The Consult & Orientation

An initial consult begins with a review of your site plan drawings and budget (for new homes) or a site visit and budget review (for renovations and additions). We’ll talk about what you’d like to accomplish, listen to ideas and concerns, and answer questions. 

We can also survey your home at this stage, to apprise you of expected and sometimes unexpected construction costs that could occur. We typically save our clients money at this point by designing to maximize impact with lowest construction costs. Our years of experience navigating complex zoning and conservation issues will further simplify this process.

Once you feel comfortable that all your concerns have been addressed, we’ll create budget-conscious concept plans for your project, outlining the documents and drawings you’ll need in order to obtain building permits

The Plans

Design sketches created at our consultation lead to an initial schematic design plan, a set of detailed drawings that show how the project will unfold. Site orientation, optimal views, sun direction, landscaping, light, weather and wind angles, grading, and more are all taken into consideration

The 3D technology used in creating the schematic plan not only shows you interior, exterior and room layouts, it gives you a realistic sense of spacing and traffic flow, which are crucial to the overall design. We fill in these plans with to-scale furniture and review different scenarios with you until we arrive at a final design.

The Work

Once the design is set, preliminary plans are created, reviewed, and refined as the project progresses. A budget is set in order to begin dialoging with contractors.

We’d be happy to help you choose contractors at this point. Working with so many people over the years has allowed us to build a vast network of skilled and dependable people.

Feedback from contractors and consults with structural engineers give us the information we need to ensure all permit requirements have been met, and to then complete the drawings that will go to the builders.