Cowichan Lake Area Multi Family Homes for Sale
A Very Small Category in a Very Small MarketCowichan Lake area multi family homes for sale is about as thin a category as this site has. The lake never built purpose built multi family stock at all, so what appears here is a side by side duplex in the town of Lake Cowichan or an older house that somebody divided into two at some point.
318 Properties Available
3 Beds3 Baths2,167 SqFt1/50 50Active$995,000
2 Beds2 Baths1,821 SqFt1/51 51Active$989,999
3 Beds2 Baths1,340 SqFt1/54 54Active$630,000
4 Beds4 Baths2,464 SqFt1/14 14Active$1,898,888
4 Beds2 Baths1,804 SqFt1/39 39Active$949,900
3 Beds2 Baths1,433 SqFt1/30 30Pending$510,000
3 Beds2 Baths1,381 SqFt1/37 37Open Sun 11AM-1PM$998,000
2 Beds2 Baths1,126 SqFt1/33 33Pending$549,000
7 Beds5 Baths4,255 SqFt1/95 95Active$2,288,500
2 Beds2 Baths1,154 SqFt1/29 29Pending$674,900
3 Beds3 Baths1,670 SqFt1/35 35Active$679,900
4 Beds4 Baths2,129 SqFt3DActive$699,000
3 Beds3 Baths1,940 SqFt1/40 40Active$749,900
4 Beds4 Baths1,918 SqFt3DActive$729,900
3 Beds3 Baths1,685 SqFt1/34 34Pending$549,800
3 Beds3 Baths1,458 SqFt1/29 29Active$649,900
3 Beds1 Bath1,169 SqFt1/28 28Pending$519,900
2 Beds1 Bath1,134 SqFt1/28 28Active$729,000
4 Beds4 Baths2,615 SqFt1/45 45Active$939,900
4 Beds4 Baths2,615 SqFt1/48 48Active$939,900
3 Beds3 Baths1,790 SqFt1/41 41Open Sat 12PM-2PM$950,000
3 Beds3 Baths1,790 SqFt1/41 41Open Sat 12PM-2PM$950,000
3 Beds3 Baths1,582 SqFt3DActive$635,000
6 Beds2 Baths2,317 SqFt1/3 3Active$849,900
The town of Lake Cowichan is where essentially all of it is, because that is where the serviced lots and the zoning are. Youbou and Honeymoon Bay are residential and rural, and the parcels out there are not set up for it. When something does come available it is usually a 1960s to 1980s duplex or a character house with a second suite added decades ago.
Verifying the second unit is the whole job. I pull the permit and occupancy records, check the zoning to see whether the use is legal or simply long tolerated, and look at the items an inspector will care about: fire separation between the units, egress windows, ceiling heights, smoke alarms, and whether the hydro is separately metered. A unit that is not legal changes both the financing and the value.
One caution about this search. The multi family filter on this site returns results from across Vancouver Island rather than only the lake, so you will see Victoria, Langford and Courtenay properties mixed in with anything local. Check the address on everything before you get attached to it, or give me your criteria and I will build a search filtered properly to this area.