# Common areas and balconies for apartment buildings

> Paint, drop ceiling tiles, baseboard, exhaust fans and balcony concrete for apartment hallways, stairwells and laundry rooms in Niagara and Hamilton.

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- Section: Home > Rental and commercial > Common areas and balconies
- Business: Reborn Renos, 4048 Stadelbauer Drive, Beamsville, ON, Canada (serves Beamsville, Lincoln, Grimsby, Stoney Creek, Hamilton, St. Catharines, Thorold, Niagara Falls)
- Phone: (905) 920-1418 | Email: michal.gagatrs@gmail.com
- Page updated: 2026-11-02

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For rental and commercial

Reborn Renos refreshes and repairs the shared parts of apartment buildings across Hamilton and the Niagara Region: hallways, stairwells, laundry rooms, mechanical rooms and balconies. That means two coats of paint on walls, trim, doors, railings, stringers and ceilings, new drop ceiling tiles, missing baseboard replaced, exhaust fans vented outside, drywall patched, and balconies stripped of old tile, skim coated and painted. Call (905) 920-1418.

[Call (905) 920-1418](tel:+19059201418) [Request a quote](https://www.rebornrenos.com/request/?face=commercial)

![The common stairwell and hallway of an apartment building after a refresh: warm white walls, a black stair railing and stringer, new white baseboard and new drop ceiling tiles](https://www.rebornrenos.com/img/common-1200.webp)

## What does common area work cover?

Everything a tenant walks past on the way to their door. On one Reborn Renos quote for a rental building in Niagara Falls, the shared spaces got their own lines:

- old drop ceiling tiles taken down and new ones put up;
- baseboard put back wherever it was missing;
- two coats of paint on the walls, trim, doors, stair railings, stringers and ceilings;
- an exhaust fan in the laundry room, vented to the outside;
- leaking pipes in the mechanical room repaired;
- drywall patched where it had been cut open for new baseboard heaters and the laundry room fan;
- the balconies: the old tile taken off and disposed of, then the concrete skim coated and painted, with the material included.

Each of those was priced on its own line, so the owner could see what every part cost. HST was added at the end.

## Which parts of a building do you work on?

The halls and stairwells, the laundry and mechanical rooms, and the balconies: the spaces every tenant shares, and the ones a prospective tenant sees first. The units themselves are [property turnovers](https://www.rebornrenos.com/properties/turnovers/) when they sit empty between tenants, and [income property maintenance](https://www.rebornrenos.com/properties/maintenance/) while people live in them.

## Can the work go ahead while tenants live in the building?

Yes. Common areas are worked on in buildings that stay lived in. The same quote also covered repairs inside units with tenants at home: drywall patched and painted where the baseboard heaters had been changed. If a building needs more than a refresh, such as new walls or a full interior, see [apartment and commercial renovations](https://www.rebornrenos.com/properties/renovations/). In an older building, old ceiling tiles and flooring are on the asbestos regulation's own list, so read [asbestos checks before renovating](https://www.rebornrenos.com/guides/asbestos-before-renovating/) before they come out. In Hamilton, buildings of two or more storeys with six or more units also register every year: see [Hamilton](https://www.rebornrenos.com/areas/hamilton/).

## What happens on a tiled balcony?

The old tile comes off and goes away with the rest of the waste. The concrete underneath is skim coated to give it a smooth, even face, then painted. On that quote the material was included in the balcony line's price.

## How is it priced?

Every area and every item gets its own line and its own price on a written quote, and HST is added at 13% at the end. Small jobs have set prices, and there is no job too small. The [pricing and quotes page](https://www.rebornrenos.com/terms/) has the details, and the [request page](https://www.rebornrenos.com/request/) lists what to send so the quote is right the first time: the address, the areas, and a photo of each.

## Can common area work raise the rent?

Sometimes. Major work on a building can count toward an application for a rent increase above the guideline, and the Landlord and Tenant Board decides. See [above guideline increases after renovations](https://www.rebornrenos.com/guides/above-guideline-rent-increase/) and [rental maintenance standards](https://www.rebornrenos.com/guides/rental-maintenance-standards/).

Published by Reborn Renos, Beamsville. Updated November 2, 2026.

## Talk to us

Monday to Saturday, 7 am to 7 pm. No job is too small.

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