Richmond Hill Renovation Contractor · Reformity Inc.Basement & Home Renovations in Richmond Hill
Renovation work in Richmond Hill tends to follow the age of the house: older homes around the Village Core and Mill Pond are often due for new kitchens and bathrooms, while newer subdivision homes, in Oak Ridges and elsewhere, more often have an unfinished basement waiting. Finishing one needs a building permit here, and the City's basement checklist asks for full-height insulation on the foundation walls, down to within 200 mm of the floor, wherever existing insulation is altered or missing. We build that into the drawings from the start.
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Basement finish floor plan — Rooms, egress window, alarms and wall section. Click to enlarge.
Drawn before we build
Drawn before we build in Richmond Hill.
A floor plan of the finished space: rooms, the bedroom egress window, bathroom, smoke and CO alarms, and the wall build-up. Finishing a basement usually needs a building permit, and this is the drawing the application is built on.
Renovations permits in Richmond Hill
Finishing a basement in Richmond Hill needs a building permit with scaled floor plans showing room uses, plumbing fixtures, window and door sizes and smoke and CO alarms; for an additional residential unit the City's list adds stamped or sealed drawings and mechanical drawings with heat-loss and heat-gain calculations, and electrical work needs a separate ESA permit; Reformity prepares the drawings, coordinates the sealed set and handles the building permit application.
- Dimensions to your lot lines
- Materials, sizes and spacing
- Footing and base sections
- Code notes for the inspector
Where Ontario's Building Code requires a BCIN-qualified designer or a professional engineer for permit drawings, that sign-off is part of the drawing set.
How our drawings workCity of Richmond Hill rules
Renovations rules in Richmond Hill.
Checked against official municipal and provincial sources. Lots differ, so we confirm the rules for your address at the quote visit.
Basements & second units
Finishing a basement needs a building permit. A lot on municipal water and sewer can have up to three additional residential units plus the main home (no more than two in a separate building); some Oak Ridges Moraine and other Greenway zones allow fewer or none. Each unit needs a building permit with stamped or sealed drawings, plus an ESA permit for electrical work.
City of Richmond Hill: additional residential unitsSecond & third units
Ontario's Planning Act allows up to three units on a serviced urban residential lot with a detached, semi or townhouse: three in the house, or two in the house plus one in an ancillary building like a garage. Each new unit needs a building permit.
Ontario: additional residential units
What we build in Richmond Hill
Interiors finished to impress.
- Kitchen Renovations
- Bathroom Renovations
- Basement Finishing
- Epoxy & Tile Floors
Neighbourhoods
Renovations across Richmond Hill.
- Oak Ridges
- Bayview Hill
- Mill Pond
- Jefferson
- Westbrook
- Elgin Mills
- Langstaff
- Richvale
- Rouge Woods
- Observatory
Richmond Hill Renovations FAQ
Quick answers.
Not just to replace cabinets: installing kitchen or bathroom cupboards is on the City's no-permit list. Altering plumbing or HVAC, or a structural change like removing a load-bearing wall, does need one, and we prepare the drawings and apply.
Finishing a basement needs a building permit. A lot on municipal water and sewer can have up to three additional residential units plus the main home (no more than two in a separate building); some Oak Ridges Moraine and other Greenway zones allow fewer or none. Each unit needs a building permit with stamped or sealed drawings, plus an ESA permit for electrical work.
Send the form on this page or call 437-241-6287. We reply within one business day, visit your Richmond Hill property to measure and check the City of Richmond Hill rules for your lot, and give you a fixed written price.
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Planning renovations in Richmond Hill?
We'll measure, check the City of Richmond Hill rules for your lot, draw it up and give you a fixed written price. One business-day reply.
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