Our Services

This is the time we gather your information and create a design brief. We ask you to;

• tell us your visions and dreams
• reveal your collections of ideas and scrapbooks
• talk about budgets and expectations 
• obtain any relevant site information 

These are all important pieces of the puzzle to help us understand you and your family and how you live. This helps us to custom design a home to suit your lifestyle.

After our initial meeting and we have all the information required, we will provide a fee proposal to complete the assorted stages of works.

Now the paperwork is done and deposit is paid, we can commence;

• site visit to measure and photograph
• analyse the site and adjoining sites
• organising contour surveys

Our design stage includes; 

• research of all rules and regulations to the proposed site  
• consultation with relevant consultants and/or council staff
• drawing up of any existing floor plans
• preliminary sketch plans and elevations
• concept meeting to discuss the preliminary sketches
• then once we have tweaked the design together we produce the final design plans 

Once we have finalised the design, the next stage is to draft the plans for council submission. We have a few options here depending on your project.   Basically council have 3 levels of local development:

• Exempt
• Complyng or
• Development Requiring Consent

 A Development Application (DA) is a formal request for planning permission to carry out a proposed development under Development Requiring Consent. This service includes a comprehensive set of plans complying with various planning controls such as Local Environmental Plan (LEP) and Development Control Plan (DCP) etc and relevant reports and forms as required by relevant authorities and is ready to be lodged with council.

The Construction Certificate (CC) is required after the DA is approved and any conditions are set by council. This set of drawings will show how your project is to be constructed and must be obtained before you commence construction. This certificate can be issued either by Council or an independent Principal Certifier (PC).  This service will include a set of detailed architectural drawings and specifications showing methods of construction are to comply with the Building Code of Australia, Standards Association of Australia Codes and Local Government Requirements. It will also include other documentation such as Engineers drawings etc.  A construction certificate is not required for complying development where building details are covered by a Complying Development Certificate (CDC). 

 A Complying Development Certificate (CDC) is approval appropriate for many types of minor or routine developments. Complying developments are completed under a separate process to a development consent and construction certificate. A complying development can be a faster process but has much more rigorous complying policies with no flexibility.  New dwellings, additions and alterations, granny flats and swimming pools are some examples that can be approved using this method, if your property allows. This certificate will also be your approval to commence construction once your application has been approved.