Renovation Design Reviews & New Home Audits
Get Expert Architectural Advice Before You Commit Further
Planning a renovation or new home is exciting, but it can also feel overwhelming. Before you commit to final plans, approvals, consultants, or builders, it’s worth getting an experienced architectural second opinion.
Our design review services are created for homeowners who already have plans or early design ideas and want expert feedback before making major decisions.
With more than 30 years of architectural and renovation experience, we help you identify opportunities, avoid costly design mistakes, and improve the liveability, functionality, and long-term value of your home.
60-Minute Renovation Design Review
$495 + GST
A focused architectural review to help improve your renovation plans before you commit further.
Renovating is a major investment, and small design decisions made early can have a big impact on how your home feels, functions, and performs once the work is complete. Before you move further into approvals, consultant documentation, builder pricing, or construction, it can be valuable to have an experienced architect review your plans with fresh eyes.
This service is ideal if you are planning a renovation and already have a to-scale set of drawings. In this 60-minute session, we review your existing renovation design and provide practical, expert feedback on how well the layout works, where improvements may be possible, and whether there are any design issues worth addressing before you move ahead.
The review is designed to give you clarity and confidence. It can help you understand whether your current plans are making the best use of your existing home, your site, your budget, and the way you want to live.
This review can help you:
- Improve the flow and functionality of your proposed renovation
- Identify layout issues before construction begins
- Find opportunities to improve natural light, space, storage, and liveability
- Assess whether the design suits your lifestyle, family needs, and long-term goals
- Understand whether rooms are well positioned and appropriately sized
- Review indoor-outdoor connection, privacy, circulation, and everyday practicality
- Identify areas where the design may be overcomplicated, under-resolved, or missing opportunities
- Consider whether the renovation is likely to add value and improve the way the home works
- Gain confidence before spending more money on design, approvals, consultants, builder quotes, or construction
90-Minute New Home Design Audit
$695 + GST
A detailed architectural review for clients planning a new home.
Building a new home is one of the biggest investments you may ever make. Before you move too far down the path, this 90-minute audit gives you expert feedback on your proposed design, helping you identify risks, missed opportunities, and possible improvements early.
This service is ideal if you already have concept plans, preliminary drawings, a project home design, or plans prepared by a builder or draftsperson and want an independent architectural review before progressing further.
Many project homes and builder-led designs are created to suit a broad market. While they may appear practical on paper, they are not always carefully tailored to your specific site, orientation, lifestyle, climate, views, privacy, natural light, or long-term needs.
A New Home Design Audit helps you understand whether your proposed design is truly working for you, or whether there are opportunities to improve the home before you commit further.
This audit can help you:
- Assess whether the design properly responds to your site, orientation, and lifestyle
- Identify generic or poorly resolved design decisions
- Review whether the home makes the best use of natural light, breezes, views, and indoor-outdoor connection
- Identify potential issues with layout, flow, privacy, storage, and liveability
- Consider whether the design may create avoidable problems or missed opportunities
- Review project home, builder, or draftsperson plans before you commit to construction
- Gain expert, independent advice before signing contracts or progressing further
Why Book a Design Review?
Many homeowners only discover design issues after construction has started, when changes are expensive, stressful, or no longer possible.
A professional design review gives you the chance to pause, ask questions, and get independent architectural advice before you commit further.
You may be wondering:
- Are we making the right design decisions?
- Could this layout work better?
- Are we missing opportunities?
- Will this renovation or new home suit the way we actually live?
- Are there problems we haven’t noticed yet?
- Should we commit more money to this design?
Our reviews are designed to help answer those questions with practical, experienced, independent advice.
What You Receive
Depending on the service selected, your review may include feedback on:
- Layout and space planning
- Lifestyle suitability
- Natural light and ventilation
- Indoor-outdoor connection
- Storage and functionality
- Design opportunities
- Potential problem areas
- Buildability considerations
- Long-term liveability
- Value-adding design improvements
Client Testimonial
Willis, 2017
BROOKWATER
“We would like to thank you for your honest, open and extremely valuable and candid advice. We cannot thank you enough for your warm approach and personal service. We would not hesitate in recommending you to others.”
Book Your Design Review
Before you invest further in your renovation or new home, get expert architectural advice on your plans.
Choose the review that best suits your project:
60-Minute Renovation Design Review
$495 +GST
For homeowners with to-scale renovation drawings who want focused feedback before moving ahead.
90-Minute New Home Design Audit
$695 +GST
For homeowners planning a new home who want a more detailed review of their proposed design.
To make your session as useful and focused as possible, all clients are required to complete a questionnaire before their appointment.
This helps us understand your project, your goals, your concerns, and your lifestyle so we can give you the best possible feedback and advice during your design review.
