Second & third floors · Downtown Toronto

Century home renovationin Downtown Toronto.

A full design-build transformation of the second and third floors of a century-old house, with the client’s parents living on the first.

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Open-plan second floor: walnut lower cabinets and a bronze range hood run toward a bay window, wide-plank oak floor in afternoon light
Bathroom with a floating oak vanity, a backlit mirror shelf and wall-mounted brass taps, glass shower behind

RoomCentury Home Renovation in Downtown Toronto

DetailOak vanity, lit mirror shelf

The project

What the jobinvolved.

Location
Downtown Toronto
Renovation type
Second & third floors
Completed
Spring 2024
Service
Full home renovation

We carried out a complete transformation of the second and third floors of this century-old home. Modifying the load-bearing structure opened the plan, and on the third-floor terrace we expanded the space to include a new bathroom.

In the kitchen, layered wood finishes and a warm neutral backdrop are pulled together by brass. The laundry moved out of the room to make a true entertainer’s kitchen, with a fireplace that feels built in.

Scope

  • Second and third floors transformed
  • Load-bearing structure modified for an open plan
  • Laundry moved out of the kitchen
  • Third-floor terrace expanded for a new bathroom
  • Built-in fireplace

Materials and finishes

  • Layered wood finishes
  • Warm neutral backdrop
  • Brass elements

The challenge

A tight urban site and a high level of construction complexity, in a house whose first floor is home to the client’s parents.

Photographs

On siteand finished.

  • The floor stripped mid-demolition, ceiling opened and the old stair exposedOn site
    Mid-demolition
  • Open-plan second floor: walnut lower cabinets and a bronze range hood run toward a bay window, wide-plank oak floor in afternoon lightFinished
    A century home, opened up.
  • Bathroom with a floating oak vanity, a backlit mirror shelf and wall-mounted brass taps, glass shower behindFinished
    Oak vanity, lit mirror shelf
  • Black-painted stair rising beside a walnut kitchen in an opened-up century homeFinished
    New stair and kitchen
  • Third-floor kitchenette in oak with a stacked washer and dryer by the windowFinished
    Third-floor kitchenette
  • Sunlit third-floor bedroom under a sloped ceiling with built-in wardrobesFinished
    Third-floor bedroom

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Track record

Years of experience
12+
Projects completed
200+

While we build

Workplace safety insurance
WSIB
Commercial liability insurance
$5M

Where we build

GTA cities, from our Richmond Hill office
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