The Beach has a large mix of styles and eras in the houses. There have been a few surges of house buying and building in the life of Beach . Many Clapboard Cottages from when the Beach was an excursion place from the city with boats for hire, dancing halls and an amusement park.

Some of these were more permanent then others, being owned by people with more means or  being rented out for the summer to visitors. Many young people bought these cottages as their first house.

The demand and the rising resale value of the houses in the Beach had builders clearing lots on the hillier sections of the beach and modifying American designs to Torontians taste, These less desirable lots did not hurt the resale value though for many of the Beach homes that fetch the greatest prices are in theses hills a ravines . This is a Tudor also revival style

Although not all the homes are so grand. This design a modified "California Bungalow" was quite popular in the Beach. It would have most likely had a "shingle style" when built. Having cedar shingled roof and dormer  stained or left natural .

With the Streetcar making the commute in to the city quick and easy, the housing prices increased and more houses were built north of Queen street . This is a Tudor revival built probably in the late Victorian  or Edwardian era .

Some more of the wealthy Torontonians chose to leave the chic places like Jarvis Street and Parkdale to move to the Beach now that it was more respectable.

This "Victorian style" cottage has some updates but stile does not take away from the original look of the house. Renovating is really the home owners personal choice for a house in the beach the resale price will only increase .