Founder’s Bio

Steven Malfatti was born on June 4th, 1969 in Toronto, Ontario. At that time, his father Frank Malfatti was a supervisor for Pitts Construction (25 years) and he often brought Steven to job sites to give his son an early education into the entire construction process. Steve remembers these times fondly.

In 1980, his father moved back to Northern Italy where he founded a very successful construction company named MF Construction specialising in building homes, sewers and roads.

As a teenager, building construction and finish carpentry became an integral part of Steven’s life. At 16 years old, Steven became trade-certified in carpentry and building construction and graduated at the top of his class partly due to the huge head start he was given being mentored by his father. Steven quickly learned all aspects of the business and at just 18 years old, Steven managed the building of the new Town Hall, a 10 0000 SF project.

At 21, Steven moved back to Canada and was hired immediately to work for a large construction company that built factories throughout Canada. Originally hired as labour, management realised quickly what an asset Steven was and promoted him to supervisor where he managed multi-million dollar projects and crews of 20 or more workers.

At 26, Steven was hired as a carpenter working for a major construction company that specialised in high-rise and low-rise condominium construction. Again, Steven was quickly recognised for his expertise and asked by the owner of the company to manage one of his projects. Soon, Steven was tasked with managing multiple projects ranging from crews of 50 to 150 tradesmen, labourers, architects and building inspectors. The projects were located mostly in Canada but also ranged world-wide with projects in South and Central America, and the U.S. in Michigan, Texas, and Miami.

In 2012, Steven went on out his own and founded Tight Rein Construction Limited in Scarborough, Ontario specialising in custom home renovations. From planning and design through to finishing touches Tight Rein is there to help our clients realise their dreams of beautiful yet practical spaces in homes, condos and offices including kitchen’s, bathrooms, basements, additions and landscaping.

Steven has utilised his decades of experience and expertise from a wide range of building construction projects to make his clients happy and excited to work with him. Our long list of happy clients is a testament to Steven’s professional approach to construction, and dedication to customer service.