Living in a Toronto condo with outdated popcorn ceilings? Cracked concrete? Water damage from the unit above? We’ve worked in hundreds of Toronto condos since 2010 — we know the buildings, the rules, and the techniques.
Toronto condo ceiling work is genuinely different from house work. Different ceilings (concrete vs drywall). Different rules (property management, elevator booking, work hour limits). Different challenges (occupied units, hallway protection, dust control in shared spaces). Condo ceiling work takes experience with concrete surfaces, building rules, occupied units, elevator bookings and shared spaces.
I’ve worked in hundreds of Toronto condos across downtown Toronto, North York, Etobicoke, Mississauga, Vaughan, and beyond. From downtown high-rises near Yonge & Bloor and King West, to Mississauga’s Square One condos, to Vaughan VMC towers — we’ve been there. We know the property managers. We know the building rules. We know how to handle concrete ceilings the right way.
We’re fully insured and WSIB covered. Most condo buildings require proof of insurance before work begins, and we provide the documentation your property manager needs. We coordinate with property management from day one. We respect building rules: work hours, noise limits, hallway protection, elevator booking. And we work clean in occupied units — your neighbours won’t even know we’re there.
Most Toronto condo boards need to approve renovation work before it starts. It sounds like a hassle. It isn’t, if you know what they want.
Here’s what we provide, without you having to chase us for it:
Certificate of insurance naming the corporation — this is the document that stops most approvals
WSIB clearance certificate
A written scope of work and timeline
Confirmation of work hours and elevator booking
Most approvals come back within a week or two.. We’ve been through this with property managers across the GTA hundreds of times, and we deal with them directly so you don’t have to be the middleman.
If your building has specific rules — restricted hours, particular protection requirements, notice to neighbours — tell us and we’ll work to them.
Most Toronto condo ceilings are exposed concrete with a thin texture or popcorn finish on top. This requires SPECIALIST technique that general drywall contractors don’t have:
concrete is non-porous and requires specific bonding agents
needs proper key technique
they fail on concrete within months
concrete is rarely perfectly flat
a truly smooth modern ceiling over concrete
Many ceiling contractors only work on drywall. We work on BOTH concrete and drywall ceilings — that’s why we get the condo calls.
This is the question we get most, and the honest answer is: usually not the way you’re imagining.
In a house, popcorn sits on drywall and we scrape it off. In most Toronto condos, that texture was sprayed directly onto poured concrete. Scrape it and you’re gouging the concrete itself — you can’t get a flat surface back that way.
So what we do instead is skim over it. Multi-layer plaster bonded properly to the concrete, built up and sanded flat, finished to Level 5. The old texture stays sealed underneath and you end up with a perfectly smooth modern ceiling.
The result looks identical to a house ceiling. The method is completely different. Contractors who only work on drywall often don’t know this, promise you a scrape-off, and either fail or damage the slab trying.
Some condos do have drywall ceilings — usually in bulkheads, or in newer buildings. We check which one you have during the free quote and tell you exactly what your ceiling needs.
We’ve completed projects in hundreds of GTA condo buildings across these communities:
We also serve condo owners throughout Markham, Richmond Hill, Scarborough, Pickering, Oakville and Burlington.
Toronto condo work pricing: $4 to $9 per square foot (Slightly higher than house work because of building protocols, elevator booking, and concrete techniques)
$4 – $6 per sq ft
$5 – $8 per sq ft
priced together — depends on size, ceiling condition, access and building requirements
$300 – $4,500 (size dependent)
$200 – $400 per crack
Free written quote within 24 hours. Proof of insurance provided when your building or property manager requires it.
A lot of our condo work isn’t for people living in the unit.
Between tenants: the window is tight and the unit has to be ready. We work to a date and we hit it. Popcorn removal, smooth finish and paint in one booking.
Before listing: a dated popcorn ceiling is the first thing a buyer notices in listing photos. Smooth ceilings make a unit photograph brighter and show better in person.
Multiple units: if you own several in the same building, we’ll price them together and do them in one mobilization. One elevator booking, one set of approvals, better price per unit.
Not local: we can coordinate with your property manager, your realtor or your tenant directly, send photos as we go, and you never have to be in the room.
Hi, I’m Sony. I founded Master of Ceilings in 2010 with one mission: bring true European craftsmanship to Toronto homes.
For over 15 years, my team and I have worked in hundreds of Toronto condos — downtown high-rises near Yonge & Bloor, King West and Liberty Village, waterfront towers in Humber Bay Shores, Square One in Mississauga, the VMC towers in Vaughan. Concrete ceilings, occupied units, elevator bookings, property managers who need paperwork before you can lift a tool. I know how these buildings work, and I know how to leave one without the neighbours ever knowing we were there.
“I treat every home like it’s my own. If it’s not perfect, I don’t leave.”
I’m on every job site personally. No subcontractors. No shortcuts. Just clean work, fair pricing, and ceilings that last — in a building where that’s harder than it sounds. When you call 647-972-4858, you talk to me. When my team arrives, I’m there. That’s how Master of Ceilings has been since day one, and that’s how it stays.
Yes — it’s one of our most common condo jobs. On a drywall ceiling we scrape it off. On concrete we skim over it instead, because scraping damages the slab. Either way you end up with a smooth modern ceiling. We check which type you have at the free quote and tell you exactly what your ceiling needs.
Most condo customers stay in the unit. We seal off the work area, use HEPA dust extraction, and usually work one room at a time so you keep somewhere to live. If you’re doing the whole unit at once and it’s occupied, we’ll talk through the timing.
Yes. We do this often for investors and out-of-town owners. We coordinate with your property manager, realtor or tenant for access, and send photos as the work progresses so you can see it without being there.
Yes. Every project includes a 1-year written workmanship warranty. If anything isn’t right within that year, we come back and fix it.
