Renovation Design in Aurora

Thinking about renovation design for your Aurora home? Skip the phone tag. Describe the project in the form, attach photos, and get a price back — usually the same day.

The rest of this page covers how the project usually runs in Aurora and what shapes the quote, so you know what you're looking at before you ask.

In and around Aurora, housing runs from wartime and mid-century stock to new subdivisions and towers, so the same renovation can be scoped quite differently depending on the age and type of the home.

For renovation design specifically, the Aurora housing stock is part of the picture: Second suites are permitted in Aurora subject to zoning and Ontario Building Code requirements.

Aurora's oldest streets sit just off Yonge, where Victorian and Edwardian houses in the Northeast Old Aurora heritage district reward careful, period-aware renovation. Around that core lie postwar homes and then the large 1990s-to-2010s subdivisions east of Bayview, whose builder kitchens and primary baths are now first in line for replacement across much of the town.

Projects here split neatly: restoration-minded work downtown — plaster, trim, window repair, rear additions that respect the streetscape — and full interior refreshes in the newer neighbourhoods, plus basement finishing across both. If you're weighing a renovation in Aurora, tell us the age of your house and what you'd like changed, and we'll arrange a free quote suited to it.

• Northeast Old Aurora is a designated heritage conservation district, so exterior changes there require heritage approval.
• Housing splits between a Victorian-era core near Yonge Street and large subdivisions built from the 1990s onward.
• Second suites are permitted in Aurora subject to zoning and Ontario Building Code requirements.

Rather than a made-up number, here's an honest look at what drives the cost of renovation design in Aurora:

• Size and complexity of the space being redesigned
• Whether structural changes, additions or new units are in scope
• How many concept revisions the project needs before a direction settles
• Zoning constraints that demand creative layouts on tight lots
• The era of the home — Aurora has a wide mix, and a 1950s bungalow and a 2010s build can need very different work behind the same renovation.
• Whether the design carries through to permit drawings and construction

For the full breakdown of what renovation design involves, see our Renovation Design guide — then request a free Aurora quote for your actual job.