Looking for a new semi-detached home near Beloeil that would let two generations of your family live closer to each other? Before committing to a multigenerational home near Beloeil, know that there's another option, about 13 minutes from city hall without traffic.

Maisons Pépin presents BÉAcité Duo, its semi-detached single-family project in Sainte-Julie's Vilamo neighbourhood, as an attractive alternative to the intergenerational home concept. The idea is simple: each household gets its own home, with its own entrance, garage and yard, instead of sharing a single building.

This article helps you compare the two approaches, choose a model for each generation and keep a foothold in Beloeil if part of the family stays there.

Beloeil, a town of families and seniors

Statistics Canada's 2021 Census describes a town where both ends of the age pyramid are well represented:

19.0% of Beloeil residents were 14 or younger, compared with 16.4% in Quebec and 17.3% in Sainte-Julie;
21.0% were 65 or older, compared with 20.6% in Quebec;
yet only 120 households were multigenerational, or 1.2% of all households (1.4% in Quebec).

In other words, children and seniors are both numerous in Beloeil, but households that bring several generations together under one roof remain rare. For many families, the question may not be living together, but living closer.

That need is likely to grow. According to the 2024 seniors' profile published by the Montérégie public health department, 29.5% of people aged 75 and over in the La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM lived alone, and projections by the Institut de la statistique du Québec point to a 49.1% increase in the number of people aged 65 and over in that RCM by 2041.

A multigenerational home near Beloeil: what does sharing a roof involve?

A multigenerational home combines two living units in a single building, often on a single property. The arrangement has real advantages: everyday help, shared meals, someone nearby for the grandchildren. It also calls for long-term joint decisions: financing, sharing costs, maintaining the building, and what happens the day one household wants to leave or sell.

Before buying or converting an existing house, check with the municipality about the rules that govern this kind of setup, and ask a notary how best to hold the property. These questions play out very differently when each household owns its own home.

The other option: two homes instead of one

With BÉAcité Duo, each generation buys its own semi-detached home, in a development of 50 homes spread along Geoffrion and Bissonnette streets, with two parks and a stormwater pond. Each household has its own kitchen, entrance, garage, private garden and garden-level backyard.

The all-inclusive maintenance program plays a special role here: parents don't have to rely on their children to keep up their home, and vice versa. As for proximity, it depends on the lots available when you buy: ask the sales director, Eddy Guessous, which homes are on offer and how far apart they are. Several lots, by the way, have no neighbours behind them.

The timing can also suit each household: four turnkey homes are available for immediate sale, several customizable homes can be ready in about four months, and some twenty others, cottages and bungalows, are still open to customization. The two generations don't necessarily have to move the same week. Every home comes with the same inclusions: a quartz counter, large windows in every room, 9-foot ceilings on the main floor, central air conditioning, central gas heating and an electric-vehicle outlet in the garage.

A model for each generation

BÉAcité Duo's three models suit different needs:

the semi-detached bungalow, all on one level: 1,006 sq ft on the main floor, a basement of the same size and a 294 sq ft garage, a natural fit for anyone who wants to avoid stairs day to day;
the Duo cottage: 2,018 sq ft of living space, 1,160 sq ft of it upstairs, plus an 858 sq ft basement and a 292 sq ft garage; 423 Geoffrion Street is a three-bedroom Duo;
the Urbain model: 1,622 sq ft of living space on two levels, with a basement and a 260 sq ft garage.

If your parents' main goal is to leave the chores behind, read our article on choosing a maintenance-free home near Beloeil, which covers the bungalow and the maintenance program in detail.

If part of the family stays in Beloeil

The arrangement also works at a reasonable distance. From Beloeil city hall, Geoffrion Street is about 10 km away via Highway 20, roughly 13 minutes without traffic. On weekdays, the T34 taxibus, by reservation, links the Beloeil park-and-ride to a stop about 90 m from Geoffrion Street in 14 minutes; on weekends, no route connects the two. Both towns belong to the Centre de services scolaire des Patriotes, but the school a child attends depends on the address.

A multigenerational home near Beloeil, then, isn't the only way to keep family close. To compare the two places to live, read our article on living in Sainte-Julie or Beloeil.

A home office as a bonus

At the 2021 Census, 21.7% of Beloeil workers worked from home, a share similar to Quebec's. That figure dates from May 2021, in the middle of the pandemic, so it says nothing about today's habits. For a family moving closer together, working from home is also what lets a parent keep an eye on a loved one without giving up working hours. If remote work is part of your life, the optional mezzanine on the Duo cottage adds 338 sq ft under a high ceiling, a space that can become an office. In the photos of 405 Geoffrion Street, the mezzanine is in fact set up as a work corner, and the house at 423 includes an open office.

Conclusion

A multigenerational home near Beloeil meets a real need for closeness, but it ties two households to a single property. BÉAcité Duo offers another path: two new semi-detached homes, each with its own entrance, garage, yard and all-inclusive maintenance program, about 13 minutes from Old Beloeil. To judge for yourself, tour the homes on Geoffrion Street with your family.

An alternative to a multigenerational home near Beloeil