Toronto — City of Toronto Building Division
Full Home Renovation in Toronto
Toronto’s best streets were built a century ago, and they show it — in the good ways and the hard ones. We renovate Edwardian semis in Summerhill, centre-hall homes in Lawrence Park and rambling Victorians in Rosedale down to the studs, keeping the character the street expects while rebuilding everything behind the plaster.
A whole-home renovation in the old city is rarely cosmetic. Knob-and-tube wiring, galvanized supply lines, rubble foundations and sagging rear additions surface in most pre-war houses the moment demolition starts. Our estimates price that reality up front: we open walls during design, scope the structure with our engineer, and publish a fixed schedule before the first bin arrives.
From The Beaches, where 1920s cottages are steadily being rebuilt into year-round customs, to Forest Hill’s slate-roofed manors, one team carries your project from drawings through final inspection — designers, licensed trades and a dedicated site supervisor who sends photo updates every week.
- Serving
- Forest Hill · The Bridle Path · Rosedale · Lawrence Park · The Beaches · Summerhill · Bayview Village
- Permits
- City of Toronto Building Division
- Response
- Within 24 hours
- Warranty
- 5-Year workmanship
Why Toronto homeowners hire us for gut renovations
Old Toronto housing rewards builders who have opened a hundred of these walls before. We know where a 1912 semi hides its load paths, how to thread new HVAC through balloon framing without dropping every ceiling, and which original details — quarter-sawn oak, leaded glass, plaster crown — are worth restoring rather than replacing.
We are equally fluent in the paperwork. Renovations in Rosedale and Forest Hill often touch Heritage Conservation District rules, and rear additions on the city’s 25- and 40-foot lots routinely need minor variances. Our in-house design team prepares Committee of Adjustment packages built to pass on first submission, so your renovation is never hostage to a resubmission cycle.
Toronto building permits and heritage approvals
Structural renovation in Toronto requires a building permit from the City of Toronto Building Division — removing bearing walls, cutting new openings, additions and underpinning all qualify. Straightforward residential applications are typically reviewed in two to four weeks, while projects needing a minor variance at the Committee of Adjustment should budget four to six months before shovels move.
Homes in South Rosedale, Wychwood Park and parts of Forest Hill sit inside Heritage Conservation Districts, where exterior changes need a heritage permit layered on top of the building permit. If your lot backs onto a ravine, the Ravine and Natural Feature Protection bylaw adds another review stream. We manage all of these in-house and sequence them so approvals overlap instead of stacking.
Recent whole-home renovations across Toronto
- Rosedale
Crescent Road Edwardian
A 1908 facade preserved under heritage review while the interior was reframed for open-plan living, a third-floor primary suite and a 22-foot glazed rear opening.
- Lawrence Park
Centre-Hall Reimagined
Full gut of a 4,900 sq ft centre-hall: all-new mechanical systems, bespoke millwork on three floors, and a kitchen relocated to capture the south garden light.
- The Beaches
Cottage to Custom
A seasonal 1920s cottage near Kew Gardens rebuilt into a year-round four-bedroom home with a lowered basement, new envelope and cedar-clad dormers.
Client Words — Toronto
“They treated our ninety-year-old house like it deserved to survive another ninety. The schedule held, the budget held, and the site was spotless every Friday.”
“Three contractors told us to tear it down. This team rebuilt it — and the street still recognizes our home.”
Frequently Asked Questions
Service Area — Toronto, Ontario
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