Where we build · Oshawa, Durham Region

Custom home builder and renovation contractor in Oshawa

Oshawa has the oldest housing stock in Durham: century houses around the downtown, 1920s and 1930s streets north of it, wartime and 1950s houses through the middle, and newer subdivisions north of Taunton. The older houses take whole-home renovations and additions; the postwar houses take second storeys.

Oshawa in detail

Oshawa, on the ground.

Whole-home renovations on century houses, second storeys on 1950s bungalows, rear additions and legal second units with underpinning are the Oshawa jobs. Custom homes come up on older lots where the house has run its course. Oshawa Creek and the waterfront put some lots inside the conservation authority's regulated area.

The City of Oshawa issues the building permit. Heritage designation downtown adds a review to exterior work. [Kam confirms typical Oshawa permit timing.]

Permit office

City of Oshawa

The City of Oshawa issues the permit, and heritage designation downtown adds a review to exterior work. [Link to the Oshawa building permit page and typical processing time.]

Housing stock

What the lots allow

Oshawa is century houses around the downtown, 1920s and 1930s streets north of it, wartime and 1950s houses through the middle, and newer subdivisions north of Taunton.

Projects here

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[Kam confirms how many Savino projects have been built in Oshawa and which ones can be shown.]

Questions from Oshawa

Usually, and often it should be. The foundation and the framing decide it. We open up enough at the site walk to tell you which before you pay for drawings.

The City of Oshawa. Additions, second storeys, new houses and second units all need a building permit with engineered drawings.

Usually, once ceiling height and egress meet code. Older basements often need underpinning to get there. We measure at the site walk.