Project Tiny Hopes first bungalow under construction in St. Thomas, Ont. [Video]

Construction is underway on Project Tiny Hope’s first single bungalow and the St. Thomas, Ont. project years in the making is now a reality.

“This is a one-bedroom net-zero home, which is 427 square feet,” said Kaumin Patel, project manager.

The YWCA calls this a “dream come true.”

“The last couple of years, we’ve hit some really key milestones,” said Lindsay Rice, executive director of St. Thomas-Elgin YWCA. “We’ve done our remediation; we’ve done our underground servicing and our groundbreaking. Now we have the construction of the first tiny home.”

With an October completion date, this is the first of 40 homes planned on the downtown Saint Thomas site.

Builder Doug Tarry has a vision to take this project to the next level at the end of September and is planning to do a blitz-build of eight houses in three days.

“We have invited the local home builders to come together and build houses,” said Patel. “So far we have received five commitments with one house each. If …