An architect-led renovation company in Toronto
Victorian Reno was formed in 2021 when two firms merged: an architectural practice and a construction company, both founded in 2011. One brought the drawings. The other brought fifteen years of building homes in the GTA.
That merger is the reason we do not hand your project between companies. Design and construction used to be separate businesses. Now they are one team, under one roof, working from the same set of drawings.
How Victorian Reno started
Giovanna Fontoura trained as an architect and spent years running build projects for Starbucks, RBC, Tumi, Muji, and LifeLabs. Those jobs ran to a fixed date and a fixed budget, with drawings that had to be followed and inspections that had to pass the first time. In 2011 she founded FV Architects and brought that standard into residential work.
The same year, Igli Kanan founded MK Contracting, a construction practice building homes across the GTA.
The two firms worked the same market for a decade from opposite ends of the process. One drawing, one building. In 2021 they merged and became Victorian Reno.
We kept the way those corporate projects were run: one team, drawings that are actually followed, and a fixed price agreed before anyone picks up a hammer.
2011
FV Architects founded by Giovanna Fontoura
2011
MK Contracting founded by Igli Kanan
2021
The two firms merge and become Victorian Reno
Today
One team handling design, permits, and construction across Toronto and the GTA
Meet the founder
Giovanna Fontoura
Architect and co-founder
Giovanna trained as an architect and built her career across architecture, construction, interior design, and project management before founding FV Architects in 2011. She draws the plans, files the permits, and runs projects on site herself.
Where the process came from
Before Victorian Reno, Giovanna delivered build projects for these brands.
Muji
Starbucks
Tumi
LifeLabs
RBC
A retail or bank build runs to a fixed date and a fixed budget, with drawings that have to be followed and inspections that have to pass the first time. That is the standard we brought to houses.
What makes us different
Design and build were two companies. Now they are one.
Our trades are part of our regular team and have been working with us for years.
Fifteen years of building in the GTA
Most renovation firms hire out either the drawings or the trades. We merged an architectural practice with a construction company, so there is no handoff and no gap between what was designed and what gets built.
Electricians, plumbers, and carpenters on our payroll, not hired job by job. That is why the quality does not change from one room to the next.
Both founding firms started in 2011. That is fifteen years of Toronto houses, permits, inspections, and knowing what is behind the walls of a 1920s semi.
Where we stand
2011
Both founding firms started
$5M
Liability coverage on every project
2 years
Minimum written warranty
WSIB covered · HomeStars Verified · Ontario Building Code · Licensed electricians and plumbers
How we work
We tell you the honest answer
Sometimes that means telling you the smaller job is the right one, or that your house is not a good candidate for what you had in mind. We would rather say it early than take the work.
You always know what happens next
A written scope, a fixed price, and real dates before we start. One project manager, and a callback the same day during business hours.
We leave your home better than we found it
Floors and routes protected, the work area tidied at the end of each day, and a full cleanup before the final walkthrough.
Our partners
What our clients say
"Very different from a previous management firm that disappeared halfway through the job. Respectful and transparent from day one."
Bill A. — York
"The manager was there every step, helping with the design until we found the perfect fit."
Anna Hikings — Etobicoke
"I could not be happier with their team's honesty and reliability."
Antonietta Trama — Mississauga
What we renovate
Full home renovations
A few rooms or your whole house, run by one team.
Where to find us
Our office is at 146 Thirtieth Street, Suite 100, in Etobicoke. You are welcome to come in and talk through a project. Call first so we know to expect you.
Call (437) 607-3633
WhatsApp (437) 607-3633
Email contact@victorianreno.ca
Visit 146 Thirtieth Street, Suite 100, Etobicoke, ON M8W 3C4
Hours Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Home renovations across Toronto and the GTA
Toronto
Vaughan
North York
Richmond Hill
East York
Etobicoke
Oakville
Markham
Scarborough
All GTA
Not sure if we serve your area?
Call us, message us on WhatsApp, or send an email. We call back the same day, Monday to Friday.
You will reach a friendly person, not a call centre.