Renovation Planning and Design Services in Aurora
Two Kinds of Aurora House, Two Very Different Planning Problems
Aurora renovations tend to fall into one of two camps. There are the century properties in and around Old Aurora, where the heritage conservation district shapes what you can change on an elevation before anyone discusses a kitchen. And there is the 1960s-to-1980s stock through Regency Acres and Aurora Heights, where the constraint is not approval but structure — low ceilings, bearing walls in the wrong places, and additions built by previous owners that never appeared on a drawing.
Renovation planning and design settles both on paper. 905 Reno produces as-built drawings, structural direction, budgets and finish schedules prepared to the Ontario Building Code and Town of Aurora Building Division requirements, so the plan that gets approved is the plan your contractor prices.
Why Aurora Homeowners Bring Us In Before the Contractor
The question that decides an Aurora project is rarely aesthetic. It is whether the roof load can be carried on a new opening, whether the addition clears the setback, and which conservation authority reviews the lot — because Aurora is split, with properties draining south falling under TRCA and those in the Lake Simcoe watershed sitting with the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority. Our designers resolve those questions against the real building, across Old Aurora’s century stock, the ranch and sidesplit housing of Regency Acres, and the larger frontages out in Aurora Estates.
What an Aurora homeowner gets from a 905 Reno design package:
Licensed and insured renovation design professionals working throughout Aurora
Space planning and structural layout specialists for York Region housing
Full pre-construction service from site measure to permit submission
Drawings prepared to the Ontario Building Code and Town of Aurora requirements
Defined design fees with scoped deliverables and agreed timelines
Finish and material schedules confirmed before trades price the work
We carry the work from first site measure through permit-ready drawings, so an Aurora build starts with the approvals path, the structure and the budget already agreed.
What the Design Stage Is Worth in Aurora
A decision changed on a drawing costs a redraw. The same decision changed after framing costs demolition, rework and weeks of schedule — which is why planning is the least expensive stage of any project.
Approve a Number That Survives Construction
Accurate drawings and a costed finish schedule let every trade quote the same scope, so the figure agreed for a Bayview Wellington or Old Aurora project holds once work begins.
Identify Heritage and Conservation Review Early
Heritage district rules in the older core and split conservation authority jurisdiction across the town both surface during design, well before a permit application is filed.
Give Trades a Sequenced Drawing Set
A coordinated set lets your general contractor book structure, mechanical and finishing in order rather than losing weeks to questions the drawings never answered.
Assembled for Town of Aurora Submission
Every set is prepared to Ontario Building Code and Town of Aurora submission standards, so permits are issued without a second revision round.
Design Directions That Suit Aurora Properties
A brick century home near Wellington Street, a 1970s sidesplit in Regency Acres and a large-lot build in Aurora Estates each start from a different structure and a different approvals path, so every project opens with a measure, an as-built set and a conversation about how the household actually lives.
Where Aurora projects usually go:
Sensitive additions and elevation changes for century homes in the Old Aurora core
Sidesplit and ranch reconfiguration through Regency Acres and Aurora Heights
Estate-lot additions and teardown-rebuild planning across Aurora Estates
Main-floor primary suites and single-level layouts for downsizing households
Basement suite design with compliant ceiling height, egress and fire separation
Where We Work Across Aurora
905 Reno plans and designs renovations throughout Aurora — across Old Aurora, Aurora Heights, and Regency Acres, through Bayview Wellington, Hills of St Andrew, and Aurora Highlands, out to Aurora Estates, Stronach, and the newer subdivisions north of Wellington.
Aurora’s review path is genuinely property-specific. Heritage designation in the older core changes what can be altered on a street-facing elevation, and the town straddles two conservation authorities, so the agency reviewing your addition depends on which way the land drains. Both get confirmed during design rather than discovered at intake.
Why the Approvals Path Belongs in the Design Stage
Aurora homeowners regularly find that a structural change made after demolition costs five to ten times the design-stage equivalent — and that a heritage or conservation review nobody anticipated can add a full cycle before a permit is issued.
A complete pre-construction set removes that exposure and puts every trade on one coordinated drawing.
905 Reno Manages Every Step of Your Renovation Planning and Design, Including:
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Site measure, existing-conditions review and accurate as-built drawings.
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Concept layouts, structural strategy and 3D views where the change is hard to picture.
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Design development, finish schedules and material selections costed before sign-off.
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Permit drawings assembled for Town of Aurora Building Division submission.
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Contractor handoff, trade coordination and design support through the build.
Plan Your Aurora Renovation First
Settle the scope, the approvals and the number before demolition begins. 905 Reno’s design team can plan your Aurora renovation — whether that is a sensitive addition in the older core, opening up a Regency Acres sidesplit, or a full rebuild on an Aurora Estates lot.