Pre-Purchase Design Package

In this amazing service, your Architect GP will look for ways to achieve alignment between your needs and wants, your budget and design opportunities.

Architects are expert problem solvers. We do something that AI can’t do (yet!), which is to integrate your nuanced words with your existing space. We have the ability to visualise new space that brings out the best of both. And then, we can draw it, describe it and use industry language so that you can see what we’re thinking, and share that vision with others.

There are no secrets with an Architect GP. We will listen a lot, probably talk a lot, and show you everything we are thinking right there at your dining table. This advice can make the difference between staying in your current home that you love, or feeling forced to move. Think of the cost and disruption that you could avoid by making some tweaks to your current living arrangements.

All you need to get started is a real estate agent’s floor plan and a meeting in your home! It can be that simple, but the results can be transformative.

You like where you live, but your current home isn’t matching how you want to live.

We can help you reconfigure your current house to meet your changing needs and lifestyles, or provide scenarios for you to renovate or extend, to provide for your growing family or evolving household.

This package secures you a minimum of 8 hours of expert professional time.

We send you a pre-workshop Home Questionnaire so you can tell us about your needs, wants and your story so far. Clients love this process.

We prepare for your workshop by reviewing the questionnaire, the existing conditions information you provide, your local council information and understanding your site and context. We are ready for this!

The cornerstone of the package is a two hour Workshop at your home (or online) where you’ll get:

• The undivided attention of your Architect GP

• A workshop agenda to structure the discussion and enable you to prepare, so you get the most out of it

• A prepared Architect GP who has read your questionnaire, done desktop research, and is ready to work

• A non-judgemental Architect who will tour your home with eyes only for what matters (toy, piles of laundry and the mess of life are no big deal)

• You provide printed copies of floor plans and other information - such as building inspection reports, energy efficiency ratings, etc - that you have on hand

• Architectural sketches in real time to explore the most critical parts of your project; such as site analysis, design strategies, room relationships and/or design alternatives. We will show, ask and involve you in the sketching work (not just tell you how it should be!)

• Discussions of your budget (yes, we’ll talk numbers!) and how it is important for your decision making

• The reassurance that comes from knowing that your decisions are based on real experience and knowledge, having explored the relevant issues and future potential for improvements

• A verbal summary of the key outcomes and next steps

After the workshop, your Architect GP will send you a Summary Report including any follow-up work coming out of the workshop.

• The value is you can act on the energy and momentum created by the workshop to progress your project

The total cost of the Package is $2,498 +GST.

This comprises a platform booking fee of $449 +gst to reserve your date, plus a Service Fee of $2,048 that goes to your Architect GP.

You can book additional consultations with your dedicated Architect GP anytime with an Architect On-Call. As a returning customer you are entitled to book at the reduced follow-up rate!