Hamilton — Family Duplex — Detached legal duplex on a 53 × 143 ft lot
ProjectHamilton — Family Duplex
LocationUpper Gage Avenue, Hamilton
ProgramDetached legal duplex
Units2
← All built work

A detached legal duplex designed so that renting the second unit costs the owner nothing in comfort.

Most duplex conversions ask the owner to give something up. This one doesn't. On an expansive 53 × 143 ft lot, we renovated top to bottom and split the home into two genuinely self-contained units: each with its own brand-new kitchen, in-unit laundry, private entrance, rear deck, and backyard. Separate hydro meters and electrical panels — plus an upgraded one-inch water service — mean the units run independently, right down to the bills.

For a family, that's a mortgage helper that never crosses your threshold. For an investor, it's two clean rental incomes on one title. Either way, it's the model of what small-scale intensification should feel like: more homes, no sacrifice.

The extras — what typical builders skip

MeteringSeparate hydro meters & electrical panelsmost conversions make tenants share
ServiceWater service upgraded to one inchinvisible infrastructure for two real homes
PrivacyTwo kitchens, laundries, decks, backyardsno shared anything

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