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Basement Renovation · Holland Landing, East Gwillimbury

Basement Renovation in Holland Landing.

Basement renovation in Holland Landing, designed for the whole floor and built through framing, insulation, wiring, floors and lighting, with bathrooms, second kitchens and basement apartments as well. Licensed and WSIB insured.

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What’s included

What a basement
renovation includes.

A basement renovation in Holland Landing runs from framing and insulation through wiring, drywall, floors and lighting, with a bathroom, a wet bar or a separate apartment if you want one. You approve the drawings before framing starts, and they are what the Town of East Gwillimbury issues its permit against.

  1. Layout and framing

    Where the stairs, posts and mechanical equipment sit shapes the plan for each room.

    • A design for the whole floor
    • Framing and insulation
    • Ceilings and bulkheads
    • Doors and trim

  2. Floors, walls and lighting

    Finishes that bring the feel of the upper floors down a level.

    • Flooring suited to a basement
    • Drywall and paint
    • Lighting and wiring

  3. Bathrooms and kitchens

    A basement kitchen, bathroom or wet bar, built with the plumbing it needs.

    • A basement bathroom
    • A second kitchen or wet bar
    • Plumbing rough-in
    • Ventilation

  4. Basement apartments

    A separate unit, built to what the Building Code and your municipality ask of one.

    • A kitchen and bathroom of its own
    • Fire separation between the units
    • Exits and egress windows
    • Work to the approved permit drawings

Why Sonce

One contractor,
both sides of the door.

For most renovators the job ends at the back door; for most landscapers, that’s where it begins. We plan and build both.

  1. 15+ years in business

    Sonce Homes brings more than 15 years in business to work inside the home and out in the yard.

  2. Licensed and WSIB insured

    Sonce Homes is licensed and WSIB insured. Ask us about the credentials relevant to your project.

  3. Design before construction

    Nothing is built until you approve the design we plan with you, and drawings make the work easier to picture.

  4. A conversation throughout

    We discuss the work and your budget at the start, then keep you informed as the project moves through each stage.

Sonce Homes brings more than 15 years in business to work inside the home and out in the yard.

Sonce Homes is licensed and WSIB insured. Ask us about the credentials relevant to your project.

Nothing is built until you approve the design we plan with you, and drawings make the work easier to picture.

We discuss the work and your budget at the start, then keep you informed as the project moves through each stage.

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Selected Projects

Inside the house.
A closer look.

Choose a scene, then follow its numbered points to the materials beside it. Illustrative scenes to help you picture the possibilities.

Finished basement lounge with large windows, cream walls, navy built-in cabinetry and a light sofa.
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Oak, navy cabinetry

A lower level to settle into

A basement lounge with built-in storage and daylight from generous windows.

Strip lighting runs above the shelves, and a desk is built into the same wall beside them.

On the picture

  1. Built-insOak shelves, navy cabinets
  2. DeskSet into the wall unit
  3. WindowsThree, facing the garden
Plan a project like this: A lower level to settle into

Cream cabinetry, oak, stone

A kitchen made for gathering

Cream cabinetry, a navy island and pale stone in a bright family kitchen.

Open oak shelves stand either side of the hood, and black-framed windows wrap the corner of the room.

On the picture

  1. HoodCream, with an oak band
  2. BacksplashHerringbone tile
  3. IslandNavy, slatted oak ends
Plan a project like this: A kitchen made for gathering

Stone tile, navy, brass

Stone, light and a walk-in shower

A navy double vanity beside a generous shower in warm stone tile.

A clear glass panel keeps the shower open to the room, and a niche for bottles is set into its tiled wall.

On the picture

  1. LightingBrass wall lights
  2. VanityNavy, two basins
  3. ShowerBrass rain head
Plan a project like this: Stone, light and a walk-in shower

Cedar, glass

Cedar behind the glass

A glass-fronted cedar sauna beside a calm wellness space.

Cedar boards line the walls and the ceiling inside and carry on across the wall outside the glass, so the sauna reads as part of the room.

On the picture

  1. CladdingVertical cedar boards
  2. BenchesTwo levels, slatted
  3. HeaterFloor-standing, with stones
Plan a project like this: Cedar behind the glass

Oak, pale stone, navy

An open main floor

A kitchen, dining space and living room connected by warm oak flooring.

Tall windows and a glazed door run the length of the back wall, so the island, the table and the sofa share the same daylight.

On the picture

  1. IslandNavy, pale stone top
  2. Back wallGlazed door, tall windows
  3. FloorWide oak boards
Plan a project like this: An open main floor

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Gallery

Room to imagine.
Details to build on.

Basements, bathrooms, saunas and kitchens. Explore layouts, materials and details for your own home.

Basement recreation room with a wet bar
Walk-in shower in cream stone tile
Outdoor cedar sauna cabin in the yard
Cream shaker kitchen with a deep navy island

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Illustrative scenes for planning your project.

Service area

Close to home.
Across York Region.

Renovation and general contracting from our office in East Gwillimbury. The rings show roughly how long the drive is from there, outside rush hour.

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Towns we serve

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Questions

Basement Renovation in Holland Landing:
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What people ask
before they start.

Good to know

Basement Renovation in Holland Landing:
good to know.

Basement renovation permits in Holland Landing

The Town of East Gwillimbury issues the permit for a Holland Landing basement, and for most houses that is the only approval. A basement apartment close to the river, a stream or a wetland can need one more: the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority counts adding a dwelling unit to a building among the work it must permit in a regulated area. We check its mapping before the unit is designed, so the drawings only have to go in once.

Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority: do I need a permit? ↗

Basement finishing in Holland Landing, under bungalows and splits

East Gwillimbury’s urban design guidelines describe Holland Landing as mostly bungalows and side- or back-split houses, built from the post-war years into the late 1990s. Finishing a basement here therefore starts with which of the two you live in, since they leave very different lower floors. Under a bungalow the basement spans the whole footprint of the house. The furnace, main drain and posts are fixed, so the layout uses them as the edges of rooms instead of leaving them in the middle of one. A side-split or back-split gives a smaller lower floor at a different height from the rest of the house, planned around how it meets the stairs.

Holland Landing Urban Design Guidelines ↗

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from the same crew.

Each page sets out what the work covers, with scenes to plan from and the questions people ask first.

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Years in business
15+
Insured & licensed
WSIB
50 Google reviews
5.0★