The owner of a condo near Scarborough Town Centre first hired us to rebuild his kitchen. Then he called back for the main bathroom. Then for the second one. This page is what three rounds of trust look like — delivered room by room, each on its own fixed price.
Nothing on this project repeats itself. The kitchen is a two-tone composition — grey gloss below, white gloss above — wrapped around a quartz peninsula with a built-in wine fridge. The main bathroom is warm and quiet: wood-look slat tile around the tub, white vanity, slate-look floor. The second bathroom goes the other way entirely — a black-and-grey scallop-pattern feature wall, a matte black shower tower with body jets, and an oak-and-black floating vanity. Same condo, three rooms that each got their own idea.
| Location | High-rise condo near Scarborough Town Centre, Toronto |
| Scope | Full kitchen remodel + two complete bathroom renovations, in stages |
| Kitchen | Two-tone cabinetry, quartz counters & backsplash, ESA-compliant electrical reconfiguration, approx. 100 sq ft of new floor tile |
| Main bathroom | Tub with wood-look slat tile surround, new vanity, tile floor, pot lights |
| Second bathroom | Walk-in shower with scallop feature tile, black shower tower, sliding glass door |
| Building logistics | Condo-safe demolition, elevator co-ordination, protected corridors |
| Contract | Three fixed turnkey prices — $55,200 + HST combined |
The old kitchen wasted its best asset — a ravine view. The new layout packs a full appliance wall (wall oven, built-in microwave, induction cooktop, chimney hood) into one run, freeing the quartz peninsula for seating on both sides. Cabinet boxes are plywood, not particleboard; doors are grey gloss below and white gloss above, so the room reads lighter than a small condo kitchen has any right to. The wiring for a separate cooktop and wall oven was reconfigured to code, with ESA-compliant electrical work throughout.
A Danby wine cooler is recessed into the peninsula’s end — bar storage without giving up a single drawer of the main run.
A geometric porcelain field runs through the working zone only, framed by the laminate of the living area — a rug made of tile, marking where the kitchen begins.
A matte black pull-down faucet and black track lighting punctuate the white quartz — the same accent logic the owner later carried into his second bathroom.
The two-tone run, the peninsula, the patterned inlay and the ravine view — the finished kitchen on video, exactly as the owner uses it today.
The family bathroom keeps its tub — but the tub surround becomes the whole show: wood-look slat porcelain, floor to ceiling, with a square rain head and hand shower in polished chrome. Unlike real wood slats, the porcelain version lives happily in a wet zone — the warmth of a spa wall with none of the maintenance. A slate-look floor, a one-piece toilet, and a clean white vanity keep everything else deliberately quiet. Behind the tile: waterproof board with sealed seams and a liquid membrane on every wet surface, before a single slat went up.
Where the first bathroom whispers, this one talks. A black-and-grey scallop-pattern feature tile wraps the walk-in shower; a matte black thermostatic shower tower with a bamboo inlay and body jets stands against it; the water exits through a flush linear drain. Outside the black-framed sliding glass door, a floating vanity in oak and black steel carries a black ceramic basin, under a brass-detailed light bar. Two bathrooms, one condo — and you would never guess they share an address.
“When a client calls back for a second room, and then a third, the design job changes. It’s not about repeating what worked — it’s about giving each room its own character while the whole home still feels like one hand drew it.”
Platon — Renovation Consultant & Design Expert · 5 years at Magic Reno
| Demolition / Full Strip-Out | Staged demolition across three rooms — cabinetry, counters, tubs, tile, and fixtures removed under condo-safe procedures with dust barriers and protected access routes |
| Kitchen electrical | Reconfigured circuits for a separate cooktop, wall oven, built-in microwave, and hood insert — ESA-compliant throughout |
| Cabinetry & quartz | Plywood-box cabinetry with soft-close hardware; custom quartz counters and backsplash, templated and installed with mitred detailing |
| Waterproofing | Waterproof board systems with liquid membrane in both bathrooms — seams, corners, and fastener penetrations sealed before tiling |
| Plumbing | New tub with drain and overflow; new shower systems in both bathrooms; all vanity and toilet connections tested |
| Tile | Slat-pattern tub surround, scallop feature walls, slate-look and geometric porcelain floors — layout, trims, grout, and silicone finish included |
| Finishing | Patch, prime, and paint of all non-tiled walls; final detailing and cleanup after each stage |
Each stage was its own contract with its own turnkey price. No open-ended budgets, no surprise change orders between rooms.
Kitchen first, bathrooms later — the family kept a working home through every stage, which is the only realistic way to renovate an occupied condo.
Both bathrooms got membrane-sealed waterproofing before tile. Waterproofing and tiling carry our 5-year core workmanship warranty.
Elevator bookings, corridor protection, working-hour limits — handled the same way on all three stages, without the client chasing anyone.
Most of our multi-room projects start exactly like this one did: a single kitchen or bathroom quote. Tell us about the room that bothers you most, and we’ll prepare a free 3D design and a fixed turnkey price.
