Budget Breakdown: Toronto Architects Make a Historic Brick Home Whole Again For $572K

Previously divided into three apartments, the reconfigured and expanded Dunn House is now a streamlined home for a growing family.
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The new homeowners of a two-and-a-half-story brick home in Parkdale, Toronto, reached out to local studio DAE Design Architecture Everyday with a hefty project in mind: converting the building’s three apartments back into a single-family home. With a total construction cost of $750,000 CAD (or $571,950 USD), the architects designed an open, spacious dwelling that embraces the couple’s personal style and can accommodate friends and family.

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Anna Squier
Anna Jones is a designer and founder of MOD Design in Des Moines, IA. After receiving a BA in Architecture, she practiced at award winning design firms in the Central States Region.

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