So I'm aiming to buy my first home this summer and looking online via MLS just to get an idea of rough pricing / areas and such. I was surprised by the amount of listings openly listing an illegal suite. I know I've seen discussions about secondary suites and a bunch of news articles discussing pushing for more zoning changes but what are people's thoughts on buying a place with one?
Ideally I'd prefer a house with a second suite as it will eventually become strictly an investment property but I am concerned about the issues of having a improperly zoned place. Do people typically run into problems or does Calgary more so turn a blind eye towards them and only deals with them if there is complaints?
As far as converting a house properly, is it usually zoning restrictions that prevent it from being a legal suite or is there just a significant cost to doing it properly?
I'm new to Calgary so don't really have too much experience here but won't be sitting down with a realtor until spring so figured I'd lean on Beyond's knowledge.
I found this thread: http://forums.beyond.ca/st2/illegal-...hreadid=373210
But it wasn't much help.