Custom home builder and renovation contractor in North York
North York is where the postwar bungalow meets the custom home. Willowdale, Bayview Village and the streets off Avenue Road have spent twenty years replacing 1950s houses with new two-storeys on the same 50 foot lots, and the same lots take second storeys and additions where the owner wants to keep the house and grow it.
North York, on the ground.
The work here is split between custom homes on tear-down lots and second storeys or whole-home renovations on houses worth keeping. Ravine lots along the Don branches and the Humber tributaries are common, and they bring the conservation authority and the City's ravine by-law into the permit.
North York has been part of the City of Toronto since 1998, so Toronto Building issues the permit. Streets with a lot of new builds have a by-law envelope shaped by that history, and the zoning check tells us how much house the lot allows before a drawing is started.
City of Toronto
Toronto Building issues the permit; ravine lots add a conservation authority review and the City's ravine by-law before the application goes in. [Link to the North York building permit page and typical processing time.]
What the lots allow
North York is 1950s bungalows on 50 foot lots, many already replaced by two-storey custom homes, with ravine lots along the Don and Humber tributaries.
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Eight jobs, one crew.
Also in North York: Rear additions · Bathroom renovations · Structural repairs · Garden suites · Garage and above-garage additions · Exterior renovations
It comes down to the foundation and the plan. If the footings can carry a floor and the ground-floor layout is worth keeping, a second storey saves the cost of a new foundation. If the plan needs to change everywhere, a new house on the same lot is often the cleaner path. We answer that at the site walk with a test pit and a look at the drawings.
The City of Toronto, through Toronto Building. North York has had no separate permit office since 1998.
The conservation authority reviews anything in its regulated area, and Toronto's ravine by-law sets where you can build and what you can remove. That review happens before the permit, so it goes into the schedule from the start.
A North York job starts with a site walk.
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