Building in
Scarborough

A garden suite is a self-contained second home in the backyard — kitchen, bathroom and its own entrance — used for rental income, multigenerational living, or a quiet studio or office. Scarborough is well suited to them: the postwar bungalows and two-storeys across Woburn, Malvern and Agincourt North sit on the wide, deep lots that give a suite the rear-yard room it needs.

Since the 2022 zoning amendments, garden suites are as-of-right across Toronto — no rezoning or variance on most lots that meet the setback, size and rear or laneway access rules. Scarborough's generous lot depth makes those rules easier to satisfy. We design and build the suite end to end, from the first site review through to a finished, permitted second home.

Multiplex work means building or converting a property into a duplex, triplex or fourplex. Under Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods (EHON, 2023), up to four units are as-of-right in Toronto's residential zones, and Bill 23 provides development-charge relief on the initial units. It is gentle density that suits owners adding rental income and long-term investors alike.

Scarborough's housing stock fits this well. The roomy postwar bungalows and two-storeys across Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan, Birchcliffe-Cliffside and Woburn convert cleanly into separate self-contained units, and the wide lots leave room for parking and independent entrances. In a quadrant defined by ownership and family-sized households, that often means staying put while the home starts to earn. We carry design through construction under one roof.

A custom home is built from the ground up under a design-build model: one team from architecture through construction, with fixed-price contracts available so the plan, the materials and the finishes stay under your control from day one. It is the right path when an existing house no longer fits how a family wants to live.

In Scarborough, custom homes most often rise on knock-down-and-rebuild lots — the wide, deep postwar parcels in West Hill, Malvern and Agincourt North give a new design real room to work with. As the city's most family-oriented quadrant, with its largest households, it draws owners building larger, longer-term homes. We stay accountable for every stage, from first sketch to handover.

Renovation covers kitchens, bathrooms, basements, additions and full-home transformations under a design-build model — one team from concept to completion, with the scope and price defined before any work begins. The goal is to add living space and lasting value to a home you already own rather than start over.

Scarborough's high ownership and family-sized households drive steady owner-occupier renovation demand, and the housing stock rewards it. The postwar bungalows and two-storeys of Woburn, West Hill and Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan have solid bones and the lot width for large additions, while their full-height basements convert into real living space. We plan and build every stage in-house so the finished home reads as one.