When a home doesn’t fit your current or future needs, it’s natural to start thinking about updates over moving. For some, doing one room at a time seems like the most reasonable or cost-effective choice. A new kitchen here, a new bathroom after, new windows next year.
What many homeowners soon discover is that the room-by-room approach can eventually become disjointed, more time-consuming at all stages, more expensive and increasingly unpredictable.
At Falcon Heights, when it comes to renovations, we specialize exclusively in whole-home renovations. These full-scale transformations are thoughtfully planned in properly jointed, transparently budgeted stages and then executed to elevate how you live and for the long-term.
Here’s why a comprehensive whole-house renovation approach delivers more value than tackling updates via piecemeal upgrades.
When you renovate a home room-by-room, it becomes less likely that the renovations or end results will feel cohesive. Certain layout limitations may remain in tact, finishes may feel incomplete or unmatching, and mechanical systems in some areas may stay outdated compared to others, limiting compatibility further.
With a whole-home renovation, our in-house team takes a clean-slate approach to the interior (and exterior, as desired), reconfiguring floor plans, improving flow throughout and refining every detail, asset and amenity with a shared vision.
This leaves your renovated home feeling purposeful, unified and so beautifully liveable.
Renovating room by room may feel more affordable as you spread the costs over time, but this actually leads to redundant, even unpredictable costs in labour, design, permitting and fluctuating material prices or availability.
Piecemeal renovations also mean your home remains in a state of disruption for an ongoing period of time, putting particular areas and essentials out of service one after another after another.
By renovating your whole home at once, you’re not only streamlining planning but you’re also limiting construction and interruption time. Plus, you’re optimizing the purchase and use of materials, and use of trades, reducing risks, inefficiencies and other costly delays or bill increases.
When we take on a whole-home renovation, Falcon Heights’ journeypeople and trade partners approach every project with a high-performance home mindset. No matter what type of home we are transforming, from a mid-century classic to a coastal cabin in the woods, our thorough work flow improves the building envelope and everything within, including mechanical systems and energy efficiency.
Exterior upgrades range from new rooflines to energy-efficient windows while the interiors are treated to smart layouts, smart technology, modern HVAC and other forms of long-term durability, all while leaving aesthetic, style and lifestyle flow unimpacted by these integrations.
After all, you don’t have to sacrifice comfort or sustainability for style, or vice versa. With the right team behind you, you can have all three.
For homeowners, one of the biggest pain points in renovation is not knowing what’s happening, why or how much longer any given aspect is going to take.
With Falcon Heights, every project is managed in our centralized Project Portal, giving you real-time access to schedules, selections, documentation, and communication.
This is ideal for busy professionals, travelling clients or anyone who wants clarity without feeling like they have to take on a form of micromanagement. You can be involved as much or as little as you like. It’ll still get done, on time and on budget.
A whole-home renovation allows your home to grow with you. We’ve helped clients:
If you’re considering updates, we can help you weigh the pros and cons of renovating vs rebuilding, and what’s truly possible for your property.
Have a look at some of our signature renovation projects here. Then, get in touch with our team to start reimagining your special home.
