How a Vancouver family multiplied their ‘single-family’ home

For the sake of their grown children, a Delta, B.C., couple decided that four homes were better than one. And so they set about the long and arduous task of converting their small rancher house into an intergenerational four-unit complex.

Six years later, the family is living happily with their decision and are encouraging other property-owning parents to do the same. They’re also hoping government will make the process easier than it was for them. Their family complex is the subject of a recent video post by American TV producer Kirsten Dirksen, who travels the world documenting small homes and simple living for her hugely popular YouTube channel.