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4796 W 4th Av, Vancouver

An address in West Point Grey, Vancouver, zoned R1-1 (Residential Inclusive). 3 building permits are on file, most recently “Exterior and Interior alterations to convert the existing 4-car garage to a laneway house…” (issued 1 August 2024). The City's 2026 assessed value is $6,701,520.

Zoning
R1-1 · Residential Inclusive
Neighbourhood
West Point Grey
Permits on file
3
Assessed value (2026)
$6,701,520
Owner names are not part of the City's open data and are never shown. Sold prices are not municipal open data and are not shown. Assessed value is the City's estimate for property tax, not a sale price.
Plan of the block around 4796 W 4th Av, drawn from City open data, with the address marked
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Neighbourhood profile

From the 2021 Census, for the small area around this address that Statistics Canada calls a dissemination area (59150934, 435 people). Statistics Canada draws these areas; they are not the City's neighbourhoods.

People
435
Households
145
Median age
43.2
Median household income (2020)
$206,000
Own their home
83%
Vancouver: 45%
Average household size
2.9
Under 15
14%
65 and over
22%
Income in the 2021 Census is for the year 2020. Statistics Canada rounds counts and does not publish some figures for very small areas.

Permit history

  1. 2024-08-01 Exterior and Interior alterations to convert the existing 4-car garage to a laneway house as an addition to the existing laneway house on this corner lot with lane site Original Garage permit: BP-2017-06522 Original Laneway house permit: DB-2017-04972 · $65,400
    no contractor listed
    Issued
  2. 2018-08-28 To construct a 1 storey laneway house building ($224,325) with an on-grade parking space, having vehicular access from the lane. 1. No strata titling permitted. · $224,325
    Yongfeng Enterprises Inc
    Issued
  3. 2018-08-28 To construct a detached 24'x 46.92' accessory building (4-car garage) at the rear of this existing one-family dwelling site to provide 4 parking space having vehicular access from the lane and removal of carport and shed in required side yard. · $100,000
    no contractor listed
    Issued

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Recent permits in West Point Grey

1775 Trimble St
Exterior alterations only to install 12 solar panels on the flat roof on the detached garage of the single detached home on this site. Notes: 1. Work to accommodate solar panels only. No other work proposed. 2. Permit reviewed and approved to VBBL #14343 (2025). · no contractor listed
2026-10-29
4410 W 7TH Av
4410 W 7th Ave. Exterior alterations to restore back to the last approved covered deck, and the installation of a new aluminum stair railing at 4410 W 7th Ave., for this existing single detached house on the site. Hand rail previously completed in response to CF-2025-011979. Okay for Field Review as per City staff · no contractor listed
2026-10-27
4420 W 8TH Av
4420 W 8th Exterior and interior alterations to provide residential improvements to this existing single detached house on this site. Scope of work includes removing unpermitted secondary suite, adding new doors and windows on the basement floor. Okay for Field Review per City staff · no contractor listed
2026-10-23
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