are Secondary Suites, Garden Suites, and Coach Houses

Delta's new bylaw gives owners the option to build in the backyard like Burnaby and most cities in the Lower Mainland. Build up to two detached ADUs (including Coach Houses) on the majority of single-family lots.

Each coach house can be up to 23 ft (7m) at the ridge (or 6.25m to mid-roof) making these two-storey gems as useful as they are charming. That's nearly double the height allowance of their single-storey Garden Suite cousins.

What’s inside? Each coach house floorplan can extend up to 1184 sq ft (110 m²), though it needs to stay under 50% of your main home's floor area. Standard setbacks 1.5 metres from side and rear property lines mean you can maximize every square metre of that backyard potential.

These are welcome zoning updates, it’s development flexibility that gives you room to breathe.

Tsawwassen Coach House Restrictions

A few ground rules to help with privacy and keep things tidy:

• No basements, no roof decks: keeping it simple and private
• Must include a garage: this is in the definition of coach house in Delta
• Can't extend past the front face of your main house: your coach house footprint has standardized boundaries
• One dedicated parking spot per ADU: because your tenant, family member or guest needs somewhere to park

Why Tsawwassen?

Whether you're dreaming of multi-generational living among the trees, a mortgage-helper with an ocean breeze, or finally moving the in-laws back from Point Roberts (with love, of course), a coach house in Tsawwassen delivers flexibility without leaving the community you've built.

Your backyard called. It had a dream.