In-Suite Storage Listings Across Greater Vancouver

Check In-Suite Storage on the Floor Plan Before You Tour

In-Suite Storage on a Greater Vancouver condo listing means a locker or walk-in closet inside your own door rather than a cage in the parkade, so find it on the floor plan before you book a showing.

Ask the listing agent for the floor plan and look for the room marked storage, then check its dimensions against what you own. A narrow closet beside the entry holds coats; a proper storage room holds a bicycle, a set of winter tires and the boxes you never unpack. Walk it during the showing and open the door, because on a compact plan the storage is sometimes a shelf above the washer rather than a room.

Ask What the Building Offers Beyond Your Own Walls

Many buildings pair a small closet inside the unit with a separate locker in the parkade or a shared bike room. Confirm whether a locker comes with the home and whether it is on title, assigned by the strata or rented month to month, because only the first travels with the sale. Read the bylaws for what may be stored and where. In older buildings across Burnaby, New Westminster and North Vancouver, lockers are commonly assigned rather than owned, and an assignment can be reassigned.

Weigh In-Suite Storage Against a Separate Locker

Storage inside the unit uses floor area you are paying for by the square foot, so decide which you would rather have before you shortlist. A parkade locker is cheaper space but a longer walk, and it runs colder, damper and easier to break into. Storage behind your own door is secure and immediate but eats into the living area you see on the plan. Compare two similar homes on that basis rather than on the listing photos, and ask your real estate agent what the difference has been worth in recent sales in the same building.