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Home Renovation in The Kingsway

Kingsway South · Old Mill · Humber Valley Village · Montgomery Road

Royal York Gardens Full Home Gut & Renovation in Etobicoke, completed by Osoba Renos & Design
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The Kingsway: Tudor Revival houses, 20 to 30 minutes from our shop

The Kingsway was developed from the 1910s through the 1930s, and its houses are mostly stone and brick Tudor Revival and Georgian homes on deep, treed lots near the Humber and the Old Mill. They were built to a high standard, with plaster walls, quarter-sawn oak, leaded glass, and real masonry, and many owners have kept those details for a century. That changes the work. A renovation here is usually a full kitchen and family room across the back, a primary ensuite, and a finished basement, done so the house looks like it always had them. We protect what is original, match trim profiles where new walls go in, and save the demolition for rooms that were already altered badly. Older houses here also hide pockets of early wiring and cast-iron drains that only show up once a wall is open. We work across Etobicoke often, and the Kingsway is one of the closest parts of Toronto to our Mississauga shop.

Price ranges: Etobicoke · cost guide

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Recent projects in Etobicoke, near The Kingsway

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We have not yet published a project in The Kingsway itself. Below are 3 of the 9 projects we completed in Etobicoke, the city The Kingsway sits in — the same crew, the same drive. See all Etobicoke projects.

Kingsway streets, from the Old Mill to Royal York

  • Kingsway South & Old Mill

    The original Tudor Revival houses on curving streets near the river. Leaded windows, plaster, and oak trim stay protected under board and plastic while we work, and kitchens are extended toward the yard into rooms that were once a pantry or a sunroom.

  • Humber Valley Village

    Detached homes from the 1940s and 1950s north of the original Kingsway, plus rebuilds. Simpler interiors than the Tudors, with drywall and plainer trim, so we widen the kitchen into the dining area and add ensuites where the house still shares one bathroom upstairs.

  • Royal York & Montgomery

    A mix of older houses and newer infill near the main roads. Kitchens, bathrooms, and basements done as one project, with the infill houses needing finish upgrades and the older ones needing their wiring, drains, and heating brought up first.

  • Georgian and centre-hall houses

    Symmetrical brick houses with a central stair and rooms on either side. The kitchen is usually small and at the back; we connect it to a family room without touching the formal front rooms, which most owners want left as built.

  • Lots stepping down to the Humber

    Houses on the valley side, where rear yards fall away steeply. Basements here are often partly above grade at the back and can be finished with good light. Outside work near the slope can fall under TRCA and the ravine by-law.

Kitchen and family room across the back of a Kingsway Tudor

Most Kingsway owners want the back of the house to work like a modern home while the front rooms stay as they were. We start by protecting everything original we are not touching: floors covered, leaded windows boarded, stair and trim wrapped. The old kitchen, a back hall, and sometimes a pantry come out, and the wall between kitchen and breakfast room is opened on a beam. Behind the plaster, we usually find a mix of updated and original wiring, and cast-iron drains that are replaced while accessible. New cabinetry is designed to sit with the house: inset doors, real wood, trim profiles copied from the dining room. Where new walls meet old plaster, we skim the joint so it does not show. Upstairs, the ensuite often follows. Plan on fourteen to twenty weeks for the kitchen and family room.

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Home Renovation questions - The Kingsway

What drives the cost of a home renovation in The Kingsway?
The quality of what is already there. Tudor Revival houses have plaster walls, leaded windows, and oak trim worth keeping, and working around them takes longer than gutting. Many still have pockets of original wiring. Premium finishes are common here, so the finish allowances often matter more than the construction lines. Matching new millwork to original oak, or patching plaster rather than replacing it with drywall, takes skilled hours that we quote openly.
How is this different from your luxury Etobicoke page?
That page is about premium-finish projects across Etobicoke: custom millwork, high-end appliances, and design-led scopes. This page is about Kingsway houses specifically, including the work they usually need regardless of budget, such as plaster, older wiring, and basements. Many Kingsway projects are both. If your priority is the finish level, start with the luxury page; if it is how we handle a century-old house, start here.

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