Top Tips for Building to a Budget

Top Tips for Building to a Budget

Building or renovating a home is often the biggest capital outlay many of us will make during our lifetime. Consequently, it can be a very stressful experience as most people won’t have navigated this course before. For bespoke design projects it is highly recommended...
Refurbish or Demolish?

Refurbish or Demolish?

Whilst most of our projects involve designing new buildings, we are also regularly approached to undertake refurbishments / renovations of existing properties. Experience has taught us that despite initial appearances, depending on the scale of renovation, in some...
Gold Coast House Design Guidelines

Gold Coast House Design Guidelines

We are fortunate on the Gold Coast to have reasonably lenient planning restrictions in relation to residential design. Unlike many larger cities in Australia that have strict codes governing heritage conservation, building aesthetics, right to views, over shadowing...
Housing Trends for Living in a Contagious World

Housing Trends for Living in a Contagious World

As the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our lives so dramatically over the past few months, we are only now beginning to realise that life will probably never return to the way it was before this crisis began. We will be forced to adjust to a new “normal”. We present 5...
10 Reasons to Use an Architect

10 Reasons to Use an Architect

You have all these ideas of how you want your home to appear but you’re not sure how to make it happen. An Architect can turn this into reality.   1. Your vision turns into reality with an Architect.     Extensive University training & experience...