In 1966, two brothers built four houses in Mississauga. Six decades and more than five thousand homes later, the family name still sits above the door — and on every contract.
Georgian was founded in 1966 by Anthony and Frank Maida — two brothers who, between them, built four homes in Mississauga that first year. Their younger brother Gene joined the company in the years that followed. Sixty years on, Gene leads Georgian as President, and the family name still sits on every contract we sign.
Across six decades, Georgian has delivered more than five thousand homes across Southern Ontario — from single-family infills to estates, from Bolton to Burlington to the Bridle Path. Today the practice is deliberately smaller: a focused custom-home studio that works with a limited number of Toronto families each year on projects worth doing well.
What hasn’t changed is the operating principle. Architecture, design, and construction all sit under one roof — and one accountability. Every decision is made before construction begins. Every dollar is accounted for in writing. Every home we build is one we’d be willing to live in ourselves.
Most renovation regret comes from the gap between the team that drew the plan and the team that built it. We’ve removed that gap entirely.
Every project begins with architects who design for both beauty and buildability — with construction realities understood from day one. No surprises in the field.
Our in-house design studio, led by Principal Designer Michelle Mawby, makes every selection — three hundred decisions, made up front — before a single hammer is lifted.
Our build teams have worked alongside our designers for years. The drawing and the build are produced by the same studio, on the same timeline, accountable to the same standard.
Georgian is small by intention. Every project is led personally by the people whose names appear here.
Gene is the youngest of the three Maida brothers who built Georgian into one of the GTA’s most-trusted homebuilders — and he now leads it. He responds to every Georgian inquiry personally, attends every Design Consultation, and sits with every family through their Feasibility Study. A lifetime on Southern Ontario’s building sites means he can tell you, looking at a property, what’s possible — and what isn’t.
Michelle leads Georgian’s in-house design studio. She works alongside every client through palette, material, finish, and the small thousand decisions that make a house feel like this family’s home and no one else’s. Her work has appeared in House & Home, Style at Home, and Toronto Life.
Our studio sits in Toronto’s design district, a short walk from the architects, suppliers, and showrooms we work with most. It’s also where most of our Design Consultations and Feasibility Study presentations take place.
Walk in any weekday and you’ll find Gene at one end of the studio and Michelle at the other — usually both around the same large table, in the middle of someone’s drawings.
We’d be honoured to host you here.
An introductory call to learn about your project. No cost, no obligation. Gene Maida, our President, replies to every inquiry personally.