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These are half duplexes for sale in Cloverdale, Surrey, including Clayton. Each half is its own home with one shared wall, often with a yard and sometimes a suite. For every other home type in the area, see my Cloverdale homes for sale.
Written by Jared Gibbons, REALTOR®
Before you write an offer on a Cloverdale or Clayton half duplex, I sit down with the title, the zone and the suite paperwork so there are no surprises later. I've been a REALTOR® since 2015, I'm in the top 1% of Fraser Valley Realtors, and I've also closed more than $500M in sales. I grew up on a farm in Langley, just over the border from Cloverdale, and I live there again now. I'm also proud of 10 straight years in the FVREB Medallion Club.
This page shows duplexes and half duplexes for sale in Cloverdale, one of the City of Surrey's communities. In Paragon, the MLS® system local REALTORS® use, Cloverdale is a sub-area of Surrey, and it takes in Clayton as well as the historic town centre. A half duplex is one side of a building split into two homes. You own your side, and you share one wall with the neighbour.
Cloverdale is in the City of Surrey, so Surrey's zoning bylaw and plans apply, not Langley's, even on streets close to the border. Clayton, on the north side, is where much of the newer building has happened. To learn the area, read my Cloverdale guide and my Clayton guide.
In Surrey's bylaw, a duplex is one building that holds two principal homes, either beside each other or stacked. Most Cloverdale listings you see here are one of those two homes, which MLS calls a half duplex. In Clayton you'll often find them on narrow lots that look a lot like a row of small houses joined in pairs.
Check how the half you like is owned. Some Cloverdale duplexes were set up as a two-lot strata, so even with just one neighbour there's a strata corporation, bylaws and a Form B to read. Others are on a single title shared by both owners, usually with a party-wall agreement on title that says who fixes the shared wall, roof and pipes. In Clayton, some pairs sit on two separate lots with the lot line running down the middle. The title search tells you which kind you're buying.
Surrey allows a secondary suite in each half of a duplex, and the BC Building Code limits each home to one secondary suite. What matters is whether it was built with permits. The City has said its newer zoning rules don't turn an unpermitted suite into a legal one. If you're counting on suite income, ask for the permit record early, and before your subjects come off.
Each lot in Surrey has a zone under Zoning Bylaw 12000, and the City's COSMOS map shows it. In Clayton, a lot of newer duplex streets are Comprehensive Development (CD) zones, and each CD zone has its own rules written for that site. Older names have changed as well. What used to be RF-SD is now R6 (Semi-Detached Residential), and RF and RF-SS became R3 (Urban Residential).
Under Surrey's small-scale multi-unit housing rules, eligible lots under 4,050 m² in the RA, R1 to R5, R5-S and R6 zones, and CD lots depending on size, can have more homes than before. That means usually up to 3 units under 280 m² and up to 4 above that. The 6-unit option only applies to lots of at least 281 m² within 400 m of a bus stop with 15-minute service. Check Schedule F of the bylaw or COSMOS for the address, since bus service varies a lot across Cloverdale.
The new rules don't override everything. The City still looks at sewer, water and drainage capacity before more units are approved. Any Section 219 covenant on title still wins. Cloverdale also borders farmland on several sides, and lots near the ALR edge can need a farm protection development permit.
I keep current numbers on my Fraser Valley Market Stats page. For a lower-upkeep option, see Cloverdale townhomes under $1.2M.
It's one of the two homes in a duplex building. Your side is yours, and you share one wall with the neighbour.
Yes. Clayton is in the Cloverdale community of the City of Surrey, and Paragon lists it under the Cloverdale sub-area.
No. Some are two-lot stratas. Others share one title with a party-wall agreement, and some sit on two separate lots. The title search shows which.
Older duplex lots are now R6, the Semi-Detached Residential Zone (formerly RF-SD). Many in Clayton are CD zones with their own rules, so look the lot up in COSMOS.
Surrey allows one secondary suite in each half, but only a suite built with permits is legal. Ask for the permit history.
Only eligible lots of at least 281 m² within 400 m of a bus stop with 15-minute service. Check Schedule F or COSMOS for the address.
No. Cloverdale is in the City of Surrey, so Surrey Zoning Bylaw 12000 applies.
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