Vacant Land & Building Lots for Sale in Chilliwack

Serviced single-family building lots are most commonly found in hillside subdivisions in Eastern Hillsides, Chilliwack Mountain, Little Mountain, Promontory, and Popkum, as well as R1-B/R1-C infill severances in Chilliwack Proper and Sardis.

Vacant lots sold by a developer, builder, or business generally attract 5% GST, whereas certain resales of personal-use vacant land by an individual who never subdivided or used the land in a business may be GST-exempt. Always verify GST status in writing on the Contract of Purchase and Sale.

Canadian banks and credit unions typically require 25% to 35% down for a fully serviced urban residential lot and 35% to 50% down for unserviced rural acreage, unless the buyer is arranging a construction-draw mortgage with an approved building permit and builder contract.

Hillside subdivisions in Eastern Hillsides, Chilliwack Mountain, Promontory, and Popkum frequently have a Statutory Building Scheme registered on title that specifies architectural controls such as minimum floor area, exterior stone/hardie siding materials, roof styles, and driveway finishes.

DPA2 applies to Chilliwack's hillside and upland areas and requires site-specific geotechnical reports, retaining wall engineering, stormwater management plans, and wildfire interface landscaping/materials before the City issues a building permit.

Check the lot's current zoning in City of Chilliwack Zoning Bylaw No. 5000, its future land-use designation in the Chilliwack 2050 Official Community Plan (Bylaw No. 5500) and any local Neighbourhood Plan, minimum lot frontage and area rules, and sanitary/storm sewer capacity at the street.

Yes, if you are an eligible first-time buyer purchasing a vacant lot (up to 0.5 hectares) with a fair market value up to $835,000 and you build and move into your principal residence on the lot within one year of registration, subject to BC's combined land-plus-building value rules.