Renovation Planning and Design Services in Richmond Hill
Rework a Builder-Grade Floor Plan Before You Commit a Dollar to Construction
Most Richmond Hill homes were framed between 1988 and 2006, and they all carry the same inherited floor plan: a formal living room nobody sits in, a kitchen walled off from the family room, and a two-storey foyer eating the square footage you actually want. Renovation planning and design is where that gets solved — on paper, where a wall move costs a redraw instead of a change order. 905 Reno produces the as-built drawings, structural direction, budgets and finish schedules that turn “we should open this up” into a set your contractor can price line by line.
Every package is drawn to the Ontario Building Code and to what the City of Richmond Hill Building Division expects at intake, so the drawings that earn your approval are the same ones that clear permit review.
Why Richmond Hill Homeowners Choose 905 Reno at the Design Stage
A plan you can build from in Richmond Hill has to answer questions a sketch never does: is that wall carrying the second floor, does the addition fit the setback, will the lot trigger conservation screening, and what does the whole thing actually cost. Our designers work in the stock this municipality is made of — deep-lot two-storeys in Bayview Hill and Jefferson, estate frontages in Oak Ridges, and the century houses ringing the Mill Pond heritage area — and size every plan to the structure, the zoning and the budget at the same time.
What Richmond Hill homeowners get from a 905 Reno design package:
Licensed and insured renovation design professionals working across Richmond Hill
Space planning and structural layout specialists for York Region housing stock
End-to-end pre-construction service, from first site measure to permit submission
Drawings prepared to the Ontario Building Code and City of Richmond Hill intake standards
Fixed, clearly scoped design fees with deliverables and dates agreed up front
Finish schedules and material selections locked before trades price the work
We carry the project from first site measure through stamped permit drawings, so by the time a Richmond Hill contractor is on site the scope, the budget and the code path are already settled.
What Design-Stage Planning Saves a Richmond Hill Homeowner
Decisions made on a drawing cost a redraw. The same decision made after framing costs demolition, rework and schedule — which is why the design stage is the cheapest hour you will spend on the project.
Price the Job Once, Not Three Times
An accurate drawing set and a finish schedule let trades quote the same scope instead of guessing at it, so the number you approve in Bayview Hill or Oak Ridges is the number that survives to completion.
Find the Zoning Problem While It Is Still a Drawing
Moraine policies north of the boundary, lot coverage ceilings in the older subdivisions, heritage sensitivity near Mill Pond — design-stage review surfaces all of it before it becomes a stop-work conversation.
Hand Your Contractor a Sequenced Set
A clear scope with dimensioned drawings lets your general contractor book framing, mechanical and finishing in the right order, instead of losing weeks to questions nobody answered at design.
Submission-Ready for Richmond Hill Building Division
Every set is assembled to Ontario Building Code and to the City of Richmond Hill’s submission requirements, so permits move without a second round of revisions.
Design Directions That Suit Richmond Hill Housing Stock
A 1990s detached in Rouge Woods, an estate lot backing the Oak Ridges Moraine and a century home off Mill Street are three different design problems, so every project opens with a site measure, an as-built set and an honest conversation about how the household actually moves through the house.
Where Richmond Hill projects most often go:
Opening up closed 1990s and early-2000s main floors in Jefferson and Rouge Woods
Garage-top and rear additions sized to Richmond Hill setbacks and lot coverage limits
Estate-lot design and teardown-rebuild planning for Oak Ridges and Bayview Hill frontages
Walkout and lookout basement layouts for the graded lots common across north Richmond Hill
Multi-generational plans with second kitchens and main-floor bedrooms for Westbrook and Crosby
Where We Work Across Richmond Hill
905 Reno plans and designs renovations throughout Richmond Hill — across Bayview Hill, Mill Pond, and Oak Ridges, through Jefferson, Devonsleigh, and Observatory, out to North Richvale, Crosby, Rouge Woods, and Westbrook.
Lot conditions change quickly here. Land north of the Moraine boundary can bring Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan policies and conservation authority screening into a project that looked routine, and older pockets near Yonge Street sit on servicing that predates the subdivisions around them. We confirm those constraints during design rather than discovering them at permit intake.
Why the Planning Stage Decides the Budget
Richmond Hill homeowners usually learn the hard way that a change made after framing runs five to ten times what the same change costs on a drawing — and that an incomplete submission can park a project at the Committee of Adjustment for a full variance cycle.
A complete pre-construction set removes that exposure and hands every trade one version of the truth.
905 Reno Manages Every Step of Your Renovation Planning and Design, Including:
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Site measure, existing-conditions survey 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 priced before sign-off.
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Permit drawings assembled for City of Richmond Hill Building Division submission.
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Contractor handoff, trade coordination and design support while the build runs.
Start Your Richmond Hill Renovation on Paper
Settle the scope, the drawings and the number before demolition starts. 905 Reno’s design team can plan your Richmond Hill project — whether that is opening a closed 1990s main floor in Jefferson, adding a primary suite over the garage in Bayview Hill, or planning a full rebuild on an Oak Ridges lot.