Building in Markham.
Markham holds two building worlds at once: heritage main streets in Unionville and Markham Village where change is watched closely, and wide tracts of 1980s-and-newer stock reaching the age where kitchens, layouts and additions all come due together.
What building here involves.
In the heritage districts, exterior changes face conservation review, and additions succeed when they defer to the original street face, matched rooflines, sympathetic materials, massing kept behind the ridge. In the newer neighbourhoods the work is different: thirty-to-forty-year-old production homes with good lots and dated interiors, where whole-home renovations and rear additions modernise the house without the cost of starting over. We do both kinds of work, and we bid them differently because they are different jobs.
Working around Unionville, Richmond Hill, Scarborough, and the rest of Toronto & the GTA.
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Markham, Ontario
43.8600° N, 79.3400° W
Services in Markham
- RenovationsWhole-home and major renovations, opened up, rebuilt, and finished properly.
- AdditionsMore house on the lot you already own, tied in so it reads as original.
- Custom Homes & CottagesNew builds designed and built by one team, in town or on the water.
- FramingStructural framing crews for builders, renovators, and complex shells.
- Decks & Outdoor LivingDecks, shoreline platforms, and outdoor rooms built to live outside.
- Boathouses & DocksTwo-storey boathouses, boat garages, and docks built for open water.
Building in Markham: what people ask.
Do you work in Markham?
Yes. Markham is inside our GTA practice, along with Unionville, Richmond Hill, Scarborough. Whole-home renovations, additions, custom homes, structural framing and decks are the core of what we do there, designed and built by one team.
Do I need a permit to renovate or add on in Markham?
For structural work, additions and most substantial alterations, yes: a building permit with drawings a plans examiner can approve. Additions also answer to setbacks, coverage and height, and in older neighbourhoods a minor variance is often part of the job. We prepare and carry the applications as part of the project.
What does a renovation or addition cost in Markham?
Published Toronto and GTA guides put full-home renovations at roughly $150 to $400 per square foot and additions at $350 to $700 or more per square foot, with structure, the age of the house, access and finish level moving the number. Our renovation cost guide covers the drivers; the estimate follows a site visit.
Who will I deal with on a Markham project?
Emilio, the owner. He is the person you meet first, the contact while the job runs, and the one whose name is on the work when it is done.
Building in Markham? Talk to us.
The property, the ambition, and a first conversation. We will tell you honestly what the site can carry and what it will take.