Cabinet Makers for Central Toronto Homes and Condos

Rosedale and The Annex are full of 1890s to 1920s brick houses with plaster walls that lean and bow. In our Rosedale walnut Shaker kitchen, the wall leaned 5/8 inch over nine feet; in Davisville, the laser caught a wall off by almost half an inch. Inset doors and painted face frames suit these houses, but only if the cabinets are built to the true wall line.

Leaside and Davisville mix 1930s and 1940s brick houses with mid-century semis. Many are on their second or third kitchen, often a 1990s laminate or oak job with a swollen sink base. These kitchens are usually full replacements with paint-grade or white oak Shaker.

Downtown towers in Yorkville, King West, Liberty Village and Harbourfront are mostly 600 to 1,200 square foot suites with concrete shear walls and fixed plumbing stub-outs. Compact galleys and L-shapes with 24-inch panel-ready appliances are about 40% of our work here, and every one includes the Status Certificate submission.

Victorian and Edwardian semis: expect bowed plaster, sloped floors and tall ceilings. Plan for laser templating after removal, scribed end panels and uppers that either go to the ceiling or stop with a crown that hides the slope.

Mid-century houses in Leaside and North Toronto: walls are straighter, but many have had walls removed to open the kitchen, leaving beams and bulkheads. We build around them rather than fight them.

Downtown condo towers: concrete walls need concrete anchors, plumbing rarely moves and every box must fit the freight elevator. Frameless 32 mm boxes and slim Legrabox drawers give the most storage per inch.

Downtown deliveries are planned around parking, not distance. Rosedale and Forest Hill streets usually allow a truck in the driveway, but The Annex, Little Italy and Trinity Bellwoods often mean a laneway or a short-term street permit. We book the permit or the lane access when we schedule your install date.

Towers along Queens Quay, King St W, Liberty St and the Bay and Yorkville corridor run on freight elevator bookings and loading dock windows. We read your building rules during the design visit, size every box for the elevator and corridor, and split deliveries across days if the dock only opens for a few hours.

Most central Toronto installs take 3-4 days on site. Condo installs run inside the building's permitted work hours, usually weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., with the corridor protected and cleaned every day.

Spring and early fall fill up first, especially for condo closings in May, June and September. Book the design visit 8-10 weeks before you need the kitchen; that covers 1 week of CAD, 3-4 weeks of shop time and the board submission for condos.

Winter installs are common downtown because towers are unaffected by weather, and heritage houses benefit from installs before the spring humidity swing.

Our published rates apply across the city: Shaker $350-$500/lf, flat-slab $400-$600/lf, paint-grade $500-$750/lf, all-in. Heritage inset kitchens in Rosedale and Davisville usually land at $24,000-$42,000 for 20-26 linear feet with an island or pantry.

Condo galleys of 6-10 linear feet run $6,500-$14,000, plus $450-$900 for the Status Certificate review and submission. Vanities run $1,800-$6,500.