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Where are we going in style?

Yeah, so Bonita Tompkins runs The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

and she is looking for us to help build a tiny home.

We found that teenage housing was an issue

and we decided to take that on.

- There it is. - Wow.

It's a big tiny house.

Do you need my help?

No.

Holy smokes.

Hi.

I love it!

Chase, he's really spoiling us with this one isn't he?

I know, right?

Where are we going in style?

We are headed up to Farmington.

Over to a piece of property very close to Mount Blue High School.

Bonita Tompkins meeting us there.

She runs The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies or CES.

They've developed a program that teaches teenagers

about how to be an entrepreneur.

And part of the vision is having a tiny home community

for unhoused teenagers

and she is looking for us to help build a tiny home.

This is why we're in an RV today.

That's why we're in the RV.

This is technically a tiny home.

Flat screen, bathroom...

Ashley's nap nook.

We do love our naps though.

You're giving me some inspiration.

- But yeah, you know, homelessness is a huge issue. - -Yes, it is.

But, no teenager should have to worry about where they're gonna sleep

-when they're going to school. -Right.

And who are your buddies driving us?

Yeah, so we've got Bill and Henry out front driving us around today.

He's driving this like a race car.

Yeah well, you know, that's how race car drivers drive I guess.

What? You guys drove race cars?

Well, the Farmington Flyer. I love it.

Chase is stepping up his game.

-He had two drivers. -It was a comfier ride, well, yeah.

Two drivers, both NASCAR drivers.

-We got picked up by the Farmington Flyer. -You guys are getting old.

When an RV is the best ride ever?

I wanna keep riding around with these guys. This is great.

- I know. - Me too.

Whoo! I can get used to that driving, guys.

-Welcome to your destination. -That was fun.

-Hey, guys. -Hey.

How are we doing? Nice spot.

-Thank you. -Thanks.

I was pretty surprised as well to find out

there's a need for this, you know, around here.

- Nice to meet you, I'm Bonita. - Bonita.

Good to see you.

-I'm not gonna forget that. -I'm Ashley, nice to meet you.

So, it's tough to hear that but it's great to know that we can help

and hopefully be a solution to the problem.

Tell us a little bit about CES.

We actually started this project

when I was teaching entrepreneurship business up at the high school.

And, uh, the kids and I decided to do like, an analysis of the community

and we found that teenage housing was an issue.

And we decided to take that on. So...

-Wow. -That's great.

-Yeah. -I know.

The situation in Franklin County is a little rough

because we lack a youth center as well as a homeless shelter.

And what we're finding is that unfortunately,

there are a lot of teenagers in our area who face struggles in their home life

and sometimes families aren't able to give support at that time,

for whatever the reason.

And then, the kids are left to somewhat fend for themselves

and ending up in places where they shouldn't be.

And what do we have here?

So, we got an eight foot by 20 foot chassis.

And the chassis is going to have a tiny home put on it hopefully.

And it's just gonna live here?

We're hoping to eventually build a community here

with about eight or so tiny homes,

where kids can be self-sufficient to a certain extent.

And you also have a retail space in Farmington?

We do, we do.

We have a retail space where kids are making things that they can actually sell

-in the store to earn some money. -That's awesome.

And we're teaching them all about how do you have to market,

what's your business name.

-So-- -Customer service skills.

- Customer service skills too, yeah. - -Yeah.

-Mmm-hmm. -It's all pertinent stuff

in feeling good about yourself.

- Right. - Maybe I can come and tour it.

-You know, work with some of them to, you know... -Yeah.

-Please come on down. -Decorate the cabin.

- Absolutely. -Oh, my word. That would be amazing.

What we're hoping to do is being able to offer enough opportunities

for them to get a good feel for what their passion is.

And we're hoping to be able to start a little bit of a movement.

- So this first one is kind of a, you know-- - Prototype.

But just help get the ball rolling,

help build momentum to get this space developed

-into the community that you envision. -Right.

And is there any specifics

you're looking for in the tiny home?

Um, I think just making it more like home.

So, inside the tiny home, we're hoping to have a little kitchenette.

A bedroom, of course and a bathroom.

And maybe just a little area just for them to, you know,

have a friend over and have a home.

Yeah and as far as the exterior,

are you looking for them all to match?

Do you have a certain, like, color?

Do you have a certain, you know, theme?

I think New England would be really cool

and just, you know, honoring the Yankee ingenuity

as well as the grit that New Englanders have.

And so when are you hoping to have this first tiny home built?

So, um, by the start of school, possibly?

- Okay. - -So, how many weeks away is that?

- Ten. - Ten.

Yeah, so I think ten weeks

would put us right at the beginning of September,

like you said, right when school's beginning.

Do you have a budget or an idea of how much

you want to put into this project?

Okay, so the typical cost for doing one of these tiny homes

is right around $60,000.

And we have, right now, about donated

probably right around half of it.

So, we just have to continue to raise money for the rest of it.

Yeah, I mean, we also have some businesses, builders,

tradesmen that we can definitely reach out to, companies.

Try and get as much donated as well.

You know, obviously, we'll, you know, donate our labor and time.

-Thank you. -Thank you.

You know, we believe in this as well. We wanna see it happen.

Normally, this is when we ask for a key,

but I think it's a matter of hitching on to it and pulling it out of here.

Okay.

-All right. Yeah. -If that all sounds good.

This is just kind of a...

A lock.

Oh!

Fooled me.

-Thank you. -You're very welcome.

-Thank you so much. -Absolutely.

-Yes, you're welcome. -I'll be up to visit.

-Thank you. -You're welcome.

So, it sounds like you have carte blanche on this thing, kinda.

Yeah, we need to make this tiny home comfortable

for a single teenager to live in.

We need to get creative too with the space.

This way.

Use up every little inch that we have.

Oh, yeah. Keep coming.

Just make sure that, you know, it has the space to live in it

but like hidden little nooks and stuff like that.

Pull the pin!

Yeah, so the next step is to pull it back to the workshop.

This thing is fancy.

And, yeah, start figuring out all the components that it's gonna need.

This counts as demo too, huh. This is amazing.

And what's gonna fit where

and then, once we get a set of plans, we'll start building it.

Well, let's call the guys.

They get a free day.

Hey, Ben.

- Hey, guys. How are you? Welcome. -Hi.

-Good to see you. -Good to see you too.

-I'm Ryan. -Hey, I'm Ben.

-Nice to mee you. -Good to mee you.

-Thanks for having us. -Welcome.

Today, we are down in Woolwich, Maine.

We are meeting Ben.

-Yeah. -Hey, thanks for, uh, working with us

and, uh, working with CES to get this tiny home built for homeless teenagers.

Yeah, so we got your tiny home started here.

And your tiny home is gonna be made

out of about 50,000 recycled plastic bottles.

- Really? - Yeah.

So, we build, uh, all of our modular units,

uh, out of, uh, this technology.

It's called the EDURA Building System.

Um, and this is all recycled plastic bottles.

So, these are composite panels we make right here.

Some of the advantages, it's really light but super strong.

Uh, because it's recycled plastic bottles,

it'll never rot, it'll never rust

and it has really good insulating property.

We take bottles out of the ocean and out of the waste stream

and turn it into buildings.

-Darn. -Interesting.

The fact that it's recycled water bottles,

that's amazing 'cause I probably

-put a thousand of these down myself. -Yeah.

So, this is your framing,

your insulation,

your interior sheathing, your exterior sheathing.

It's gonna be the roof system as well?

It's the roof system as well.

So, because it's all recycled plastic,

you don't have to worry about any water penetration

or, uh, you know, leaking or rotting or anything like that.

It's almost like that steel project we did with the containers,

but way easier.

Except we don't have to do the insulating or the framing.

So, that trailer will show up in Monmouth...

- Fully assembled. - Can we go to scene four?

Looking like that.

So that's gonna give us our shed roof, kinda?

-That roof pitch up there, yeah? -Yup.

And then, when you turn it sideways, right,

now you're looking at the inside.

At that point, you guys will come in

and you're gonna start adding your magic, right.

You're in gold. So, you add those pieces.

Oh, cool. So, you're putting nailers down for us.

Cool.

And then, you know, you put the deck for the bathroom.

- For the bathroom and plumbing. - -Yeah.

Then you put up your partitions.

You put up your loft spaces for the, uh, second-floor stuff.

Yeah.

Sounds like it's gonna be weathertight.

We don't even need Brad today. Jeez.

We don't have to do anything to the roof.

Wow, that's way too... That's tall, huh?

We can just finish it off and make it comfortable for whoever's living in it.

Yeah, next step, you'll get this all assembled

-and we'll see you in Monmouth. -See you in Monmouth.

-Awesome. Great. -We're ready to go. Thanks guys.

Thanks guys.

So, we got a tiny home showing up today.

Really?

-Well, a shell of a tiny home. -Okay.

For unhoused teenagers for the CES.

But I was thinking this would be a good spot to have it dropped.

It's on a trailer.

So, they'll wheel it right in, I say wheel it right here.

Close to the wood shop.

You know, it's too tall to get under cover unfortunately.

Okay, so not that tiny.

Not that tiny, but it's watertight.

-Yeah. -You know, and once we get the windows and doors in,

-All right. -we can work on site on good days.

-We can tarp it off if we need to. -Okay.

After that, we got some deliveries

from community businesses that are helping donate to the project.

So, we can store the materials under there,

-so at least that's under cover. -Okay.

But, we'll have the shell here, you know,

close to power, close to everything we need.

-Okay. -So, it'll be nice,

we can work on it right here and hopefully, you know,

you'll kind of take the lead on this one.

-I got it. -Yeah, great.

-Oh, there it is. -Wow.

Good morning.

It's been about three weeks since we visited Ben

at the facilities down in Woolwich.

Really it's not as little as I expected.

And today, we are at our lumber yard in Monmouth

where the tiny home shell for CES is being delivered.

Great.

Last time we saw it, it was a trailer frame

with a deck on it.

But, as the tiny home was pulling into the parking lot,

you know, it's a lot larger than it looked when we just stood one wall.

So, we're all excited to, uh, see what they got.

Wow, that's crazy. It's big.

It's a big tiny house.

There's a height restriction and a width restriction,

so that you can move it up and down the roads without having permits.

But even still, it's very tall.

Yeah, so a loft here.

- Okay. - Window here.

Window here.

Doorway there.

- I think a ladder to the loft on this side. - -Okay.

But as soon as we start closing everything in,

you get your loft in there, that's gonna make if feel lower.

And then, this bathroom is going to be a step up

so that you can get your plumbing and everything underneath it.

You can get a bathroom, that's gonna close it in.

We'll glue strapping so that you can run wires behind that.

And then, pine up the inside.

- Give it that cabin feel. - Okay.

But, I think it's gonna provide ample space for anybody.

Wowser.

- All donated. - Yes.

-Good morning. -Good morning. How are you?

Good. Chase.

-Jay. -Dominic.

Dominic, nice to meet you.

Yeah, so Bonita has been great about getting this whole program

off the ground and just keeping it running forward.

- This is all staying here? - All of it.

Okay.

She's reached out to the community

and the businesses have responded.

- So many companies. - Wow. Came through.

Yeah, 'cause it is. It's one of those issues you hear about all the time.

All the time.

We're donating our labor.

And, you know, as much material as donated as possible.

Got that one there.

Just, again, helps Bonita the possibility of building another one sooner.

Here we are.

Thirty-one by thirty-one.

- Good morning. - Hey.

Morning. How's it going?

Good. How are you? What do you think?

We're thinking how do we install these windows.

It's pretty simple.

Ben stopped by just to, uh, show us what they've worked on.

-So, we already cut this front opening for you. -Okay.

Left another one, uh, so you guys can have some fun too.

But, all you have to do,

'cause this is, um, recycled plastic, recycled PET,

you don't have to worry about this rotting

or, you know, rusting, degrading, anything like that.

So, literally, you don't need flashing tape or anything.

Uh, you can just install the window, caulk around it,

um, seal for any water intrusion and that's it.

Huh?

-Okay. -Yeah.

They've got it all locked together, all fiber glassed together.

It's one solid shell.

And once those windows are cut out and installed,

you have a entirely waterproof box.

On the interior of the tiny house,

we're gonna build a bathroom space,

a kitchen, living area, and a loft for sleeping.

Were there any windows on this wall?

I can't remember.

- I believe there were-- - One?

Yeah, one.

-It's a big canvas. -Yeah.

So, if that's getting all covered

with some aluminum pre-formed board and batten siding,

which I think is gonna look super sharp,

do we need to coat this with anything?

-Uh, no. As long as you cover it. -All right.

So, we just try to protect it from UV.

- Um, so if you're covering it with that siding... - -Okay.

And again, you can just fasten it right to the wall.

The whole building's the stud.

Man, oh, man.

On the exterior of the tiny house,

we're going to cut out the rest of the window openings

cover it with aluminum board and batten siding

and paint the roof.

We'll have questions coming along,

but you're not going anywhere, so.

No, we're right down the road,

- here to support you with, uh, -Perfect.

with whatever you need, 'cause this is, uh,

- this is a new way of building for you. - -Yeah.

Cool.

- Hi. - Oh, hi.

- Hey! - I found you.

So, today I'm in Farmington meeting the kids and Bonita

from the CES program, the Makerspace.

This is where you guys do all your arts and crafts?

- Yeah. - I love it.

The Makerspace is a store where all the proceeds go to helping out this program.

What are we thinking today, guys?

We think we might use those rocks to make like a little terrarium.

Like, using this thing.

-Yeah. -We can stuff 'em in there.

I think that would be cool as a display

-in the tiny house. -Mmm-hmm.

The kids had looked around the spot where the tiny house is gonna be parked

and they found, you know, some rocks,

feathers, uh, a cool antler from a deer.

And then, I feel like, if we make a sign.

So, today we're taking the stuff they found

and putting together custom pieces that we can add to the decor

for pops of color and inspiration.

I think we should do something with the Changemakers on the sign.

Okay. So, what's a Changemaker?

A CES Changemaker is somebody that believes in their community

and wants to do something amazing for it

and lift other people up.

- Yes. - I love it.

So, we settled on two projects today.

Gonna sort of, let that settle a bit.

The first one, Jake found some rocks

that already had some moss on 'em.

We're gonna make a terrarium.

Put this rock on top.

Second one, we're gonna make an inspirational sign

with the board they found, saying, "Be the Change."

Looks good to me.

It's one of their slogans so I thought it'd be perfect.

I think as a tiny house,

- so we need to use every space that we have. - -Yeah.

-Mmm-hmm. -So, I think if we use this, put it on the side here

and then, we'll be able to hang it up and use it also as a coat rack.

-Yeah. -I like it.

So, this sign can also be a functioning inspirational sign.

Oh, yeah, look.

Oh, yeah.

So, they have all the toys here. It's really fun.

Here we go. We're in business.

They have a stencil maker.

It's like if you went to the dentist, this is what they'd use.

- Yes. - -I've never used a stencil maker.

So, as long as we get it right along where the letters are.

This is my favorite part, so I'm gonna do this part, okay?

Okay.

I love peeling.

Whoo!

-This looks awesome. -There we go.

Yeah, it's really fun to see things come full circle.

-Cool. -Oh.

You know, they pulled these off the land,

we brought 'em here and then we're gonna bring 'em back

as something different.

This was cool.

Be the change.

What are we using to raise the, uh, bathroom floor?

Is that...

Just framing it.

Okay.

All right, we'll work on that.

Yup, thank you.

Today, we're back at the tiny home

and the first step this morning,

Scotty and I jack-leveled the tiny home.

Which was an essential step.

That is gonna give us our plumbing level.

So, when we're going off our, uh, measurements for the walls,

our windows, the floor, is levelled.

So we know that our level lines, our plumb lines inside

are gonna correspond with the plumbness

and the levelness of the outside.

And we're up on the roof

and we're getting it all painted.

We got Doug here and we're gonna raise the floor,

gonna make a platform,

so that Doug can get all of the plumbing

and the drainage underneath it.

Ooh!

So that we can start framing walls.

And then, we can figure out how to get the siding on the building.

And then, we just work our way.

This will have J-Channel down bottom.

- The beauty of this is you don't need that stuff. - -Right.

- So, I'm gonna test it, -Yup.

and see what it can do for us.

-I'll do mine first. -Yes, sir.

All right.

Okay.

Today, we are working on the tiny home,

at our lumber yard in Monmouth.

Yeah, baby!

We've got the Bill brothers working on the loft system.

Looks awesome.

Last one for the flat.

Installing windows.

One swift high kick and it's out.

We're good, Jedi.

We've got Doug here to wrap in the plumbing

so we can keep moving forward on the bathroom.

This goes in like this.

And Jay and I are installing the...

aluminum board and batten siding.

We got our starter strip here.

We cut it with the, uh, grinder as you can see. Left some marks.

So, uh, we decided this is gonna be our test piece. We're gonna redo it.

- Whoa! - Thanks.

That is a roll of space foam.

There's your space foam.

So my one official job of the day was to go get

the reflective bubble wrap.

Hi. You're getting big.

Guys, can you tell me what this is for?

Uh, this is for the exterior siding.

Because it's such a dark color.

Man, you feel the reflective heat.

Yeah, you can. We're gonna get sunburnt.

Jeez. Oh, it's burning!

What?

-You don't like the siding? -It's bring, isn't it, Weesus?

So the way the siding on the tiny house works is,

we put some foil insulation on the back side

because it's such a dark color.

To help with a little bit more insulation.

Then you put the first piece up.

Screw it on,

and repeat till you get to the end.

Drop it right in, bruh.

Drop it right in, bruh.

Inside, we're doing a...

timber frame type loft system.

It's 8x8.

Yeah. It's just a small, little loft.

Just enough to get a bed and a mattress up there,

and give yourself a warm place to fall asleep.

- Sweet. - Yeah.

The loft frame is in so that just needs to be decked over.

We got one side completely sided.

We've gotta plan for the rest of it.

Sweet. Nice work.

Next up is to get the electrician in here.

Once all the wirings wrapped in, we can start closing in walls

and it should, uh, go together fairly quickly.

-Cool. -All right.

-Nice work today. -Good job, guys.

Yeah. Fantastic.

Fan-tastic.

It's week seven now at the tiny home.

Things are coming along nicely.

Forty eight.

Electricals wrapped in. Loft is sheaved over.

Doug is working on getting the shower installed.

Jay and his team are working on finishing up the siding.

Last thing that needs to happen is the door needs to go in

so all walls can be sided.

- Yes. - Okay?

The door is too short.

Okay.

Yup. Thing with the bat. Right here. Door sets on that.

So, always a learning experience with a tiny home.

We're getting ready to put the door in that was donated.

So we can finish siding the rest of the building.

Then we found out that the door's too short.

So Chase stopped by with a plan.

The plan was put a piece of pressure-treated down on the bottom.

It's gonna raise the door up and fill that gap at the top.

Then we're gonna put a piece of metal flashing on top to seal it up,

so we can trim all around it.

So, today's gonna be great.

We're finally gonna get the door in.

Second time's a charm.

And then we can finish up the siding.

Get the pocket door going into the bathroom.

And then move on to interior sheathing.

Drilling the pine at it.

Better get out of that spot.

From there, we can move on to flooring.

And finally get the heat pump installed.

The heat pump is gonna act as an HVAC system for the tiny home.

To help keep it warm in the winter and cool in the summer.

Hello?

- Hey, how's it going? - Good.

-Nice to see you. -Good to see you again.

Don't tell me these are ours.

- This is. Everything we built. - Oh, my...

These are gorgeous.

So today I'm checking up on the cabinets for the tiny house.

These are way better than I even pictured.

When we first met Bonita,

she told us she had a bunch of companies already set up to help us out with the build.

So she hooked us up with John and his team.

Now we're more than happy to jump in, to help out.

It was a short timeframe.

I promise next time we work with you,

-we'll give you way more time. -Awesome.

And he's gonna show me what they've come up with.

Everything here, these are all adjustable. So with the limited space,

they can adjust those up if they wanna put in,

you know, cans,

- if they wanna put their pots and pans. - -Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And just the fact that you can change the height, I mean, that's key.

Yeah. So, literally, reach underneath,

-there's two little clips. Squeeze 'em... -Yeah. Okay.

...and then you pull it right out.

- Let me try to do it. - Yeah.

Oh, yeah. That was easy.

Yeah. So that right there...

There's those clips.

- So all you're doing is squeezin' there. - -Oh.

That's what makes it easy for...

front and back, in and out. And then these parts right here,

literally, just twist 'em, and pull 'em out.

- My gosh. No... - We've actually even...

...integrated a, uh,

- small drawer on the bottom of every one of 'em. - -No way.

They really thought about the fact that we need to maximize

every bit of space in this house,

and they did just that with these cabinets.

-This is above and beyond. -Yeah.

-This is so cool. -Wow. Hey, we're glad you guys are happy and...

you know, it's helping out kids.

It's gonna be great for the community.

I can't wait for them to see it.

-It's gonna be awesome. -Think this is... Oh, yeah.

Wow.

- We need a piece in here... - Yeah.

- ...and a piece right here. - -Yeah.

Gonna do a thin strip of shiplap there.

Inject this all over with superboard.

Yeah, so...

tiny home is getting close to completion.

There's a lot that needs to be done.

Kitchen got delivered.

Kitchen cabinets can go in today.

Oh, that's nice.

We need to build a platform for the loft ladder.

Andy.

Little bit more towards you.

-Little bit more. -More.

- Morning, guys. - Morning.

Looks awesome.

It's always the finishing stuff that takes the longest, so...

it'll be definitely down to the wire.

What do you let me do?

That door... If you go right...

- This door? - Yeah.

It's gonna hinge so it hits the light switches.

So, just clean it up.

Yeah. Awesome.

Ooh, look how clean that is, Matthew.

Nice job, buddy.

-Real crisp. -Yeah.

I'm trimming out the new door. The louver.

It's gonna be a nice contrast. It's so bright in there, a lot of brand-new pine.

This'll be, this'll be nice.

Come on.

Think I'll switch these hinges around so it's not hung upside down.

Lovely.

Chase would like it to swing out.

All right.

Wanna help me rip this?

Sure do.

This as high as it'll go?

No, but it's getting...

We gotta keep this-- We gotta start cleaning this thing better.

That's bad.

That's bad.

Do we have a saw back here?

Chase, look at this.

Oh!

Wow.

She's unplugged?

It's unplugged. We're still learning our new tools.

What did we learn? We gotta have people clean it up when you're done.

You know, like... Yeah, we're all in a hurry

but you gotta take ten minutes and clean up everything. So...

You know, we have this nice equipment. It's our responsibility.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. Just with that thing, uh, one of the hoses got clogged

and it backed up a lot of the sawdust inside.

Learning curve.

It could be, like, a man dust shower.

Didn't break anything.

It just can't handle that volume at once.

Just the exhaust line just stopped sucking sawdust.

Not much of an issue. We got it all cleaned out and cleaned up,

and then went on with our day.

- Hi, Jay. - Hey, Ash.

- How'd you like the cabinets? - -Welcome to the tiny home.

Today, guys are finishing up the build.

Hey, Ash.

- What? - -Come here for a minute.

We gotta build this table.

So my goal today was just to get a Murphy desk in there.

Chase is gonna put in a little dining area for them.

But they need a place for their books.

So I wanted to make place where they can lift up a desk...

- Do you need my help? - No.

I love your company but I don't need your help. Is that fair?

...and use it for studying and storing their materials.

- You like that? - I love it.

So that they don't have to store everything where they eat.

Yeah, so this is the tiny house.

Yeah.

It's, uh, we're awfully close to having it finished.

We've been using this rickety set of stairs

in the yard. You know, something we just found.

It'll be nice to have a solid, you know,

just a set of stairs to put right out

-in front of it or something. -Yeah, definitely.

Tom and his grandson stopped by and...

they want to donate a nice metal set of stairs.

Handrails. Awesome.

Do we wanna go with, like, a bar grating tread?

So that they don't have to shovel it?

I would think.

Well, that takes one thing off my punch list.

Thank you, Tom.

Yeah. Everybody's just steppin' up.

Yeah. It's awesome.

What's left to do?

Drive it up to Farmington.

That's it?

Plan is drive it up, drop it off.

Level it out. Francis is up there

landscaping the spot.

All right. Let's get out of here guys.

- Okay. - It's a Friday.

Whoop.

Here it comes.

Yeah, so today's the day we're giving the tiny house back to Bonita.

Good. Does that work, you guys?

- Yeah. - Marvelous.

It looks like it's almost level.

All right.

Chase and Ryan were able to get it up here this morning.

They're greeting pretty much the same way on the floor.

Yeah, the right side is better.

So now my team and I are ready to go at it.

- You're good. - Level.

Hey, there you go.

Eventually, there's gonna be a bunch of tiny homes here.

So I wanted to take advantage of the outside.

All right. That's good, that's good, that's good.

So everyone can, like, kinda come together on the picnic table and hang out.

- All right. - Okay.

Okay.

So my main focus on the inside was just making sure

that I got things that they were gonna be able to use.

I wanted everything to have a purpose.

Rather than just for decorative purposes

but also for function.

I mean, come on.

-You nailed it! -He did a good job, huh?

Holy smokes.

We had ten weeks to get it completed.

Part of that was Ben and his team for doing their piece.

Attaching the unit to the trailer frame

and getting that delivered to us.

And then the final cost on this tiny home was probably $60,000.

All right. Chase can you grab a Dorel, please?

Got it.

We had a lot of things donated though.

Yeah, I mean, Bonita is a force.

Check this sign out that I made with the kids.

"Be the change."

She went out to the community and got donations.

Yeah. Right there.

Thank you. And one more.

If we needed something, I called her up

and that day she would have it ready for us.

All right. Let's go meet Bonita.

This was a fun project. It was different.

It's for a great cause.

And hopefully, it does really help out the community.

And hopefully, it jumpstarts the community to build more.

Hi.

Hi.

Howdy, howdy.

I love it.

I love it.

You made it to Farmington.

I know.

Thank you so much.

Good to see you.

- Good to see you. - Yes.

Ooh. It looks beautiful.

- And the lot looks beautiful too. - -Yes.

-I know. Right? -The lot looks amazing,

compared to when we were here before.

Yeah. Yeah. We had two little entrepreneurs in the making.

One took care of the lower level

and one took care of the upper level, and...

- They did very good. - Yeah.

- Yeah. - The shed is gone.

Yeah, the shed's gone.

We had 30 volunteers from the community come together

and cleaned it up.

- You get things done. - Yeah. We try.

Just like you.

Yeah. So when we first met you here,

you know, it was an overgrown site.

Francis, our landscaper, came in, donated his time.

Smoothed out, put a nice driveway,

nice landing pad for the tiny home.

We took this trailer frame

and brought it down to Warwick. Built the shell.

You know, the aluminum board and batten siding on the exterior.

I think the color really pops.

It does.

Built this nice aluminum set of stairs to get in.

It's got grates, so, you know, it doesn't track dirt, snow inside.

Yeah, which is perfect.

And when the tiny home moves, they're easy

to pick up. Move along with it.

Oh, my gosh. Love it.

And my team and I came in this morning,

and we were able to get in there and get it all ready.

So, it's ready to go.

We're getting excited for you to go in and check it out.

Wow. Wow. Trying to hold back my tears.

I don't think they understand how much...

their involvement has catapulted this.

Wow. Wow, wow, wow.

And thinking about the journey that has happened

over the past four or five years,

in trying to make this become a reality for kids.

- "Be the change." All right. - Yes.

- "Be the change." - The sign that we made.

This is incredible.

Isn't this stuff amazing?

You know, decent size shower in there.

This is beautiful.

I might move in.

In fact, we've all said the same thing.

Just hook onto it and go.

I know.

Oh, my gosh, it's beautiful.

I mean, the space is incredible.

Yeah, a little loft space.

- Oh. - Just to...

Oh, look at the little clock!

It was nicer than I could've even imagined.

Oh. So cozy.

This is great.

I can't believe in 160 square feet,

that that's a home.

You hit it out of the park.

Yeah. And you know what I like about it, it's, you know,

it's small but it does have kinda of separate spaces.

You've got bathroom,

kitchen area, sleeping area,

living area back there.

We've got a desk where you can leave your studies,

not have to take 'em down.

To eat, if you have company over, you got seating areas.

Fridge, the stove.

Your hot water heater's under there.

Heat pumps up there.

You know, this place is small enough and well-insulated

that it should heat it, no problem.

Well, shoes stores underneath.

- Uh... - -Even a small closet on the end.

You know, taking advantage of every square inch of the space.

My word.

It is incredible. I mean...

the cabinet space alone.

- I'm jealous. - Yeah.

I'm like I'm jealous of the amount of storage.

This is fabulous. You fit so much in there.

So well planned out and just cozy, and home.

This is better than my first apartment.

- Oh, yeah. -This is. This is way better

than my first apartment.

That was the big thing is I didn't want it to be a shed.

I wanted it to be a home.

This is something, um...

kids can aspire to have in their life.

-Yeah. Absolutely. -At an affordable price.

And that... that happened.

So you must be excited for your students and your daughter to see this.

So let's head on out. We'll get you some keys.

And we can call them up and have them come over, check it out.

- All right. - Let's do it.

You know, this is gonna be...

changing someone's life and...

I can't wait to see what the kids think.

I cannot wait to see that.

It's amazing to see what the community has done to make this happen,

and embracing it. It's...

It's spectacular.

Yeah, I think it's fantastic. It's great to see...

not only this getting built

for the community and unhoused teenagers,

but, you know, so much of it

made in Maine. It would be great to see

these different communities all over the state, all over... All over.

We estimated it was probably about $60,000 to get this built.

You know, again, luckily we have donated time and labor

and businesses donated materials.

We're able to get this completed in ten weeks.

It's an awesome project.

And hopefully, this is a start of many.

Amen.

So here you go.

- Thank you. - -Hopefully, there's many more

of those keys to follow.

- Key to my heart. - Aww.

Thank you.

This is definitely a buzz in the community.

Check this out.

Wow.

People are interested.

Want to know what's happening. How can they help.

In understanding that there is an issue when it comes to youth homelessness.

So we're gonna build more.

We're gonna build more. And...

it's gonna be powerful.

Thank you, Maine Cabin Masters.

I love ya.

I love Maine Cabin Masters

and I cannot thank you enough for what you've done.

You're changing lives.

Thank you, Cabin Masters.