A giant has moved in behind Ailsa McFarlane’s cute little house.

McFarlane lives on a small stretch of Craven Rd., not far from Dundas St. E. and Coxwell Ave., known for exceptionally tiny one-storey houses. Not long ago, a neighbour on Rhodes Ave., the next street over, removed a tree that acted as a backyard boundary, halfway between Craven and Rhodes.

Then, work began on a garden suite – a living space, endorsed by City Hall, built in a homeowner’s backyard.

Two storeys tall and its unfinished outer walls a bold blue, McFarlane said her neighbour’s garden suite is roughly equal in square footage to both her home and the one next door combined.

“David and Goliath, right?” she said with a laugh. “They started building it, and we realized how close and how huge it was going to be.”

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