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Basement Renovation · King City, King

Basement renovation in King City.

Basement renovation in King City: a family room, an office, a guest bedroom, or the bathroom a builder roughed in, planned around the posts, ducts and drains already down there.

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What’s included

What a basement
renovation includes.

Most of a basement renovation in King City is framing and insulation, wiring and lighting, bulkheads over the ducts, flooring that suits a slab, and drywall, trim and paint around a new bedroom or bathroom. Both rooms meet the Township of King's rules, so we mark what the permit covers on a floor drawing before a budget is set.

  1. Layout and framing

    A plan for the rooms that works around the stairs, the posts and the mechanical equipment.

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

  2. Floors, walls and lighting

    Upstairs sets the feel, and the basement finishes follow it.

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

  3. Bathrooms and kitchens

    Adding a bathroom, kitchen or wet bar below grade includes the plumbing for it.

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

  4. Basement apartments

    Municipal rules and the Building Code both cover a separate unit. The work follows them.

    • 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.

We plan and build indoors and out. Most renovators leave off at the back door, which is where most landscapers pick up.

  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

    We work through the design with you, with drawings to help you picture the work, before you approve it for construction.

  4. A conversation throughout

    At the outset we talk over your budget and the job with you, and after that you hear from us stage by 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.

We work through the design with you, with drawings to help you picture the work, before you approve it for construction.

At the outset we talk over your budget and the job with you, and after that you hear from us stage by 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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Questions

Basement renovation in King City:
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Good to know

Basement renovation in King City:
good to know.

Basement renovation permits in King City

Two rooms change a basement most, a bedroom and a bathroom, and both turn the job into permit work in King. A bedroom has to have an escape window, and cutting a bigger opening in the wall is a structural change. A bathroom needs drains, and even finishing the one a builder roughed in is listed as permit work. A separate apartment can be part of it too, built to approved permit drawings. Nothing is built until you have signed off the drawings, and anything added later comes with its cost and time before we do it.

A King basement permit carries one document that depends on how the house is serviced. If it is connected to municipal sewers, the application includes a Plumbing Data Sheet. If a private septic system serves it, the application includes a Sewage System Evaluation and Declaration for that system. Either one goes in with the drawings for the bedroom window, the bathroom and any wall that moves. We find out which one your house needs before the drawings are finished, and help you apply.

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Basement finishing in King City: ceilings, ducts and the main drain

Posts, beams, ducts and the main drain stay where they are, because moving them rarely pays. Finishing works around them: low runs go into one straight bulkhead where possible, halls and storage sit beneath them, and the family room takes the clear ceiling. Insulation between the joists does little for warmth but cuts footsteps and voices from upstairs, and it only goes in while the joists are open.

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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★