Building in
Etobicoke

A garden suite is a self-contained second home in your backyard, with its own kitchen, bathroom and separate entrance. Since Toronto's 2022 zoning amendments they are as-of-right on most lots, with no rezoning or variance required when the property meets the setback, size and rear or laneway access rules. Etobicoke's deep inland lots, like those around The Kingsway and Stonegate-Queensway, give the room to site one cleanly.

With settled, long-tenured ownership across these neighbourhoods, many Etobicoke owners have both the land and the long horizon a garden suite rewards. Owners use them for rental income, a place for aging parents or adult children, or a quiet studio or office. We design and build the suite as one team, from first sketch to final inspection, sized to the lot you already have.

Multiplex work means building or converting a property into a duplex, triplex or fourplex. Under Toronto's Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods policy (2023), up to four units are as-of-right in residential zones, and Bill 23 provides development-charge relief on initial units. It is a measured form of added density that suits the mid-century stock around Mimico and Long Branch and the established blocks inland.

Etobicoke pairs steady, long-term ownership with strong, consistent rental demand, which makes the case for added units a practical one rather than speculative. We handle the design-build path end to end, whether you are converting an existing home or building new, so the configuration fits both the lot and the way you intend to hold the property over time.

A custom home is built from the ground up under a design-build model: one team carrying the work from architecture through construction, with fixed-price contracts available. You keep full control over the plan, the materials and the finishes. In Etobicoke this usually takes the form of a replacement or infill home on an established lot, succeeding tired mid-century housing with one built to today's standards.

The larger inland lots and settled, leafy streets of The Kingsway and Sunnylea give a custom home room to sit properly rather than crowd its setbacks. We design to the street's character and your brief at the same time, so a new build reads as if it belongs among its neighbours while delivering the layout and quality you actually want.

We renovate kitchens, bathrooms, basements and additions, up to full-home renovations, under a design-build model: one team from concept to completion, with a defined scope and price agreed before work begins. A renovation adds usable living space and lasting value to a home you already own, which suits owners planning to stay rather than move.

Etobicoke's mid-century housing in Islington-City Centre, Mimico and Long Branch is well built but often dated in layout, and with ownership here long and settled, families more often rework the space than relocate. We open up tight floor plans, finish basements and add on where the lot allows, keeping the parts of the house worth keeping.