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Kirkendall · Hamilton

Dawn & Dusk

One handsome semi. Six front doors.

A principal dwelling on each side, with additional homes tucked behind. Named for the two lights it is drawn in: one side catches the morning, the other keeps the evening.

Kirkendall · Pre-construction

Artist’s concept rendering of Dawn & Dusk, a semi-detached house-form home in Kirkendall
Fig. 01   What we are building toward. Artist’s concept. AI-generated and illustrative only. Final design subject to change and municipal approval.
Location
Kirkendall, Hamilton
Form
Semi-detached, a principal dwelling plus additional dwelling units per side
Homes
Six (by design)
Stage
Pre-construction
Haddon’s role
Development & construction management

The opportunity

A Kirkendall semi that can quietly hold six families.

Kirkendall is one of Hamilton’s best old neighbourhoods. Deep lots, mature trees, wide front porches, a short walk to Locke Street. Exactly the kind of street built for more neighbours than it holds today.

Dawn & Dusk is a semi-detached home, and the plan keeps it one on the outside. A principal dwelling on each side, with additional dwelling units behind. The same familiar idea as a basement or in-law suite, done with care. Six homes on a lot that reads, from the sidewalk, exactly like the house that has always been there.

Gentle density, the way it is supposed to look. A house, through and through.

Where it stands

Designed, planned, and ready to go vertical.

Dawn & Dusk is the next build out of the ground. The hard early work is done; what is left is the part everyone can see.

  1. 01  · Done

    Acquisition

    Acquired in Kirkendall, chosen for a street and a lot that could carry real gentle density without ever stopping looking like a house.

  2. 02  · In progress

    Design & approvals

    Designing a semi where each side is a principal dwelling plus additional dwelling units, and moving the plan through the city. Final design and homes count remain subject to municipal approval.

  3. 03  · Upcoming

    Construction

    Targeted to start once approvals are in hand, with our own site team running the trades and the schedule, the same way we run The Brow and The Bench.

  4. 04  · Upcoming

    Lease-up

    Finish, list, and settle six homes on one of Hamilton’s most walkable streets.

The work

An arched reading nook finished in warm plaster, an example of the finish standard planned for Dawn & Dusk
Fig. 02   The finish standard we build to.
A marble powder room detail, an example of the finish standard planned for Dawn & Dusk
Fig. 03   Small rooms, taken seriously.

Six homes that belong on the street they are built on.

This is the missing middle at its most honest: a single lot, gently holding several families, on a street that was built for exactly this. It is the kind of project we run from the first permit to the last set of keys, and the kind we build alongside partners who want real Hamilton homes behind their capital.