138 St. Clarens Ave. (Glen Donaldson, 3s, Storstac)

[agoraflaneur]

Noticed this little infill single family getting built yesterday:

 

[junctionist]

I, for one, welcome our new shipping container overlords.

 

[Lenser]

Not bad. We're going to see a lot more of this stuff in the coming years.

 

[ADRM]

So is it essentially bolted to the concrete foundation? There's a lot riding on those bolts, if so!

 

[SunriseChampion]

That is infill indeed! Looks like my unit and my upstairs and downstairs neighbours' units ripped out of our building and dropped in place. No, wait.....this thing is even narrower. I like it. How many of these can be dropped in various spots around the city? Surely in the 10-15K range.

 

[Sky Blue Skin]

What’s with all the dents/warping on the back end?

 

[AlbertC]

Stacked containers on skinny, west Toronto lot create unique home

Three shipping containers are stacked on a skinny, west Toronto lot to create an unique, narrow house

ByTRACY HANES Special to the Star
Sat., April 21, 2018

https://www.thestar.com/life/homes/2018/04/21/toronto-home-delivery-literally.html

 

[dai]

What? How can that get built so close to the other house? It must be blocking all the light from their windows, to say nothing of being just really pushy and out of place with the rest of the street.

 

[ADRM]

What? How can that get built so close to the other house? It must be blocking all the light from their windows, to say nothing of being just really pushy and out of place with the rest of the street.

Looks like a better future to me.

 

[dai]

Looks like a better future to me.

For whom/how many?

 

[agoraflaneur]

From yesterday:

 

[concrete_and_light]

Oooh the details on this area really nice. I love the shipping-crate take on a dormer window! That's the kind of idea that probably could be really clunky easily but it's very tastefully done here IMO and a fun interpretation/flip of a heritage style.

The pattern of the side windows and the orange door are fantastic too.

 

[AlbertC]

Some details and commentary from the home owner in this Toronto Life article:

Three buyers who found narrow plots of prime real estate and made it work

The skinny on skinny homes

torontolife.com

 

[Towered]

Not a fan of the frosted glass everywhere.

 

[Lenser]

Me neither, but I get it. It's called privacy. Otherwise it's like living in a fishbowl.

Still, better to have some kind of blinds/shutter system, methinks.