Handyman Services in Aurora
Builder-trained handyman services across Aurora — flat-rate quotes, same-week booking, and one accountable project manager on every job.
FixitPlus provides handyman services across Aurora, Ontario, including the historic core around Yonge and Wellington, Northeast Old Aurora, Aurora Heights, Aurora Highlands, the Hills of St Andrew, Aurora Estates, Aurora Grove, Bayview Wellington, Bayview Northeast and Bayview Southeast. We handle TV mounting on tall walls, drywall and plaster repair, painting, blinds and window coverings, doors and trim, faucet and toilet swaps, decks, fences and gates, and full to-do lists, priced as a flat rate you agree to before we start and usually booked within the same week.
Handyman in Aurora — key facts
| Area covered | Aurora Village, Northeast Old Aurora, Aurora Heights, Aurora Highlands, Hills of St Andrew, Aurora Estates, Aurora Grove, Bayview Wellington and the rest of Aurora |
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| Most-requested here | TV & Wall Mounting, Painting & Touch-Ups, Blinds, Curtains & Windows, Decks, Fences & Exterior |
| All services | 12 handyman services, plus renovations from the same company |
| Quotes | Free, no-obligation and flat-rate — agreed in writing before work starts |
| Booking | Most handyman jobs booked within the same week · Mon–Sat · 8am – 7pm |
| Licensed work | Electrical work by a licensed electrical contractor (ESA); plumbing that needs a permit by a licensed plumber; gas by a TSSA-registered gas technician |
| Cover | FixitPlus Inc. — licensed, insured, WSIB covered, workmanship guarantee |
| Who you deal with | Alan, Project Manager — one point of contact from quote to walkthrough |
| Get a quote | 416-881-2264 · info@fixitplus.ca · request a free Aurora quote online |
Many of Aurora’s houses are large, and many of its lots are larger still. That changes what a handyman visit looks like. The ladder that works in a Toronto semi will not reach the top of a two-storey great-room wall, the fence around an estate lot runs a long way, and a house with five bathrooms has five sets of caulk lines ageing at the same rate. FixitPlus is rooted in two decades of custom-home building, which is the right background for houses of this size: we know how they are framed, where the structure is, and how to work around expensive finishes without marking them.
The town began as Machell’s Corners at Yonge and Wellington, and the streets around that crossing still hold Aurora’s oldest homes — Victorian and Edwardian brick houses, early-twentieth-century frame houses and later infill. Northeast Old Aurora has been a designated heritage conservation district since 2006, and under the Ontario Heritage Act, exterior alterations there — windows, doors, trim, porches, new structures visible from the street — generally need a heritage permit from the Town before work begins. Interior work usually does not. Inside these houses, expect plaster walls, deep original trim, wood floors that have moved and doors planed and shimmed over the years to openings that are no longer true.
Aurora Heights filled in largely from the post-war years through the 1970s, and Aurora Highlands followed through the 1970s and 1980s on rolling ground. These are solid family houses on generous, mature lots — bungalows, side-splits and two-storeys, many renovated more than once. They are now at the age for second-round repairs: hardwood stairs with loose balusters, sliding patio doors that drag on worn rollers, bathrooms with failing grout, textured ceilings that should be tested for asbestos before anyone sands them, and big old trees dropping limbs on fences and deck railings.
The Hills of St Andrew, developed from the 1980s around St Andrew’s College, and Aurora Estates are where the houses get large: executive homes on big, often wooded lots, with two-storey foyers and great rooms, open or curved staircases, walls of tall windows, stone fireplaces and long driveways. The south of town rises onto the Oak Ridges Moraine, and some properties back onto valleys, woodlots and protected natural areas. Work in these houses is finish work at height — scaffolding or a proper platform rather than an extension ladder, drop sheets over hardwood and stone, and fasteners that go into structure on a wall nobody wants patched twice.
East of Yonge, the town grew out toward Bayview Avenue, Leslie Street and Highway 404 from the 1990s onward. Bayview Wellington was laid out as a planned community through the 1990s; Bayview Northeast and Bayview Southeast added detached homes and freehold towns, and the streets west of Leslie added townhouses and condominium buildings in the late 2010s. Here the list is about houses settling into middle age — or, in the newest, settling in at all: builder-grade doors, hairline cracks at window and door corners, caulk pulling away from tubs, basements waiting to be finished, and the long family-room wall that wants a television mounted properly. Inland and higher than the lakeshore, Aurora also gets real winters, and decks, gates, exterior caulk and weatherstripping all feel them.
Where we work in Aurora
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What Aurora homeowners call us for
Two-storey walls and great rooms
Tall walls in the Hills of St Andrew and Aurora Estates need proper access equipment, not a stretched extension ladder. We mount TVs, mirrors and art into structure at height, repaint tall foyers and stairwells cleanly, and protect the floors and stone below while we work.
Heritage repairs in Northeast Old Aurora
Plaster walls, deep original trim and old doors in the historic core. Cracked plaster is re-secured and filled in layers, missing trim is rebuilt to the profile beside it, and we flag any exterior change — a door, a window, a porch detail — that may need a heritage permit before anyone starts.
Window coverings for tall and oversized windows
Transoms, arched tops, two-storey window walls and wide patio doors. We measure carefully, mount blinds, shades and drapery hardware level into solid backing, and work from proper access gear on the high ones. Hardwired motorized shades are a licensed electrical contractor’s job, and we coordinate with them.
Long fence lines and heavy gates
Large lots mean long runs of fence and wide gates that sag under their own weight. We re-set frost-heaved posts, replace rotten boards and rails, brace and re-hang gates so they latch again, and say so plainly when a section has rotted past saving and should be rebuilt instead.
Decks on wooded and ravine lots
Shade, leaf litter and damp keep decks under mature trees wet for much of the year. We replace soft boards and stair treads, re-secure railings and check how the deck is fastened to the house. New or enlarged structures near a valley or watercourse can need approvals first.
Second-round repairs in Aurora Heights and Aurora Highlands
Homes from the post-war decades through the 1980s: loose balusters, dragging patio doors, failing tub grout, drafty doors and patchy textured ceilings. All of it fits in one booking, and we recommend an asbestos test before an older textured ceiling is sanded or scraped.
Handyman services in Aurora
Every handyman service is available in Aurora:
Ready to book? Request a free Aurora quote or call 416-881-2264 — send the whole list and we quote it as one visit.
Work you can actually look at
The project we point Aurora homeowners to is our custom new build in Richmond Hill, the next town south on Yonge Street — a stone home with a chef’s kitchen, a sculptural curved staircase, spa-style ensuites, a finished entertainment level, and a pool and cabana outside. It is in Richmond Hill, not Aurora, but it is the same kind of house many Aurora owners live in, and the photos show the level of care a handyman visit here gets from the same people.
Looking after a large Aurora home and its lot
A large house is not a small house with more rooms. Ceilings are higher, windows are bigger, finishes are more expensive to damage and harder to match, and the land around it — fences, gates, decks, trees — is a project of its own. A repair that takes minutes in a bungalow needs planning in a two-storey great room.
None of that makes the work difficult, but it does make it easy to do badly: a patch that shows under raking light from a window wall, a scuffed hardwood floor under a ladder foot, a gate that is re-hung but still sags because the post was the real problem. Most of the care goes in before the first tool comes out.
This is how we approach a large Aurora home, whether the job is one tall wall or a full year’s list.
Access and protection
Tall walls get scaffolding or a proper work platform, not an extension ladder leaning on fresh paint. Floors, stairs and stone are covered before anything else happens, and the route in and out of the house is protected too.
Finishes that have to match
Large homes use custom trim profiles, particular paint sheens and natural stone. We match what is there — or tell you honestly when a repair will show and what it would take to avoid that — rather than leaving a patch you notice every time you walk past it.
The outside, at scale
Long fence lines, wide gates, big decks and garden structures all wear on the same cold-climate schedule. Checking them together once a year, before winter, is far easier than repairing them one failure at a time through the season.
Trees and slopes
Mature trees and moraine slopes are a big part of what makes an Aurora lot appealing. They also bring shade, damp, falling limbs and runoff, which shorten the life of exterior wood. We look for the cause — a downspout emptying onto a deck, a post sitting in wet ground — before we replace what it has damaged.
One list, one contact
Send the whole list at once and Alan, our project manager, scopes it as a single flat-rate visit, or a pair of visits in spring and fall. You deal with one person from quote to walkthrough, which matters more the longer the list gets.
Handyman in Aurora — common questions
Yes — the historic core and Northeast Old Aurora, Aurora Heights and Aurora Highlands, the Hills of St Andrew and Aurora Estates, Aurora Grove, and the Bayview Wellington, Bayview Northeast and Bayview Southeast communities on the east side. Send your list, with photos if you can, and we reply with a flat-rate quote. Most handyman jobs book within the same week, Monday to Saturday, 8am to 7pm.
For interior work, generally not. Northeast Old Aurora is a heritage conservation district under the Ontario Heritage Act, and exterior alterations there — windows, doors, trim, porches, or outbuildings and patios visible from the street — usually need a heritage permit from the Town of Aurora before work starts. Some minor repairs using like materials are exempt, and the Town can confirm which. Check with its heritage planning staff first; we work to whatever they approve.
Yes. We locate structure for the mount, set the height for where you actually sit — on a tall wall the instinct is to go too high — and conceal the low-voltage cabling. Tall walls need proper access equipment, and we protect floors and furniture below. If you want a new receptacle behind the screen, a licensed electrical contractor puts it in first and we patch and paint afterwards.
Yes. Arched tops, half-rounds, transoms and two-storey window walls need careful measuring, solid backing for the brackets and safe access for the high ones. We measure, mount and level them, and advise on which products suit an awkward shape. Specialty shapes often take longer to arrive, so the install is booked once the product is in. Hardwired motorized shades need a licensed electrical contractor; battery-powered ones do not.
Yes, if it is a repair. Swapping rotten boards and treads, tightening or rebuilding railings and re-securing posts on a deck that is already there is everyday handyman work. A new deck, a bigger one, a shed or a gazebo near a valley, creek or wetland is a planning question first: land like that can fall under conservation-authority regulation, and the Town may want a building permit too. Ask before you design anything new, and we will help you work out what applies.
We plan it like a small project. Send the full list — rooms, ceiling heights, finishes, and photos where you can — and you get one flat-rate price for all of it, agreed before work begins. We bring the right access equipment for tall walls, protect floors and stone, and work room by room so the house stays usable. Alan, our project manager, is your one point of contact throughout.
Yes, and on a bigger house it is the sensible way to stay ahead. A fall visit usually covers exterior caulk and weatherstripping, fence and gate adjustments, deck and railing checks, and re-caulking the busiest bathrooms. A spring visit picks up what winter left behind — frost-heaved posts, nail pops, scuffed paint. We keep the list specific to your house rather than working from a generic checklist.
On the plumbing side, fixture-level work: we swap faucets, toilets and vanities on existing shut-off valves. Moving or adding supply or drain lines, anything that needs a plumbing permit, and gas work go to licensed plumbers and gas technicians. Electrical work of any kind — lights, receptacles, dimmers, fans — is not ours; Ontario requires a licensed electrical contractor for it. We coordinate the timing with them and handle the patching and painting afterwards.
Alan
Project Manager, FixitPlus Inc.
Scope and technical detail on this page is set by Alan, FixitPlus project manager, drawing on 20+ years of custom-home building in the GTA. Where a job legally requires a licensed trade or a permit, we say so on the page rather than in the small print.
- 20+ years of custom-home building across the GTA
- Project manager on new builds, additions and whole-home renovations
- Single point of contact on every FixitPlus job
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