Durham Region Non Profit Housing Corporation (DRNPHC) new pilot mircohome container in Oshawa, is in the parking lot on Albert St. between King St. E. and Athol St. E....Patti Bell , Executive Director gave me and a couple acquaintances a tour. Ms. Bell would like to raise awareness of the project and would like to give all interested a tour. The DRNPHC currently manages 19 affordable dwellings in various sizes across the Region.
The microhome is something new, a 320 sq.ft... 40 x 8 foot container with 9 foot ceilings. The DRNPHC bought it and finished the interior. Pictures of the interior are posted below. The containers can be stacked up to 9 units high. The one on display has an accessible washroom, an accessible ramp, and a combo clothes washer/dryer. If you would like to schedule a walk though email [email protected]
This one container is a pilot project to gauge the public's response. There is no commitment where they would go...and if DRNPHC were to go ahead with this project they would be rentals. Below is the DRNPHC breakdown of costs.
The interior has many upgrades that would not be standard. It is very narrow...consider 8 feet wide -take away say 6 inches for insulation and drywall....7 1/2 feet..
By the way that is Hubert Schillings of the White Feather Farms in a couple of the pictures...he had just finished dropping of chickens at the nearby St. Vincents Durham Outlook for the Needy, which he regularly does ...we got to talking on the sidewalk and then I invited him to come along on the tour, with Jeff Davis too who I'd run into at the Downtown Oshawa BIA Annual General Meeting just beforehand...so with the DRNPHC Executive Director, there were four of us inside. It seemed kind of tight...long, but narrow. I believe the expectation is they are only expected to be living quarters for one person. The patio door cutout at the side helps to make it feel more open. Behind the white door in the picture is the washroom.
The microhome is something new, a 320 sq.ft... 40 x 8 foot container with 9 foot ceilings. The DRNPHC bought it and finished the interior. Pictures of the interior are posted below. The containers can be stacked up to 9 units high. The one on display has an accessible washroom, an accessible ramp, and a combo clothes washer/dryer. If you would like to schedule a walk though email [email protected]
This one container is a pilot project to gauge the public's response. There is no commitment where they would go...and if DRNPHC were to go ahead with this project they would be rentals. Below is the DRNPHC breakdown of costs.
The interior has many upgrades that would not be standard. It is very narrow...consider 8 feet wide -take away say 6 inches for insulation and drywall....7 1/2 feet..
By the way that is Hubert Schillings of the White Feather Farms in a couple of the pictures...he had just finished dropping of chickens at the nearby St. Vincents Durham Outlook for the Needy, which he regularly does ...we got to talking on the sidewalk and then I invited him to come along on the tour, with Jeff Davis too who I'd run into at the Downtown Oshawa BIA Annual General Meeting just beforehand...so with the DRNPHC Executive Director, there were four of us inside. It seemed kind of tight...long, but narrow. I believe the expectation is they are only expected to be living quarters for one person. The patio door cutout at the side helps to make it feel more open. Behind the white door in the picture is the washroom.
