Houses with Coach Houses for Sale in Surrey

This search lists detached houses for sale in Surrey and North Surrey that come with a coach house: a second, smaller home on the same lot, usually built over a garage at the back. It runs from Fleetwood and Newton across to Guildford and Fraser Heights. Cloverdale and South Surrey have their own coach house searches, linked at the bottom.

Paragon marks 10 of the 946 Surrey and North Surrey detached houses that sold from November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2026 as a coach house or laneway house. They sold at a median of $1,853,000, 43% above the $1,300,000 median for all Surrey and North Surrey houses in the same months. The flag is typed in by the listing agent, so treat the count as a floor and not a census. With only 10 sales the price gap is a rough sign, not a trend. Across the whole City of Surrey the median detached house price was $1,385,000 in the year to October 22, 2026.

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What Surrey allows for a coach house

Surrey puts coach houses and garden suites under one rule. Each has to be at least 35 and at most 75 square metres, and any residential zone that allows detached houses, duplexes or houseplexes also allows one.

The cap rises to 120 square metres on lots zoned RA, R2, R2-O or R3, but only where the existing house or duplex is below its maximum floor area ratio. A coach house on a smaller R3 to R6 lot needs lane access, and the lot must have one extra parking space.

A secondary suite cannot go inside a coach house or garden suite. Surrey allows one suite per single-family, semi-detached or duplex unit, at most 40% of the main unit’s habitable floor area, and a suite cannot be sold as its own strata lot.

On July 8, 2024 Surrey folded 20 single-family and duplex zones into nine small-scale zones, and the old codes such as RF-12C and RF-13 went with them. A listing or a seller who quotes an old zone name is working from an out-of-date map.

When a lot could hold more than a coach house

The same July 2024 changes let a lot take 3 units when it is under 280 square metres and 4 when it is larger, and up to 6 on an eligible lot of at least 281 square metres within 400 metres of a frequent bus stop. They reach more than 72,000 lots under 4,050 square metres inside the urban containment boundary. A buyer who wants a houseplex rather than a single coach house should price both routes before choosing the lot.

Surrey and North Surrey neighbourhoods: lot size comes first

A coach house needs room behind or beside the main house, and on smaller lots a lane, so I read the lot size before the price. Among neighbourhoods with 20 or more house sales, Sullivan Station has the smallest median lot at 3,815 sq ft and Whalley the largest at 7,852 sq ft. Fraser Heights is the dearest at a $1,559,000 median and Bridgeview the cheapest at $1,040,000.

Detached houses sold in the Surrey and North Surrey board areas, by neighbourhood
NeighbourhoodSalesMedian pricePrice per sq ftMedian lot sizeMedian year builtDays to sell
Fleetwood Tynehead118$1,367,500$4697,178 sq ft199136
West Newton84$1,271,500$4566,858 sq ft198633
Fraser Heights82$1,559,000$5097,190 sq ft199628
East Newton80$1,382,500$4216,038 sq ft200238
Bear Creek Green Timbers73$1,272,000$4617,260 sq ft198925
Sullivan Station68$1,397,200$4463,815 sq ft201036
Bolivar Heights65$1,095,000$4747,553 sq ft196732
Cedar Hills57$1,100,000$4457,560 sq ft196444
Panorama Ridge55$1,380,000$4627,109 sq ft199034
Queen Mary Park43$1,178,500$4767,450 sq ft198428
Guildford42$1,145,000$5347,257 sq ft198324
Whalley26$1,305,000$4807,852 sq ft199028
Royal Heights19$1,125,000$4767,333 sq ft196021
Bridgeview11$1,040,000$5467,200 sq ft195628

Source: Paragon closed sales, November 1, 2025 to October 22, 2026. How these figures are defined and sourced

A City planning report on a West Newton application describes the lots across 128 Street as small single-family lots with coach houses and a lane. That is a useful picture of the pattern: narrow lots, a lane behind, and a second home over the garage.

About one-third of Surrey is designated Agriculture in the Official Community Plan, and 95% of that land is inside the Agricultural Land Reserve. The small-scale rules above are for urban lots, not a route to extra homes on Reserve land. Bridgeview sits behind dikes. Confirm Reserve and floodplain status before you count on a second home.

Surrey and North Surrey detached houses sold with a coach house or laneway house flag
MeasureCoach or laneway houseLane accessAll detached houses
Sales1085946
Median price$1,853,000$1,235,000$1,300,000
Days to sell313633
Sold price as a share of list price95.4%95.9%95.6%
Median lot size6,910 sq ft7,140 sq ft7,200 sq ft
Median year built201019961989

Source: Paragon closed and pending sales, November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2026. Lane access is the Site Influences field. How these figures are defined and sourced

Detached houses in the City of Surrey: what sold

Detached houses sold in the City of Surrey (including Cloverdale and South Surrey)
MeasureDetached houses
Sales1,584
Median price$1,385,000
Middle half of prices$1,170,000 to $1,676,000
Price per square foot$493
Days to sell30
Sold price as a share of list price96.0%
Sales over the list price8%
Median lot size7,145 sq ft
Median year built1992
Median bedrooms5

Source: Paragon closed sales, November 1, 2025 to October 22, 2026. How these figures are defined and sourced

In the City of Surrey houses took 30 days to sell at a median and closed at 96.0% of the list price, and 8% sold over it. The year-built median is 1992, so a typical Surrey house is older than a lot of buyers expect before they start adding a second home.

Detached houses sold in the City of Surrey, by period
PeriodSalesMedian price
November 2025 to January 2026354$1,432,000
February to April 2026491$1,428,000
May to July 2026517$1,368,000
August 1 to October 22, 2026222$1,279,250

Source: Paragon closed sales, November 1, 2025 to October 22, 2026. How these figures are defined and sourced

  • Surrey$1,288,000Down 8.9% over 1 year
  • North Surrey$1,254,500Down 9.8% over 1 year
Detached benchmark price, Surrey and North Surrey
AreaBenchmark price1 month3 months1 year3 years5 years
Surrey$1,288,000-1.2%-2.8%-8.9%-17.2%-11.6%
North Surrey$1,254,5000.2%-0.8%-9.8%-15.0%-11.9%

Source: Fraser Valley Real Estate Board MLS® Home Price Index, October 2026. How these figures are defined and sourced

The October 2026 monthly report counts 1,033 detached houses for sale in Surrey and 113 sold in the month, a sales ratio of 11%, with a median of $1,248,000 after 44 days.

Costs that come with a second home

Surrey’s 2026 residential property tax rate is $3.42731 per $1,000 of assessed value. A legal secondary suite in the main house adds $454.00 for water and $821.71 for sewer in 2026, $1,275.71 in all, plus $172.04 for garbage. Flat-rate utilities for a house without a suite are $1,195 for water and $1,661 for sewer, and $344.08 for waste.

Before you make an offer on a house with a coach house

  • Ask for the building permit and the final inspection for the coach house itself, not just for the garage under it.
  • Measure it against the 35 to 75 square metre range, or the 120 square metre range if the lot is RA, R2, R2-O or R3.
  • Check where the second home is reached from. A coach house on a smaller R3 to R6 lot is a lane-access building.
  • Count the parking. The rule asks for one extra space for the coach house.
  • Ask the City whether any suite in the main house is registered. Surrey says its 2024 changes do not make an unpermitted suite legal after the fact.

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Surrey coach houses: your questions answered

How big can a coach house be in Surrey?

Between 35 and 75 square metres. On lots zoned RA, R2, R2-O or R3 it can reach 120 square metres where the existing house or duplex is below its maximum floor area ratio.

Can a Surrey coach house have a secondary suite in it?

No. Surrey does not allow a secondary suite inside a coach house or garden suite. A suite is allowed in the main house, one per unit, up to 40% of the principal unit’s habitable floor area.

Does a Surrey lot need a lane for a coach house?

On smaller R3 to R6 lots, yes: the rules require lane access for a coach house. The lot also needs one extra parking space.

How much does a Surrey house with a coach house cost?

About 43% above the all-house median. 10 Surrey and North Surrey houses marked as a coach or laneway house sold from November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2026 at a median of $1,853,000, against $1,300,000 for all Surrey and North Surrey detached houses. The flag is entered by the listing agent, so the true number is higher. With only 10 sales the gap is a rough sign, not a trend. Across all of Surrey the median was $1,385,000 in the year to October 22, 2026.

Is a coach house the same as a garden suite in Surrey?

Surrey’s rule covers both in one sentence: a coach house or garden suite is 35 to 75 square metres, allowed in any zone that allows detached houses, duplexes or houseplexes.

Do these rules apply in White Rock, Langley or Delta?

No. They are Surrey’s. White Rock, the Township of Langley, the City of Langley and Delta each have their own bylaws, so confirm the city before you read a listing.

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