Home Renovation Service
Home Renovation in Kennedy Park
Kennedy station · Eglinton Avenue East · Midland Avenue · Danforth Road
Kennedy Park: post-war houses around the busiest transit hub in Scarborough
Kennedy Park surrounds Kennedy station, where Line 2, the Eglinton Crosstown, and the Stouffville GO line meet. Step a few blocks off Eglinton or Kennedy Road and it is quiet streets of 1940s and 1950s bungalows and storey-and-a-half houses, with rental apartment towers along the main roads. With the Crosstown open, more buyers who commute downtown or along Eglinton are looking here, and many arrive with the same plan: keep the house, fix the kitchen. The original kitchens are small, often eight or nine feet wide, with a window over the sink, one or two outlets on the counter, and a hood that just recirculates. We work inside that footprint most of the time. A well-planned small kitchen with full-height cabinets, a deep sink, and real ventilation beats a bigger room you cannot afford to finish.
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Recent projects in Toronto, near Kennedy Park
We have not yet published a project in Kennedy Park itself. Below are 3 of the 23 projects we completed in Toronto, the city Kennedy Park sits in — the same crew, the same drive. See all Toronto projects.
Kennedy Park pockets and their kitchens
Blocks east of Kennedy station
Bungalows where the kitchen faces the backyard. Many have a side door into the kitchen, which limits wall cabinets on one side. We often move the door to the basement landing to free the wall.
Eglinton East frontage
Towers and low-rise apartments along the Crosstown. Unit kitchens and bathrooms are renovated under building rules, with materials carried up through service elevators at booked times.
Midland Avenue side
Storey-and-a-half houses with the kitchen squeezed beside the stair. Pantry cabinets in the stair alcove and a counter that wraps the corner add the most storage.
Toward Danforth Road
Older, smaller houses, some with plaster. When we open walls for kitchen wiring, we often find the original two-wire circuits still feeding the rest of the floor.
Streets beside the rail line
Houses backing onto the GO corridor. Inside, better windows and insulation help with noise; we coordinate window replacement with the right trade and approval.
Rebuilding a small Kennedy Park kitchen
We measure everything twice, because in a nine-foot room an inch matters. The old cabinets, soffits, and flooring come out. Soffits often hide a duct or a pipe, so we decide whether to reroute it or box it neatly. An electrician runs two dedicated counter circuits, a fridge circuit, and a line for a microwave, then the panel is checked for room. The range hood gets ducted straight out the back wall. Cabinets go to the ceiling with a pull-out pantry beside the fridge. Quartz counters are templated after the base cabinets are set. Tile, lighting under the uppers, and paint finish it. From demolition to working kitchen is about four to five weeks.
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Home Renovation questions - Kennedy Park
What drives the cost of a home renovation in Kennedy Park?
Kitchen size and what feeds it. A small Kennedy Park kitchen rarely needs a bigger room, but it does need dedicated counter circuits, a range hood vented outdoors, and often a gas line moved or capped. If the panel is full, add an upgrade. Cabinets, counters and appliances are the remaining variable, landing most kitchens between $25,000 and $50,000 depending on how many of those service changes apply.
Our Kennedy Park kitchen is tiny. Do we have to remove a wall?
Not necessarily. In many of these houses the wall between kitchen and dining room is load-bearing, and removing it adds engineering, a beam, and permit time. A wide cased opening, a peninsula, or simply better storage often gets you most of the benefit. We sketch both options on the first visit and price them side by side so you can decide with numbers in front of you.
Can the range hood vent outside in an older bungalow?
Almost always. The hood duct runs through the back wall or up through a cabinet and out the side, with a damper cap outside. We size the duct to the hood, keep the run short, and seal it so it does not leak cold air. If you are switching to a powerful hood, we check whether the house needs a source of makeup air.
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