Renovation Planning and Design Services in Whitby
A Historic Village and a New Subdivision, Sometimes on the Same Street
Whitby is really two building stocks that grew into each other. Brooklin and the downtown core hold nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century houses with the structural quirks that come with age. Around and between them sit some of the fastest-built subdivisions in Durham Region. On a single Brooklin street you can find an 1880s farmhouse and a 2021 detached, and they need completely different design approaches.
905 Reno plans for both, producing as-built drawings, structural direction, budgets and finish schedules prepared to the Ontario Building Code and Town of Whitby Building Services requirements.
Why Whitby Homeowners Design Before They Commit
What a Whitby project needs depends entirely on which Whitby the house belongs to. Older Brooklin and downtown properties need conditions documented first — framing, previous alterations, services that were updated piecemeal. Newer stock through Williamsburg and Taunton North needs the opposite: not investigation, but a plan for finishing space the builder deliberately left undone. Our designers work across both, plus the 1980s and 90s housing of Pringle Creek and Rolling Acres and the lakeside properties of Port Whitby.
What a Whitby homeowner gets from a 905 Reno design package:
Licensed and insured renovation design professionals serving Whitby homeowners
Specialists in both heritage-era and newly built Durham Region housing
Complete pre-construction service from conditions survey to permit submission
Drawings prepared to the Ontario Building Code and Town of Whitby requirements
Clear design fees with defined deliverables and agreed timelines
Material and finish schedules agreed before construction pricing
We take the project from site measure through permit-ready drawings, so a Whitby build starts with scope, structure and budget agreed.
What Design-Stage Work Is Worth in Whitby
Whether the house is 140 years old or four, the expensive decisions are the same ones — and all of them are cheaper resolved on a drawing.
One Budget, Whatever the Building's Age
An accurate conditions survey and a costed finish schedule keep a Brooklin century home and a Taunton North new build equally predictable on budget.
Identify Heritage and Conservation Review Early
Brooklin and downtown heritage review, plus CLOCA regulation along Lynde and Pringle Creek, are all identified during design rather than at submission.
Coordinate Trades Around Documented Conditions
A coordinated set tells your general contractor what the survey found, so trades are scheduled around real conditions rather than assumptions.
Assembled for Town of Whitby Submission
Every set is prepared to Ontario Building Code and Town of Whitby Building Services standards, so permits are issued without a revision cycle.
Design Directions That Suit Whitby Homes
A century property in the Brooklin village core, a 1990s detached in Pringle Creek and a recent build in Taunton North present three different problems, so every project starts with a measure, an as-built set and a conversation about how the household uses the space.
Where Whitby projects most often go:
Sensitive additions and alterations for century homes in the Brooklin village core
Main floor reconfiguration for 1980s and 90s Pringle Creek and Rolling Acres homes
Code-compliant basement finishing and secondary suites for Williamsburg and Taunton North
Rear and above-garage additions sized to Whitby setbacks and coverage limits
Conservation-aware siting for properties along the Lynde and Pringle Creek corridors
Where We Work Across Whitby
905 Reno plans and designs renovations throughout Whitby — across Brooklin, downtown Whitby, and Port Whitby, through Pringle Creek, Rolling Acres, and Blue Grass Meadows, out to Williamsburg, Taunton North, and Lynde Creek.
Two local factors shape the drawings. Heritage properties in the Brooklin and downtown cores carry design review on exterior alterations that newer neighbourhoods never trigger. And the Lynde Creek and Pringle Creek corridors fall under Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority regulation, which adds a review step before a permit is issued.
Why the Plan Governs the Budget
Whitby homeowners frequently find that a structural issue discovered after demolition costs five to ten times its design-stage equivalent — and that a heritage or conservation review nobody planned for can hold a permit for weeks.
A complete pre-construction set closes that gap and gives every trade one coordinated reference.
905 Reno Manages Every Step of Your Renovation Planning and Design, Including:
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Site measure, existing-conditions assessment 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 Whitby Building Services submission.
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Contractor handoff, trade coordination and design support through the build.
Plan Your Whitby Renovation First
Agree the scope, the structure and the number before demolition begins. 905 Reno’s design team can plan your Whitby renovation — whether that is a sensitive addition in the Brooklin village core, opening a Pringle Creek main floor, or finishing a Taunton North basement to code.