Renovation Planning and Design Services in Brampton
Bramalea Was Planned in 1960. Your Household Was Not.
Brampton holds one of the largest concentrations of planned 1960s housing in the country. The lettered sections of Bramalea were laid out around a household that had one car, one kitchen and one generation under the roof — compact rooms, a galley kitchen closed off from everything, and a basement that was never meant to be lived in. Almost every Brampton renovation we plan is some version of undoing that.
Renovation planning and design is where it gets resolved before money moves. 905 Reno produces as-built drawings, structural direction, budgets and finish schedules prepared to the Ontario Building Code and City of Brampton Building Division requirements.
Why Brampton Homeowners Design Before They Build
Opening a 1960s Bramalea main floor or converting a basement into a registered second unit are both permit projects, not cosmetic ones — they involve bearing walls, ceiling height, egress windows, fire separation and often the furnace location. Our designers work across everything Brampton is built from: the planned stock through Bramalea and Northgate, century properties near the downtown core and the Churchville hamlet, and the large detached subdivisions of Springdale, Castlemore and Fletcher’s Meadow.
What a Brampton homeowner gets from a 905 Reno design package:
Licensed and insured renovation design professionals serving Brampton homeowners
Second unit and space planning specialists for Peel Region housing stock
Complete pre-construction service from site measure to permit submission
Drawings prepared to the Ontario Building Code and City of Brampton requirements
Scoped design fees with defined deliverables and agreed timelines
Finish and material schedules settled before construction pricing
We take the project from site measure through permit-ready drawings, so a Brampton build starts with the structure, the code path and the budget already settled.
What the Design Stage Protects in Brampton
Second units and structural openings both fail inspection for reasons that are entirely predictable on a drawing — and entirely expensive once framed.
Design the Unit Before You Frame It
A drawing set that already satisfies ceiling height, egress and separation means a Brampton second unit is priced once and passes inspection the first time.
Resolve Ceiling Height and Egress on Paper
Undersized windows, insufficient headroom and furnace-room separation are all cheap to solve at design stage and expensive to solve after framing.
Give Trades One Coordinated Set
A sequenced set lets your general contractor stage structure, mechanical and finishes without stopping to reinterpret the plan at every stage.
Ready for City of Brampton Submission
Every set is prepared to Ontario Building Code and City of Brampton Building Division standards, so permits are issued without a revision cycle.
Design Directions That Suit Brampton Homes
A 1965 Bramalea semi, a century property near Queen Street and a 2006 detached in Springdale start from three different structures and three different budgets, so every project begins with a measure, an as-built set and a conversation about who actually lives in the house.
Where Brampton projects most often go:
Main floor reconfiguration for 1960s Bramalea and Northgate planned housing
Registered second unit design with compliant egress, ceiling height and fire separation
Rear and above-garage additions sized to Brampton setbacks and coverage limits
Kitchen relocation and open-plan conversions for Springdale and Castlemore detached homes
Sensitive alterations for century properties near the downtown core and Churchville
Where We Work Across Brampton
905 Reno plans and designs renovations throughout Brampton — across Bramalea, Northgate, and Heart Lake, through Springdale, Castlemore, and Sandalwood, out to Fletcher’s Meadow, Credit Valley, Churchville, and the downtown core.
Conservation review here depends on which way the land drains: Credit Valley Conservation across the western and central watershed, TRCA toward the Etobicoke Creek corridor on the east side. And because registered second units are so common in Brampton, ceiling height, window egress and fire separation need designing in from the first sketch rather than being discovered at inspection.
Why a Second Unit Is a Design Problem First
Brampton homeowners regularly find that a basement built without design-stage code review fails on ceiling height or egress after the drywall is up — and that correcting it costs five to ten times what designing it correctly would have.
A complete pre-construction package removes that risk and gives every trade a single coordinated set.
905 Reno Manages Every Step of Your Renovation Planning and Design, Including:
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Site measure, structural review and accurate as-built drawings.
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Concept layouts, load-path strategy and code review for ceiling height and egress.
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Design development, finish schedules and material selections costed before sign-off.
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Permit drawings assembled for City of Brampton Building Division submission.
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Contractor handoff, trade coordination and design support through construction.
Plan Your Brampton Renovation Properly
Fix the layout, the code path and the number before demolition starts. 905 Reno’s design team can plan your Brampton renovation — whether that is opening a Bramalea main floor, designing a registered second unit in Heart Lake, or adding to a Springdale detached.