The lots
Regular-width subdivision lots with paired driveways on the freehold side, and shared common elements on the condo and townhouse side. The two need completely different service agreements.
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Property care in Beverley Glen
Beverley Glen sits on the Bathurst corridor between Centre Street and the 407, and roughly half its homes are in apartment buildings. The freehold side is largely 1980s and 1990s, which means the trees planted with those houses are now hitting Vaughan's 20 cm permit threshold all at once.
Between Centre Street and Highway 407, on the Bathurst corridor
A back yard where the paving and the fence were fine and the grass had given up. Stripped, graded and re-sodded wall to wall, cut clean to the existing stone. See how it was done Real Orbit work across Toronto and York Region. Not stock, and not a render.
The housing
A genuine split book. Around 45 percent of dwellings sit in large apartment buildings, with the balance detached, semi-detached, link and townhouse stock from the 1980s and 1990s, plus recent mid-rise condo.
The canopy
Twenty-five to thirty-five year old street trees planted with the subdivision, now reaching the size where removal or heavy pruning is a permit matter. Beverley Glen Park, King High Park and Ventura Park anchor the green space.
Winter here
Paired and shared driveways mean the snow one property clears often ends up on the neighbour's side. Agreeing where it goes before the season is worth more here than anywhere else on the corridor.
What actually changes the work
The things that catch
people out here.
Every one of these is a real constraint on Beverley Glen properties, not a sales angle. Knowing them before the quote is the difference between a job that holds and a job that gets redone.
Vaughan's tree threshold is 20 cm, not Toronto's 30
People who moved up from the city routinely get this wrong. Under Vaughan's Tree Protection By-law a permit is needed at 20 cm diameter measured 1.4 m above grade, and on a multi-stem tree the three largest stems are added together.
Subdivision trees are all hitting the threshold together
A street planted in 1990 crosses 20 cm at roughly the same time. What used to be routine removal is now a permit conversation across a whole block.
Condo and freehold are different contracts
Common-element maintenance for a townhouse block and lawn care for a detached house next door are priced, scheduled and insured differently.
The rules that actually apply
City of Vaughan,
not the one next door.
Beverley Glen is in the City of Vaughan. The thresholds below are that city's, and they are not the same as the city on the other side of the boundary.
A permit is needed to injure or destroy any private tree 20 cm in diameter or more, measured 1.4 m above grade. On a multi-stem tree the three largest stems are added together. The threshold is lower than Toronto's, which catches people who have moved up from the city.
Vaughan Tree Protection By-law 052-2018Grass, weeds and ground cover must be cut once growth passes 20 cm, and the duty covers the adjacent boulevard as well as the property itself.
Vaughan Long Grass and Weeds By-law 125-2022No owner may place snow or ice from their property, or from the boulevard next to it, onto a highway. Owners are also responsible for keeping the adjoining sidewalk clear and treating slippery areas.
Vaughan Road Allowance By-law 126-2024Vaughan plows roads and sidewalks once accumulation reaches a set trigger and clears driveway windrows after the plow passes. Service levels are published each season, so the current year's thresholds are worth checking rather than assuming.
An encroachment on the road allowance is allowed without a permit only if it sits more than 30 cm from a sidewalk and 100 cm from a curb. Anything closer, or anything projecting from private property over public land, needs a permit.
Before any quote
Protected-area status is checked per address, never per neighbourhood.
Mostly built-out tableland rather than valley land. TRCA regulation applies where a property sits inside a regulated area, which is checked by address before any grading or hardscape work.
Around Beverley GlenWe work regularly near Promenade, Disera Drive, SmartCentres Thornhill and Ventura Park.
Beverley Glen quotes
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