Condo Renovation in Toronto

It depends on the size of the suite, how much of the kitchen and bathrooms is being moved, and what the building requires around flooring, protection and access. Buildings with strict rules cost more in schedule than in materials, and an honest quote shows both.

Almost always, for anything beyond paint and furniture. Most corporations require an alteration agreement, drawings, proof of insurance and contractor documents. We prepare and submit that package rather than handing you a checklist.

Board approval and a municipal permit are two 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.

Six to ten weeks on site for a full suite, plus the approval time before it. Approvals are the part that varies most between buildings, which is why we file early and schedule around the answer rather than the hope.

That is normal for us. Work hours, service elevator windows, loading access and common-area protection are written into the schedule before the first delivery arrives.

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.

Ask each of them for the same three documents: a fixed-price contract with the allowances written into it, proof of liability insurance, and a warranty you can read. Comparing those is more useful than comparing bottom lines, because the cheapest quote is usually the one leaving the most out.

Design and selections settled before the work starts, a price that covers the parts you cannot see, permits filed by whoever is building, and a schedule that says which rooms are unusable and when. Those four are what separate a plan from an estimate.