MODERNest is a new design and development company with a mission to offer affordable, architect-designed, houses with a modern sensibility, on family-friendly streets in vibrant downtown Toronto neighbourhoods with easy access to good schools, public parks, transit lines and local shops. Situated on Rhodes Avenue in Toronto’s lively Leslieville neighbourhood, House 1 is modest and contemporary, yet sympathetically integrated with nearby houses due to its similar scale, setback and its natural materials.