Flooring in Long Branch

Long Branch began as an 1880s summer resort of villa lots and filled in through seven subdivisions opened between 1910 and 1920, south of Lake Shore Road and north of it between 23rd and 30th Streets. It is mostly single-family detached homes, and the City's 2017 character guidelines note historic housing dating back to the original villa lots, with hipped or gabled roofs, front porches and brick or wood siding, while infill and redevelopment run at a higher rate than in many Toronto neighbourhoods.

What changes the job in Long Branch

• The mouth of Etobicoke Creek flooded in Hurricane Hazel (1954), destroying 43 homes; basements near the creek call for waterproof SPC or vinyl rather than wood.
• Infill and replacement houses are going up faster than in many Toronto neighbourhoods (City, 2017), so new-build floors sit beside original villa-lot houses on the same streets.