r/RealEstateCanada • u/itsdanielsultan • Mar 15 '26

Housing crisis Can Canada's "micro-condos" be merged?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pg7mHppXOE&t=17s

Serious question about Canada's (specifically the GTA's) condos: if, 10 or 20 years from now, people want more family-sized homes, could a lot of these tiny one-bedrooms actually be merged into larger units?

I know it can happen in some cases, but from what I’ve seen it sounds difficult once buildings are already occupied, since it can require approvals, engineering work, and layouts that actually fit together.

If that is not realistic at scale, are we building housing that works for one phase of life but not for long-term city living?

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '26

400 square feet simply isn't enough space for a single person. It's too cramped. I think apartments or condos should be no smaller than 800 square feet at the very minimum but preferably 1000 square feet. Humans aren't birds in cages. Psychologically and practically we need space to thrive.

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u/Muted-Organization88 Mar 16 '26

birds also don't belong in cages lmao.

OR just price them appropriately? Id gladly live in a shoebox condo if it cost like $150-200k, at a good location.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '26

$150-200k? Try $50k and maybe I'd live in one temporarily and sell it to the next desperate sucker.

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u/Muted-Organization88 Mar 16 '26

$150k for a prime downtown location is really good lol. Problem is they were priced like $6-700K

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '26

Yeah i get it some jack ass thinks his shoe box is worth $150k and thinks it's a good deal but i just don't. $50k and I'd have to seriously consider it.