Project HD L

A project for a busy family of 6.  The home owner wanted to create a space that is safe for the kids, a great entertainment central and a very functional working space for a busy wedding photographer.

It involved numerous sub-projects including changing the master bathroom sink and shower door, painting the whole house, creating a home theatre in the Great room, putting alteration to the kitchen, re-facing the fireplace and finishing the basement.

Master Ensuite bathroom  – A traditional single sink on a large vanity was changed to a modern one piece duo-sink and put in full glass panel as the shower door, this gave the master ensuite an instant update.

Before

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Kitchen – More cabinets were added, installed under counter lights, put in backsplash, changed all appliances, converted the breakfast bar to a standard island, changed to a quartz counter top and updated all lightings

Before

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The incredible Home Theatre in the Great room – This was to bring the home owner’s vision to reality, a 100″ projector screen mounted on the wall with all speakers pre-wired, all makes it ideal for the family’s movie night.

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The fireplace was re-faced with contemporary stones

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Basement – This is the main project, includes a guest room, 4 pieces bathroom, a modern office and a chic open space accented with chalkboard as the play area for the kids.

Large amount of material was dropped and moved by the team of the contractors to the basement.

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Before

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After

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Bathroom

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Modern Office behind the 7′ glass sliding doors – chic yet functional for a photographer to do all his editing here

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Fun open area for the kids – featuring a full chalkboard wall for the kids to doodle on.

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The story

Many of you are having a hard time to find good, reliable contractors because of many reasons.  Communication, craftsmanship, timeline, etc.  And believe me, I was in the same boat.  For my previous home, the renovation ended bad, so bad…  I was 34 weeks pregnant and in the end of the reno, I was in tears and had to terminate their work.  Worst of all, the contractor took the last payment (which he claimed it wasn’t enough) and turned off one of the hidden powder room water valve and took us 3 hours to locate it.  From then, I was afraid to work with any contractors.

For my 2nd house, I happened to come across a group of extremely talented contractors who know exactly what they are doing, referred to me by my Real Estate agent Stephen Sun (416-617-9997).  Stephen always gives really good referral so I decided to give them a try.  Next I know was this 2nd experience turned out to be such a different one and a much more pleasant one!  The team was friendly, accommodating, punctual and most importantly they give great price and do great work.   Every single one of them are very professional and great to work with.  When they were working on my house, because some sub-trades delay, they weren’t able to do their part until the very last day before our move in date.  While I was terribly worried, I decided to pay the new house a visit.  And what I saw was about 12 workers at my house, pulling overtime to complete whatever was left on that day and allowing my family to move into the house on time the next day.  I was so touched and thankful.  What a great team!!  This had totally changed my experience with contractors and renovations!

Here are some of the Before and After photos of my house.

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Stairs

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Kitchen

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Master Ensuite Bathroom

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To Date, I have accomplished connections with several of this kind of teams!

Because of my love of Interior Design and Decoration, and being a project manager for over 10 years in the IT field, I feel that taking a new challenge of being a Home Improvement Project Manager working with these contractors will have unlimited possibilities.

It was a fantastic experience for me going through the renovation and I believe it would be the same for you too!