This Beaches home renovation began with an unusual challenge: Greening Homes was brought in to correct several structural problems left behind by a previous contractor while moving the project forward as a comprehensive renovation and addition.

The scope grew into a two-floor gut renovation with a complete upper-storey addition, requiring the team to carefully address existing deficiencies before rebuilding the home to a higher standard. Rather than simply correcting what had gone wrong, the project became an opportunity to improve the building as a whole—bringing its construction above minimum building code requirements while creating a comfortable, functional and beautifully finished family home.

Throughout the renovation, Greening Homes applied its approach to responsible construction through careful material selection, efficient use of resources, responsible waste management and attention to healthy indoor air quality. These considerations were integrated into the larger construction process rather than treated as separate sustainability features.

The completed project demonstrates an important part of renovation work that is not always visible in the finished photographs: understanding an existing building, correcting previous construction problems and creating a sound foundation for everything that follows.

Project highlights: Whole-home renovation · Two-floor gut renovation · Upper-storey addition · Structural remediation · Above-code construction · Responsible material selection · Waste management · Healthy indoor environment