Board Package Prepared
Alteration agreement, drawings, insurance and contractor documents submitted the way property management asks for them.
Built Around the Building's Rules.
A suite kitchen taken from board package to final walkthrough by one team, on the building's hours, at a price agreed before demolition.
A condo kitchen is a small room with a long list of people who have to agree to it first.
Condo Kitchens We Have Built
A condo kitchen is not a small house kitchen. The plumbing stack is shared, the slab cannot be cut, the ductwork runs where the architect put it in 2006, and the corporation has an opinion about all three.
We survey before we design. What can move, what cannot, and what needs approval is settled first, so the layout you approve is the one that gets built.
Most of our Toronto work is in housing that predates the code it now has to meet: ground floors being opened up, earlier renovations being corrected, and modern mechanical being fitted into rooms that were never drawn for it.
The difference between a fixed-price contract and an estimate shows up halfway through the job, when the walls are already open.
Cabinetry, counters, appliances, lighting and flooring replaced as one project, with the mechanical work planned around what the building allows.
Many older suites have a kitchen boxed in by a non-structural wall that can come out — and some have one that cannot. We find out which you have before the drawings go anywhere near the board.
Where it can open, the difference to a small suite is larger than any finish upgrade.
Durable finishes, a scope aimed at the shortest possible vacancy, and a schedule that respects the building rules so the turnover does not stall in the corridor.
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We measure the kitchen, locate the services and read the declaration and rules before drawing anything.
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A layout that works inside the building's constraints, drawn to the standard the board will want to see.
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Alteration agreement, drawings, insurance and contractor documents submitted to property management, with the follow-up handled by us.
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Where the work needs one, the application goes to the City of Toronto; elevator bookings, access and work hours are scheduled around it.
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Demolition through finishing under one project manager, common areas protected daily, closing with a deficiency list cleared before sign-off.
Toronto towers each run their own rules, and the difference between a six-week kitchen and a five-month one is usually how early those rules were read.
Risers, sprinkler lines, a post-tensioned slab and the exhaust route are the real constraints in a condo kitchen. None of them care about a rendering.
We survey them first and design to what is there, which is why our drawings tend to come back from the board approved rather than annotated.
Dust in the corridor, a propped fire door, a delivery at the wrong entrance — in a tower these become complaints, and complaints become stop-work notices.
Protection goes down daily and debris leaves the way management asks.
Design, approvals and construction sit in one company, so the drawing that goes to the board is the drawing that gets built. Toronto Building reviews the application, and the zoning check comes before it — on narrow downtown lots that check decides what is possible at all.
It depends on the size of the suite, whether the layout moves, and how strict the building is about hours, protection and access. In a tower the schedule costs as much as the materials, and an honest quote shows both.
Almost always. Most corporations require an alteration agreement, drawings, proof of insurance and contractor documents before any work begins. We prepare and submit that package rather than handing you a checklist.
Sometimes. It depends on whether it is structural, what runs inside it, and what the corporation permits. We find out before the design is finalised, not after you have approved a plan built on a guess.
Board approval and a municipal permit are different things, and some work needs both. Toronto Building reviews the application, and the zoning check comes before it — on narrow downtown lots that check decides what is possible at all. We check which apply to your suite before the schedule is set.
Four to seven weeks on site, plus the approval time ahead of it. Approvals vary most between buildings, which is why we file early and schedule around the answer.
Yes. We renovate suites across the GTA, including North York, Etobicoke and Scarborough, on the same fixed-price contract and the same five-year workmanship warranty.
Design, approvals, timeline and cost settled before demolition. No moving targets, no surprise invoices.
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If you are ready to get to know us better, we will be happy to provide you with our high-quality design build services around the Greater Toronto Area.