The biggest risk in renovating?
Starting in the wrong place.
Get the fundamentals right,
before design begins.
Realising your home's potential is one of the most significant investments a family will make.
1.What is achievable?
2.What will it cost?
3.How long will it take?
Our Sketch Study answers these in 4 weeks, giving you the clarity to decide what comes next.
Define what matters. Shape early ideas into a clear brief.
We start by understanding how you live. The rhythms of your family, the way you use your home, and what you want it to become.
From there, we shape a brief that captures what matters most and gives the project a clear starting point.
Every project is led from beginning to end by the practice's directors. The involvement is direct, the thinking consistent.
Understand what makes your site unique. Navigate its constraints.
Unexpected planning issues can set a project back months.
We review the full context of your site: orientation, light, views, zoning, overlays, heritage, and identify what makes it unique.
We map these opportunities alongside council constraints, so design begins from a position of understanding rather than assumption.
Explore your home's potential
through considered spatial planning.
Not every brief fits every site.
We test layout options on the page, exploring how spaces connect, where light falls, and how the home might grow or change.
Design thinking before design begins.
A way to see what's possible without committing to a direction.
Align design ambition with
realistic budgets.
Too often, cost conversations happen too late.
We work with a trusted Quantity Surveyor who understands how we design. The cost plan is detailed and rigorous, reflecting real materials and finishes, not just square metre rates. It is structured so it can be carried forward and refined as the project develops.
Know what the project is likely to cost before you commit.
Sketch Study.
Establish the fundamentals
of your project in four weeks.
1.What is achievable: a clear brief, an understanding of your site, and a tested layout
2.
What it will cost: a detailed cost plan you can trust
3.How long it will take: a realistic programme from design through construction
From $7,500 + GST.
Delivered within 4 weeks.
If you proceed to full architectural services, fees are credited forward.