Alderfield Homes
Burlington · Oakville · Milton · Flamborough · West GTA
A narrow dark-brick infill house wedged between two older red-brick neighbours, a tall glazed slot above the door and a cantilevered upper bay.
Burlington · 3,800 sq ft · 2021 · Custom home

The Kerns House

The brief

Infill on a forty-foot lot in an established street, for a family who wanted the house to not announce itself.

The problem

Heritage homes on both sides, side yard setbacks that left just over a metre of working room, and nowhere to put a crane, a bin, or a lay-down area without closing the road.

What we did

Built it in a sequence dictated by access rather than by trade — everything that needed reach happened before the roof, and the lot was cleared between phases so the neighbours got their street back in between. Panelised the second floor off site because there was no room to frame it in place. Two road closures, both booked months ahead, both a single day.

Specifications
3,800 sq ft · 4 bed
Panelised second floor
1.2 m side yards
Two single-day road closures
Completed November 2021
Seventeen months
Owner

"The neighbours still speak to us. On this street that is the whole review."

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