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Garden Loft

delivering unique
solutions for special
needs housing

Garden Loft's Safety
and Support Features

Our safety and support features
enable seniors and others
with differing abilities
to live safely, and with
more independence, dignity,
and quality of life

safety-features

Garden Loft's Safety
and Support Features

Our safety and support features enable seniors
and others with differing abilities to live safely, and with more independence,
dignity, and quality of life

safety-features

“The Garden Loft team
understands that the housing
market is failing people with
disabilities and has designed
homes that take an aspirational
approach to accessible design.

Because the Garden Loft suites
are prefabricated and have a
variety of customizations
available, they are able to meet
the diverse needs of many
people with disabilities, including
elderly people who need fall-safe
flooring or wheelchair users who
need zero-step floor plans.”

“The Garden Loft team understands that the housing market is failing people with disabilities and has designed homes that take an aspirational approach to accessible design.

Because the Garden Loft suites are prefabricated and have a variety of customizations available, they are able to meet the diverse needs of many people with disabilities, including elderly people who need fall-safe flooring or wheelchair users who need zero-step floor plans.”

- Stephanie Chipeur
Azrieli Accelerator Professorship in Law
& Disability Policy,
Faculty of Law, University of
Calgary

Our 22 Safety Features

Kitchen

  • Easy-reach kitchen
    storage
  • Accessible oven/
    microwave
  • Optional upgrade to
    electric no-reach upper
    kitchen cabinets
  • Manual-adjust vari-
    height kitchen counters
    with optional electric
    control

Bedroom

  • Safety night-lighting in
    bedroom
  • Easy-reach bedroom
    storage
  • Optional overhead bed
    lift
  • Optional electric multi-
    height adjustable bed

General

  • Conforms to Alberta
    small care home
    standards
  • Wheelchair accessible
    throughout
  • Fall-safe compliant
    flooring throughout
  • Continuous grab-rails
    throughout
  • Optional Sprinkler fire
    suppression system
  • Zero-step entry door

Bathroom

  • Zero-step shower with
    fall-safe compliant
    flooring
  • Attendant accessible
    shower accommodates
    optional safety chair
  • Safety night-lighting in
    bathroom
  • Accessible toilet with
    optional washlet
  • Manual-adjust vari-
    height bathroom counter
    with optional electric
    control

Digital

  • ‘Just for us’ community
    and activity platform with
    caregiver access
  • Integrated smart-home
    digital assistant with
    caregiver access and
    alerts (in development)
  • Activity-detection
    monitoring with caregiver
    alerts (in development)

Our Awards

Garden Loft received the
2023 Calgary Award for
Accessibility at a ceremony
on June 14, 2023

Award

Our Awards

Award

Garden Loft received the
2023 Calgary Award for
Accessibility at a ceremony
on June 14, 2023

Compare Costs

Living in a Garden Loft can cost
less than living in an average
priced lodge or senior’s home in
Calgary - even after you factor
in food and activities

Financing Options

Garden Lofts are registered
secondary suites and eligible
for mortgage financing

This includes
Alberta Treasury Branch’s
Residential Outbuilding Program

Financing Options

Financing Options

Financing Options

Garden Lofts are registered
secondary suites and eligible
for mortgage financing

This includes
Alberta Treasury Branch’s
Residential Outbuilding Program

When combined with a Home Equity
Line of Credit or other mortgage product, up
to 100% of the purchase could be financed

Work with our mortgage
specialist to determine your
financing options

Reselling your Garden Loft

As a prefabricated structure,
Garden Loft can be sold and
moved off your property when
it is no longer required
This recoups a large part of the
unit’s original purchase price

Reselling

By recapturing a large part
of your initial investment, the
net cost of living in a Garden
Loft can be less than renting
in most lodges and retirement
homes - even when you include a
monthly allowance for food,
activities, utilities, insurance,
and property taxes

We can help you sell your Garden Loft by listing it on our resale page

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New Zoning Rules

As of 2024, the City of Calgary’s
blanket rezoning for secondary
suites has made it significantly
easier to obtain approval for
a Garden loft in almost every
residential neighborhood
in the city

New Zoning Rules

Zoning

As of 2024, the City of Calgary’s
blanket rezoning for secondary
suites has made it significantly
easier to obtain approval for
a Garden loft in almost every
residential neighborhood
in the city

Garden Lofts are also allowed
in most zoning districts in
Edmonton as well as in many
other towns and cities in
Canada

We take care of the city
approval process
and obtaining the required
permits to place a Garden Loft
on your property

Our complimentary feasibility
study includes an initial
evaluation of the zoning bylaw
rules for your property

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838 11 Ave SW (by appt only)
(403) 229-4330
info@gardenloft.ca