Custom home builder and renovation contractor in York (Toronto)
The old borough of York, from Weston and Mount Dennis down to Oakwood and Fairbank, has some of the oldest and narrowest housing stock in the city outside downtown. Brick semis and small detached houses from the 1910s to the 1940s sit on lots that leave no room to grow sideways, so the work goes up, down or inside.
York (Toronto), on the ground.
Second storeys on bungalows, third-floor additions on two-storey houses where the by-law allows, basement underpinning for a legal suite, and whole-home renovations that take a house with four small rooms and make it one plan. The Humber runs down the west edge, and the lots along it add a conservation review.
York has been part of the City of Toronto since 1998, and Toronto Building issues the permit. Older houses here often have a rubble or block foundation, so the site walk includes a look at what the footings can carry before anyone draws a second floor.
City of Toronto
Toronto Building issues the permit, and older foundations here mean the site walk includes a test pit before a second floor is drawn. [Link to the York (Toronto) building permit page and typical processing time.]
What the lots allow
York is 1910s to 1940s brick semis and small detached houses on narrow lots in Weston, Mount Dennis, Oakwood and Fairbank, many on block or rubble foundations.
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Eight jobs, one crew.
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It depends on the foundation. Many houses in Weston and Oakwood sit on block or rubble foundations that need new footings or a steel frame to carry another floor. The engineer decides from a test pit, and we open one before the drawings so the answer is in the price.
The City of Toronto, through Toronto Building. The former borough has had no separate office since 1998.
Toronto allows a second unit in most houses. The usual obstacle is ceiling height, which underpinning fixes by lowering the floor. We measure at the site walk and tell you whether the basement can meet code as it stands.
A York job starts with a site walk.
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