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A Monster Home, but not how I remember them. Click the image to enlarge it.[/caption]
Back in the day -- the days of the 1980s -- a controversial new home design popped up on lots across the suburban communities of Greater Vancouver (aka the Lower Mainland). The polite term for the new style was Vancouver Special, but it was commonly, and derisively called a Monster Home. Basically, it was just the biggest, cheapest, box shape (with a roof) you could legally put on a lot. It was stereotypically two-storeys, with brick facade fronting the outside ground floor. Inside it was ideally suited for the addition of illegal secondary rental suites. The design prompted zoning bylaw changes all over the Lower Mainland.
A Monster Home, but not how I remember them. Click the image to enlarge it.[/caption]Back in the day -- the days of the 1980s -- a controversial new home design popped up on lots across the suburban communities of Greater Vancouver (aka the Lower Mainland). The polite term for the new style was Vancouver Special, but it was commonly, and derisively called a Monster Home. Basically, it was just the biggest, cheapest, box shape (with a roof) you could legally put on a lot. It was stereotypically two-storeys, with brick facade fronting the outside ground floor. Inside it was ideally suited for the addition of illegal secondary rental suites. The design prompted zoning bylaw changes all over the Lower Mainland.
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