Neighbourhoods · Toronto
Home management, repairs and small-scale refreshes for Rosedale's homes, from one Home Manager who knows the house.
A Rosedale house rarely needs one trade. A leak at a chimney can mean slate, copper and masonry work at once, scheduled around the weather and, often, a heritage permit. Zebrano coordinates all of it. Your Home Manager brings in licensed, vetted and insured specialists, oversees the work on site and keeps the history of your house in one place.
Members get an Annual Home Care Plan built for an older home: boiler service before the heating season, eavestrough and roof checks before winter, backwater valve and sump tests before spring storms, and a Five-Year Capital Plan, so a slate roof or a boiler replacement is planned, not discovered.
After a freeze and thaw, water shows at an upper-floor ceiling of a Victorian house on a ravine-edged street, and the slate roof is the likely source. The owner calls the Home Manager, who checks whether the property is in a heritage conservation district, arranges a look at the slate, copper flashing, chimney and attic, and brings in the right specialists. The roof was built long before modern underlayment and attic ventilation, so the repair is made at the cause, and better ventilation, insulation and a membrane under the flashing are proposed where they help, with a permit where one is needed. It is recorded in the Annual Home Care Plan, and larger roof work is planned in the Five-Year Capital Plan.
Rosedale holds some of Toronto's oldest large homes: Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian Revival houses on ravine-edged streets, many with slate roofs, original millwork and plaster, and mature trees. Large parts of North and South Rosedale are heritage conservation districts, so exterior work often needs a heritage permit.
Zebrano - Luxury Home Management. We look after Toronto homes: maintenance, trades, small renovations, refreshes and emergencies. In business since 2001.