Where we build · Richmond Hill, York Region

Custom home builder and renovation contractor in Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill runs from the Mill Pond's older streets and the 1970s subdivisions off Yonge to the Oak Ridges Moraine at the north end. The older streets are custom home and addition territory: 50 and 60 foot lots, mature trees, and houses that are either worth adding to or worth replacing.

Richmond Hill in detail

Richmond Hill, on the ground.

Second storeys, rear additions and whole-home renovations on 1970s and 1980s houses are the common Richmond Hill jobs, with custom homes where a bungalow has run its course. The moraine lots at the north end bring the conservation authority and the Moraine plan into the permit.

The City of Richmond Hill issues the building permit. A design inside the zoning envelope goes through as a permit; one outside it goes to the Committee of Adjustment first. [Kam confirms typical Richmond Hill permit timing.]

Permit office

City of Richmond Hill

The City of Richmond Hill issues the permit, and moraine lots at the north end add the conservation authority and the Moraine plan to the review. [Link to the Richmond Hill building permit page and typical processing time.]

Housing stock

What the lots allow

Richmond Hill is older streets around the Mill Pond and off Yonge, 1970s and 1980s subdivisions, and moraine lots at the north end, mostly on 50 and 60 foot lots.

Projects here

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

Questions from Richmond Hill

Usually, with reinforcement the engineer decides from a test pit. The lots off Yonge and around the Mill Pond have the width for a crane, and a second storey keeps the footprint and the mature trees.

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

The Moraine plan and the conservation authority both review what can be built and how the site drains. That review comes before the permit, so we add it to the schedule from the start.