Most of our projects start with an Initial Design Consultation (IDC), the cost of which is deducted from our Stage 1 fee if you choose to proceed with us. This a really useful starting point to explore the potential options for your project and begin to answer the big burning questions you might have! We try and answer things such as how much, how big, how long, who else, and how risky is the project?
We do this first by seeking to understand you, your project, your ambitions and initial ideas, and then sketching things out on an iPad Pro to test and develop our first responses. This way you can see how we can develop ideas to try to meet your brief and budget. It’s a helpful, and often really fun exercise! We provide a comprehensive summary report with advice relating to different aspects of the project (planning, cost, time etc) as well as the drawings undertaken and a detailed Schedule of Fees for us to progress the project with you.
We design exciting and innovative projects, but are also cost-conscious; we’re realistic about budgets and offer clear fee structures. We can offer a customised service to each of our clients that is uniquely suited to your particular requirements and specific project. We offer services for all stages of a building project; from briefing and feasibility, concept design and planning applications, through to building regulations, tender and overseeing construction work on site as contract administrators. At all stages we are transparent about the range of work we could do for you. To make things easier for you, we’ve designed 3 different service level ‘packages’ which we refer to as basic, standard, and enhanced.
