Insights on Renovation, Design, and Building in Toronto

Thanks to the Laneway Suites Initiative, the City of Toronto has created an avenue for homeowners to optimize their property for maximal use. Laneway suites offer additional living areas, a private guest space, or a rental unit, making the move...

Homeowners who need more space have many options available to them. Building a home extension or home addition can add square footage to your house, providing valuable space to you and other members of your household.

Home building trends have changed a lot throughout the years, and not all of those trends have withstood the test of time. A dated home facade can reduce your home's value, impact curb appeal and make your home more difficult to sell. Fortunately,...

Toronto is rich with neighbourhoods where residents can live, work and play in, and The Beach is a perfect example. The Beaches (or “the Beach” as it’s known to locals) is well known in the Toronto area as a fantastic place to live, whether you're a...

In any custom home build or a large-scale renovation, there are several important decisions you’ll make related to budget, timeline, location, size, scope, functionality, and design, to name a few. But out of all of the weighty decisions you’ll...

What is a Luxury Home?

In North America, we’re used to seeing stone and brick McMansions with mid-range finishes and fast construction being marketed as “luxury homes.” The truth is that the majority of these homes are middle-market, middle-quality...

What Is “Fit and Finish”?

If you’ve ever read housing blogs, watched remodeling shows, or interviewed a potential home renovation contractor, chances are high that you’ve heard the term “fit and finish.” It’s often used as a sonorous buzzword meant...

There’s nothing like walking into an older home and reimagining the possibilities. For most modern home buyers and homeowners looking to renovate an older home, this vision usually entails removing interior walls to create an open-concept floor plan...

If you live in an older home, you’ve likely asked yourself whether it makes more sense to do a gut remodel or demolish the home entirely, creating a blank slate on which to rebuild. The answer to this question is multifaceted. Not only should you...

Biophilic design is working its way into architecture and design in homes all over the city of Toronto. Particularly throughout the Old Toronto/downtown area, homeowners are finding ways to bring nature and beauty to their home interiors. This new...