About Us - R-Mac Solutions

In the beginning …

R-Mac Solutions was founded in the summer of 2001. Owned and Operated by Fergus McLaren, we are based in the Greater Toronto Area but occasionally extend our net beyond when we can.

For the first couple of years, we did a lot of bathrooms and basements. We were doing a great job executing a fabulous final product and satisfying our customers in every way. Our phones never stopped ringing and in fact we still have the same phone numbers and clients as we had way back then.

In 2002, R-Mac was handed our first set of plans to undertake a major renovation. We aced that job and decided that we needed to upsize our focus to include major renovations. For the next year, riding on our reputation, we worked for a couple of notable designers in the Toronto area completing full house remodels. In 2003, we aligned ourselves with nationally recognized design-build companies and began executing large renovations and additions. In addition to that steady stream of business, we completed a 5000sq foot restaurant build, as well as Viceroy and Linwood Homes built from the ground up.

R-Mac Evolution

In 2006, we had strong relationships with our trades and 6 months of work cued up waiting for our special care and consideration. During that summer, Big Coat productions solicited one of our partners for his expertise on a TV show called “My Parents House”. Fergus bought all the shares in the company in the fall of 2006 and continues to operate as R-Mac Solutions today with many of the same trades people who grew with us since the early days of 2001.

More opportunities then developed. Big Coat got approval for a TV show called “Love it or List it” (LOL) with the W Network. Fergus was then introduced to the producers. Before long, Fergus also found himself working with Big Coat on the new series. LOL has achieved outstanding success and now airs in many countries around the world.

Fergus says he is lucky that his role on LOL has allowed him to continue to grow and develop R-Mac Solutions Inc. Building science has really changed in the last 10 years and R-Mac has been able to stay on the cutting edge of the industry by our exposure and partnership with the TV show, their affiliated suppliers, and the prestigious members of our building community.

We still love cottage country and are always open to building up there. We have a wonderful project starting up there soon. Watch this space for updated images.

About The Company

A better renovation – It’s a simple statement.

It’s R-MAC’s philosophy and daily motivation.

We deliver a better renovation for you because we have been in construction and renovation over twenty years. We have building knowledge gained through three decades of experience and formal building sciences education.

Just as important, we have over twenty years of serving homeowners like you. Listening to your needs and understanding your vision is the most important contribution we make to your project.

Member of BILD (Building Industry and Land Development) Association because we share the values of responsible, reliable service to our clients.

Active participant of the Renomark Program of Quality Workmanship and proudly display the Renomark logo.

As a result-

A better renovation for you.

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R-MAC Solutions

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Martin Hung

15:41 19 Jun 22

R-MAC was great - originally found them via Kijiji ad and saw their owner/operator was Fergus from Love it or List it. Our project was grinding a concrete basement floor and pouring self-leveling underlayment so we could lay vinyl plank flooring.After getting quotes from three contractors, we selected R-MAC as the most professional and knowledgeable. Once the job was underway, the crew was efficient, courteous and clean! I was surprised at how little concrete dust remained in the space after the job was done. End result is a true subfloor I'm actually eager to start laying planks on.

Brian Jonkman

17:51 13 May 22

Fergus and team were instrumental in working with many different trades, from floor installation, 3 new flights of stairs, kitchen remodel, and redoing the structural work in the basement. They were open and honest and gave us realistic timelines and pricing while trying to organize it all during the pandemic. I strongly recommend them.

V Allsopp

16:47 17 Nov 21

We hired R Mac for two renovations: 1. A full renovation of our main floor and bathroom, including refurbishing our enclosed porch, creating a new powder room, renovating the kitchen, removing load bearing walls and renovating an existing bathroom; and a year later 2. A full renovation of our basement, including waterproofing the basement, adding a sump pump, creating a new concrete slab, expanding and renovating the existing bathroom and insulating / installing heat in the basement.We had extremely positive experience with Fergus and his crew with both renovations and have recommended their work to many neighbours and friends since then. With both renovations after we had our permits, we had second thoughts on the designs and R Mac was able to work directly with the Permitting Office to get the changes approved and I cannot tell you how valuable that was to us. We had zero issues with inspection and closing the permits because even the Permitting Office knew R Mac and their work and had confidence in them.During the renovations, they kept a neat job site, worked consistently and effectively and both projects were completed on time and on budget. (On pricing I should not that they were not the cheapest contractor that we interviewed, but we appreciated that they didn't underbid the project and then raise prices afterward as we saw clearly happened with some other contractors.) They cut costs where they could and passed the savings along to us in a very transparent manner. After the renovations many neighbours commented on the quality of R Mac's work which we are also very happy with!I will also add that they were extremely responsive throughout the renovations whenever we had questions or late night emails. Unlike many other projects in our neighbourhood where the contractors would pick up their last cheque and never be heard of again, they were very diligent about following up with us after the renovation to get small things squared away (e.g. installing sconces that took a long time to arrive, revising things that were not quite what we wanted after the fact). We really appreciated it and happily recommend their services to others.

P JC

16:46 16 Oct 20

I recommend 100% R-MAC Solutions,For over 6-7 years, I have always counted on the professionalism of Fergus and R-MAC to do absolutely everything at home.Today Ahren came to my house to do some repairs on the floor of my gym and in a bathroom ... and as usual, always, obviously at home we are completely satisfied with his visit.I want to add that for all these years, R-MAC has totally transformed our house, we have renovated all the bathrooms, kitchen, the entrance to the basement was totally transformed, the basement was made from scratch, including a platform, gym, game room, our garage, an entrance behind the kitchen, absolutely everything at home is a true work of art thanks to R-MAC.I want to thank Fergus, Ahren, Andy, Chris, Steve and the entire team for giving us this satisfaction.Thank you R-MAC Solutions!

Ted Clark

17:53 19 Mar 20

I have used R-Mac for both my personal residence and commercial space and I have to say that Fergus and the team are first class! Hard working, reliable and the results are amazing. Thanks for all you guys do!