No new houses in Grimsby are small. There's a new development on Main Street East and the houses are monsters, according to my thinking. What do you see when you look at this? Probably 3,000 sq ft.
They seem to be a long time in the making. I wonder when everything will be completed. What I pass each day does not resemble this picture - all the houses are tight against each other and right up to the sidewalk. No gracious front lawns and gardens will appear.
Now let's head over to Fredericton, N.B. where a tiny home village has been in the news. There will be 99 tiny homes. This has been masterminded by Marcel Lebrun who has created a charity to develop the community.
Comparing the pictures, it looks like at least a 3 to 1 ratio in terms of lot usage.
I wonder what it is about Ontario builders and residents that we are not given to reducing our house size.
Can you imagine what it would take to start thinking in terms of tiny homes? There is one Ontario example of tiny home communities - it is in St. Thomas-Elgin. This is similar to New Brunswick's project. Both are charity-based projects building community services.
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