ABOUT US

Toolbox Strategies provides builders and developers award-winning lifestyle branding strategies with
one-stop advertising, design and marketing services. We create experiences, marketing programs, creative concepts, and content that help brands build meaningful relationships with consumers and
keeps our clients a step ahead of the competition.

We are all specialists in what we do, but nobody lives within the confines of a single role. At the core of our philosophy is this: everyone is creative. That’s why we’re organized into collaborative teams. We bring over 15 years of industry knowledge to the onset of every project. This insight benefits our clients every day.

OUR THINKING

BRANDING IS A VITAL CONVERSATION WE’LL
HAVE WITH YOU.

Corporate or community brand promises matter and never more than today! In the escalating market of choice, competition and communities, unique lifestyle brands are the most effective way of cutting through the racket to reach people’s hearts and minds when deciding the most important and expensive purchase of their lives – their home! So, this where we like to get started.

Toolbox’s clients are upending the standard approach to doing business. It used to be: build homes first, build brands later. Our strategy is just the opposite! Start with your brand promise. Lead with it. Turn your brand into the driver of your business – not just the typical way of packaging a community with pretty pictures and standard messages.

For our clients, this change has had a profound impact: winning homebuyers, unifying your company, and transcending product categories, prices and locations. That’s why, with over 15 years experience in this field, we’re asking clients to start the branding conversation everywhere it’s happening – In sales centres and brochures, editorials and websites. In the interest of making the right decisions for your companies marketing and advertising even better. Give us a call and start here.

 

OUR ACHIEVEMENTS

250+ Communities

80 Industry Awards

50 Client Brands

15 Years Experience

$6 Billion in Real Estate Sales

1 Toolbox


RECENT AWARDS

2011 – Toolbox Awards

Waterloo Region Home Builders Association

Best Colour Ad:  Losani Homes

Best Project Signage:  Nestings

Best Project Logo:  Nestings

2010 – Toolbox Awards

Ontario Home Builders Association (OHBA)

Best Sales Office Under 1500sf:  Joy

Waterloo Region Home Builders Association

Best Colour Ad: Baden Country Estates

Best Corporate Brochure:  Mountainview Homes

Best Project Logo:  Doon Creek

Best E-Marketing Campaign: Doon Creek

Best Advertising Campaign: Doon Creek

Best Project Signage:  Baden Country Estates

Best Project Sales Brochure: Doon Creek

Hamilton Halton Home Builders Association

Best Project Logo:  Ridgeview

Best Newspaper Ad:  Fairgrounds

Best Signage:  Fairgrounds

Best Website:  Branthaven Homes

Niagara Home Builders Association

Best Print Ad/Direct Mail:  Westbrook

2009 – Toolbox Awards

BILD

Best Low-Rise Sales Office Under 1,800sf :  Beach House

Hamilton Halton Home Builders Association

Project of the Year:  Bravo

Best Marketing Package:  Woodview

Best Sales Office:  Bravo

Best Magazine Ad:  Bravo

Best Newspaper Ad:  Bravo

Best Direct Mail:  Bravo

Best Project Logo:  Bravo

Best Signage:  Bravo

Ontario Home Builders Association

Best Low Rise Ad Campaign:  Beach House

Best Project Sales Brochure – Low Rise:  Beach House

2008 – Toolbox Awards

Hamilton Halton Home Builders Association (HHHBA)

Best Marketing Package:  Forest Hill

Best Project Logo:  Discovery

Best Signage:  Discovery

Ontario Home Builders Association (OHBA)

Best Project Logo Branding:  Hillside Estates

Best Model Home:  Mosaic

Best Project Sales Brochure – Low Rise:  Forest Hill

2007 – Toolbox Awards

Canadian Home Builders Association (CHBA)

Best Website:  Losani Homes

Best Sales Office:  The Fairgrounds

Hamilton Halton aHome Builders Association (HHHBA)

Project of the Year: The Fairgrounds

Community of the Year:  The Fairgrounds

Best Marketing Package:  The Fairgrounds

Best Sales Office:  The Fairgrounds

Best Magazine Ad:  The Fairgrounds

Best Newspaper Ad:  The Fairgrounds

Best Direct Mail:  The Fairgrounds

Best Project Logo:  Hillside Estates

2006 – Toolbox Awards

BILD

Best Magazine Ad –  Red Leaves

Best Project Logo –  Red Leaves

Best Direct Mail –  Red Leaves

Canadian Home Builders Association

Best Website  Losani Homes