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Basement renovations in Orangeville cover basement finishing, theatres and rec rooms, and legal suites with an egress window or a walkout. We measure and quote at your house for free, and licensed trades do the wiring and plumbing.
What We OfferIn Orangeville, a basement renovation that adds rooms, cuts a new window or door, or changes the plumbing needs a building permit, because all three are on the Town's permit list. We manage that permit, so your part is deciding what the space is for.
Rental income ready
Full legal secondary suites with separate entrance, kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom. We handle permits, fire separation, and all code requirements for rental-ready units.
Raw to refined
Bare concrete gets framing, insulation, drywall, electrical and flooring, and comes out as beautiful living space. We do all of the build-out.
Entertainment space
Soundproofed walls, acoustic treatments, tiered seating, projector wiring, and ambient lighting. Your personal cinema or game room, professionally built.
Work & wellness
We design a dedicated workspace or gym for everyday use. It gets electrical for the equipment, mirrors, rubber flooring and proper ventilation.
Entertaining essentials
A simple wet bar or a full kitchenette, plumbed, wired and finished the way you picture it, with storage, sinks, beverage fridges and custom bars.
Light & access
Proper window wells let daylight in and give you an emergency way out. Bigger still, a full walkout excavation adds access at garden level.
Why Choose UsPermit specialists
We've put up 30+ legal suites and know the Ontario Building Code thoroughly where it covers separate utilities, fire separation, egress and ceiling height.
Dry guaranteed
We tackle moisture at its root with drainage solutions, vapour barriers and proper waterproofing, then finish the walls.
Efficient timelines
Most basement finishing projects complete in 4-6 weeks. Legal suites take 6-8 weeks including permit approval time.
Warm & efficient
Spray foam or rigid insulation on foundation walls. Your basement will be as comfortable as the main floor, with no cold spots.
Code compliant
We separate the units of a legal suite with proper fire-rated assemblies: sealing, doors and drywall. Inspectors sign off on all of it.
Maximize height
When ceilings are low, we can underpin to lower the floor or fit flush-mount solutions that hide mechanicals and maximize headroom.
30+ legal suites built. We know the code.
Waterproofing done, then walls finished.
On average it takes 4-6 weeks.
Main-floor warmth, with cold spots gone.
Inspectors check each fire-rated assembly.
Most headroom, mechanicals out of sight.
Client Reviews40
“… They would work until 7-8pm but got it done in 2 weeks, something other contractors suggested would take 3 weeks and cost extra for the rush. … Pricing matched the quote and the site was spotless at the end. …”
Amy An
Google · Sep 2025
“… Four minutes later I get a call from the owner himself … he gave me a ±5% quote which I accepted. … The final price went up by 3% because we decided to add a coffee bar. …”
Mark Milovanov
Google · May 2026
“… Top quality workmanship, communication and integrity. … I was sent a detailed breakdown of the cost … Max messaged me everytime he was coming and going from my home, which provided great peace of mind. …”
Brent Ste-Croix
Google · May 2026
“I’ve worked with Max and Roman in Barrie for over 5 years on everything from bathroom remodels to a legal basement apartment addition … They’ve consistently delivered top-notch work …”
Tim Paulau
Google · Sep 2025
“Reno Raptors where punctual, kind, friendly and someone who kept their word. … He had some challenges with a 150yr old Century Home bathroom, BUT the way it turned out was phenomenal. …”
Kathleen Rusk
Google · Sep 2026
“We went online to book an appt to get a quote & 2 minutes later my phone rang. … Next day we got a quote, 3 days later they started. It took them the 3 days he told us it would. …”
Gayle Martin
Google · Apr 2026
“We had our storage room converted into a home gym by Reno Raptors and couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. … He was very thorough during the quoting process, took the time to walk through every detail, offered fair pricing …”
Kevin Boodoosingh
Google · Apr 2026
“… They completed 2 bathrooms in our house and we couldn’t be happier. … Paint, tile, plumbing, trim, electrical, these guys know what they’re doing and kept the house spotless while doing it!”
Paul Moniz
Google · Aug 2026
“Max from Reno Raptors did an amazing job getting our new home move-in ready! They installed all our floors, trim, and doors, repainted the whole place, redid our stairs, and even finished our basement. …”
Raul Shamkhalov
Google · Oct 2025
“Max finished our basement and did an incredible job! The space looks amazing and was done exactly how we wanted. Great communication, fair pricing, and quality work, highly recommend them. Worked with a few GC’s in the past, but Reno raptors are the best in Barrie!”
Nicholas Milano
Google · Oct 2025
“Roman and his crew did an amazing job on our office renovation. Everything was done properly and up to code … I already booked them for my master bath at home in Friday harbour.”
luka gogolashvili
Google · Oct 2025
“Max and Roman updated the bathrooms in my cottage. Their tiling skills are unmatched. It was a breeze working with this father-son team. Would 100% recommend to anyone in simcoe county”
Inna Rotar
Google · Nov 2025
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Our Basement ProjectsTwo LocationsHeadquartered in Barrie, with a second location in Bradford. We take on projects within an hour's drive of either, from Muskoka and Georgian Bay down to York Region and the north GTA.
Simcoe County, Georgian Bay and Muskoka, all within an hour.
York Region, Caledon, Dufferin and the north GTA, all within an hour.
Not on the list? If you're within an hour of Barrie or Bradford, we can likely help.
Contact us to check availability →FAQIn Orangeville, new openings in the foundation add to the cost: a window opening wider than 1.2 m may need an engineer's stamped design to support the wall, and a walkout or unit entrance brings a lot grading deposit with the permit. The rooms, any bathroom and your finishes make up the rest of the quote.
The construction itself is typically 4 to 6 weeks. In Orangeville, the permit for new basement rooms comes before framing. If the job changes the grading, as a walkout or a separate unit entrance does, the Town collects a lot grading deposit with the permit and holds it until a separate Public Works grading inspection passes, so the outside work has to finish to the approved grading plan before the job is closed out.
If you're adding rooms, yes. The Town of Orangeville lists interior alterations that create new rooms in a basement as work needing a building permit, so framing bedrooms or a rec room starts with permit drawings, not a finishing quote alone. Adding or moving plumbing needs a permit too. We manage the application and the inspections.
A rec room is a new room in the basement, so in Orangeville it starts with permit drawings. After that comes framing, insulation, wiring and finishes, with licensed trades on the electrical and any plumbing for a bathroom. You see the layout in 3D renders before the drawings are finalized, and the quote prices each part.
Didn’t see yours? Call (249) 444-4533 and ask.
Project TypesFive kinds of renovation, one in-house crew. Doing two rooms at once? We plan them together on one timeline.
We run Orangeville jobs out of our Bradford location, about 50 min away.
Your written quote comes after a free site visit.
Book a Free Site VisitHomeowners AskShort answers to what homeowners in Orangeville ask us.
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Town water and sewer, three parking spaces and its own entrance. Orangeville's rules want three legal spaces of 2.7 m by 5.5 m on the property and a separate side or rear entrance to the apartment. The Town warns that driveway width limits in some zones may rule out the parking, so the site plan is checked before design.
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Past 1.2 m wide, it needs an engineer. The Town's accessory apartment guide says new or enlarged openings wider than 1.2 m, or openings totalling more than 25% of the foundation wall's length, need an engineer's stamped design to support the wall. Any new window opening also needs a building permit.
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Yes, with a building permit. Orangeville requires one to excavate under a house, or raise it, to provide a full basement, so a crawlspace dig-out is drawn and permitted as structural work before the finishing starts.
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Because the authority's rules cover adding dwelling units to a building as well as enlarging it. On a lot in a CVC regulated area, a new basement apartment may need its permit as well as the Town's building permit, even with no change to the footprint.
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It secures the grading. A walkout or separate unit entrance reshapes the ground beside the house, and the Town keeps the deposit it took with the permit until Public Works inspects the lot against the approved grading plan.
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It can, if the property sits in a source protection vulnerable area. The town draws its drinking water from underground, so certain activities there get extra review, starting with an application for a Notice to Proceed before the building permit. We check the address early so that step sits in the schedule.
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Good to KnowThree items on the Town of Orangeville's permit list apply to basements. Creating new rooms in a basement needs a building permit, so does installing or changing plumbing, and so does a new entrance or a new window opening. A basement with a bedroom, a bathroom and a new egress window needs one on all three counts, and we manage the application and the inspections that follow.
Our Bradford office runs basement jobs in Orangeville, and the first step is a free visit to measure the space and talk through what you want to spend. The quote that follows is itemized and comes with 3D renders, and the build has one project manager sending daily updates. Nicholas Milano, whose basement we finished, says the job was "done exactly how we wanted" and the price was fair. Reno Raptors has completed more than 600 projects since starting in Barrie in 2018, and we're licensed and insured with WSIB coverage.
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