Not all tiny villages are for the homeless or for affordable housing. Here’s a developer that has profit as the motivation behind building their project.
A village of tiny homes is popping up in Ellicottville,NY as the development of a new 11-unit project along Route 242 located near the base of HoliMont Ski Resort is underway.
This tiny home village is the $2.9 million project of a first-time development team including Buffalo attorney Robert Carbone and partners Yianni Pozantidis, Joseph Johnson, Bill Mahoney and Joe Mannarino, who jointly own the property.
Carbone, a partner at Duke, Holzman, Photiadis & Gresens LLP law firm and spokesperson for the group, said construction began about mid-July. They have poured footers and the foundations are underway.
The project was designed and laid out by Dean Architects PLLC of Depew. Carbone said the 11 tiny, house-style structures will be clustered along Plum Creek near the base of HoliMont’s property. He said the units are all 400 to 800 square feet, with the average unit 450 square feet. Each unit will contain a bedroom, kitchenette and bathroom, as well as a combined washer and dryer.
Information from the minutes of May’s Town Planning Board meeting said the project is designed to accommodate families on a short-term rental basis, with reservations made on the internet. The tiny homes village will feature single bedrooms, with all but two of the units equipped with small lofts.
Carbone thinks condominiums serve a very different kind of market than what his team’s development is doing.
“A short-term rental condominium still feels like you are staying in a hotel,” he said. “The idea for a tiny home unit is it’s your own cabin and feels like your own personal space at the base of the ski slopes. You will have your own private, quaint little living space when you are visiting Ellicottville.”
Brian McFadden, executive director of the Ellicottville Chamber of Commerce, said the resort community is always short of accommodations. He said this housing project is one more egg in Ellicottville’s basket where people can stay.
“We need more rooms in Ellicottville. There have been people who can’t come down every weekend because they can’t find lodging. The 11 units will help,” he said. “They’ll fill up very quickly because they are right next to HoliMont.”
The units are not one-night-only rentals. Carbone said they will be available for rent through multiple-day packages — possibly for a minimum of three days during ski season.
Gary Fleisher is the Editor in Chief of Modular Home Source and Offsite Builder. Email at [email protected]
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