Akua Schatz and Brendon Purdy have trouble finding space for a coffee table, not to mention the baby they are expecting this fall.
The couple, both in their mid-30s, live in a 500 square foot home in the Vancouver neighbourhood of Dunbar. Completed last year for $280,000, the modernist two-storey home stands on what used to be Mr. Purdy’s parents’ backyard.
While the style may be precedent-setting for Vancouver, they are not alone in living small. Increasingly, young families in the city’s constricted housing market are eschewing a distant suburban address for the ease and walkability of the core – even if it means doing it without enough space for a Christmas tree.
Akua Schatz and Brendon Purdy have trouble finding space for a coffee table, not to mention the baby they are expecting this fall.The couple, both in their mid-30s, live in a 500 square foot home in the Vancouver neighbourhood of Dunbar. Completed last year for $280,000, the modernist two-storey home stands on what used to be Mr. Purdy’s parents’ backyard.While the style may be precedent-setting for Vancouver, they are not alone in living small. Increasingly, young families in the city’s constricted housing market are eschewing a distant suburban address for the ease and walkability of the core – even if it means doing it without enough space for a Christmas tree.
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