Dont know where to start?
TAKING THE FIRST STEP
Getting started is sometimes the hardest part. We know clients often consider (and reconsider!) their options for over a year before making first contact with us and sometimes by then, are quite overwhelmed.
Many people are at a point where they want or need to do something: renovate, extend, or knock-down and re-build.
Others know what they ultimately want but don't know how or if it can be achieved.
In each case, it is difficult to make informed decisions when you do not know if :
- your home has the potential to meet your future needs AND
- how much it may cost to realise it.
Concept Design Service
GETTING THE INFORMATION YOU NEED
To arm our clients with the information they need to make an informed decision, we provide a standalone Concept Design Service. It delivers 2 important outcomes :
- a workable design concept, based on a synthesis of the site & project brief
- an associated high-level cost estimate report.
It is also a good opportunity to get a feel for working with us and to see how our approach and design ethos works for you.
CONCEPT DESIGN TYPICALLY INCLUDES:
- a site visit
- client / project discovery questionnaire
- identification of the drivers of the project
- consideration of the brief
- site analysis and investigation (including preliminary assessment of statutory and regulatory requirements)
- presentation of design concepts / preliminary direction(s)
- refinement of selected option based on your feedback
- high-level cost estimate report
What comes next?
TAILORED SERVICE FOR YOUR PROJECT
It is clichéd but true, that each homeowner, each brief and each site are unique. It follows that each project is unique, and the scope of services must be tailored to suit. Concept Design is just the first step (though a very important one) in the full scope of services available.
At the completion of Concept Design, we will provide a fixed fee proposal for the remaining stages, that reflects the scope of work and services you require for your project. We can deliver full architectural services from end to end, including interior design, coordinating other consultants required, (eg. structural engineer, building surveyor), as well as administration of the building contract.
Below is a summary of the stages a typical project may require:
