Vaughan Renovation Contractor · Reformity Inc.Basement & Home Renovations in Vaughan
Vaughan renovations split by era. Thornhill and Woodbridge homes from the 1970s–90s are often due for kitchen and bathroom rebuilds, while the 2000s–2010s two-storeys in Vellore Village, Maple and Patterson usually came with unfinished basements. The permit line is clear here: Vaughan requires a building permit to finish a basement, or to add or relocate plumbing fixtures in one, and a secondary suite is a separate permit. We draw the plans — ceiling heights, stairs, furnace and bathroom locations — and apply before work starts.
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Recent renovations jobs across the GTA.
Real Reformity jobs from our project files. Customer addresses are never published.
Basement finish floor plan — Rooms, egress window, alarms and wall section. Click to enlarge.
Drawn before we build
Drawn before we build in Vaughan.
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 Vaughan
Finishing a basement, or adding or moving plumbing fixtures in one, needs a Vaughan building permit, and a secondary suite is a separate permit — Reformity prepares the dimensioned drawings (ceiling heights, stairs, furnace and bathroom locations) and handles the 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 Vaughan rules
Renovations rules in Vaughan.
Checked against official municipal and provincial sources. Lots differ, so we confirm the rules for your address at the quote visit.
Basements & second units
A building permit is needed to finish a basement, or to add or move plumbing fixtures in one, and a secondary suite is a separate permit. Zoning allows up to two additional residential units per lot on municipal water and sewer, generally with one parking space each. The City doesn't allow suites in the Woodbridge Special Policy Area or in a floodplain.
City of Vaughan: finishing a basementWalkouts & structural work
Every basement walkout needs a building permit, with a Development Engineering grading permit issued first, and walk-up stairs with a retaining wall over 1,000 mm must be designed and reviewed by a professional engineer. Structural alterations such as underpinning need a building permit too.
City of Vaughan: basement walkoutsSecond & 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 Vaughan
Interiors finished to impress.
- Kitchen Renovations
- Bathroom Renovations
- Basement Finishing
- Epoxy & Tile Floors
Neighbourhoods
Renovations across Vaughan.
- Woodbridge
- Maple
- Kleinburg
- Thornhill (Vaughan)
- Concord
- Vellore Village
- Patterson
- Sonoma Heights
- Vaughan Mills
- Elder Mills
Vaughan Renovations FAQ
Quick answers.
Yes, if your lot qualifies. Since March 2025, Vaughan's zoning allows up to two additional residential units per lot on municipal water and sewer, with at least one parking space for each unit outside protected major transit station areas. The City doesn't allow suites in the Woodbridge Special Policy Area or in a floodplain. The suite needs a separate building permit, and we prepare the drawings for it.
A building permit is needed to finish a basement, or to add or move plumbing fixtures in one, and a secondary suite is a separate permit. Zoning allows up to two additional residential units per lot on municipal water and sewer, generally with one parking space each. The City doesn't allow suites in the Woodbridge Special Policy Area or in a floodplain.
Send the form on this page or call 437-241-6287. We reply within one business day, visit your Vaughan property to measure and check the City of Vaughan rules for your lot, and give you a fixed written price.
Free on-site quote
Planning renovations in Vaughan?
We'll measure, check the City of Vaughan rules for your lot, draw it up and give you a fixed written price. One business-day reply.