“Before getting all excited and jumping into design, you have to know what you could do (with the space),” Fishman said. Laneway homes are just unfamiliar at first, said Bryn Davidson, co-founder of Vancouver-based Lanefab, which has been building infill homes for almost two decades. For example, the city increased its size limit on laneway homes in 2023, allowing up to 2,000 sq. “Each time (laneway homes) come into a new community, everybody in that community, with all their different jobs, has to figure out how to make that work.” Rental income over resaleHamilton, Ont.-based real estate investor Katerina Wagner and her husband saw potential in laneway homes at a time when the city didn’t offer any incentives.