Design Process
Services
To design and plan your dream home Coastal Impressions will guide you through stages to minimise the pressure of the design and drafting process. These stages are usually as simple as the list below.
Consultation
For a $250 fee, Coastal Impressions will meet you and your family at your home or land to discuss your requirements. At a Consultation, you can present to us any ideas you have, whether they be rough sketches or photos. From there we can see what you like and perhaps what you don’t like. Alternatively, if you have no idea what you like or dislike, we will ask you questions or discuss ideas to see what you prefer.
Concept Plans
Once we have worked out from the Consultation what could work for your needs, we come back and do a site measure and then return to the office to start design work These are the drawings which show what the finished project would look like, even if it's a staged build process.
Concept Plans are produced by us creating a virtual 3D model of your home on computer. We can then view it inside, outside, and from any angle. That gives us the ability to keep refining the design as we go, rather than doing options and making you choose. We email you back and forth during this process, so you can see the design developing.
When you are happy with the overall general esign, we provide you a site plan, existing and proposed floor plans, and 2D elevations along with 3d views similar to the ones you see here.
In the unlikely event that you then decide not to go ahead with the building project, the "Concept Plans" make an excellent sales tool, showing potential purchasers what the property could look like.
The purpose of Concept Plans is to ensure you are happy with the design prior to spending money and time on working drawings which show the technical information for the builder.
Contact us to find out costs for these plans for your home. They vary depending upon the size of your project.
When you are happy with the overall general esign, we provide you a site plan, existing and proposed floor plans, and 2D elevations along with 3d views similar to the ones you see here.
In the unlikely event that you then decide not to go ahead with the building project, the "Concept Plans" make an excellent sales tool, showing potential purchasers what the property could look like.
The purpose of Concept Plans is to ensure you are happy with the design prior to spending money and time on working drawings which show the technical information for the builder.
Contact us to find out costs for these plans for your home. They vary depending upon the size of your project.
Working Drawings
After any amendments to the concept plans, technical drawings showing the structural information need to be prepared for the builders to quote and for a private building certifier to approve the job. these include framing plans, wind bracing and others approriate for the project you have.
Engineering such as soil testing and footing and slab design as well as surveying can be arranged too where required.
We will guide you step by step through the process and answer any questions you have along the way.
We can quote the cost of working drawings exactly, once we have produced Concept Plans, but contact us now to get an approximate costing.
Engineering such as soil testing and footing and slab design as well as surveying can be arranged too where required.
We will guide you step by step through the process and answer any questions you have along the way.
We can quote the cost of working drawings exactly, once we have produced Concept Plans, but contact us now to get an approximate costing.
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