[Hondaracer]

I'd say $200 is on the low end of finishing levels.

A brand new laneway seems to go for around 150-250k on it's own. It's obviously easier and cheaper to build both at the same time however.

I'd say a good reference is to walk around the neighborhood, pull up brand new, or relatively brand new builds you see in E-assesment, and see what they are going for.

IE. id say if your spending 750-900 on a brand new build in east van, the total assesed should be close to 2 after the fact if you build a nice enough home.

but yea, i'd say $200 is on the low side and thats more like builder cost than a customers cost. May result in poor quality, low end finishings, etc.

I'd say for any decent builder you're going to be looking at $240-300/sq ft for finishings that will be the best return on your investment. You can tell right away even from the design of the house what kind of builder built it.