A considered first step

A little clarity.
A lot of possibility.

You do not need every answer to begin. Choose the level of exploration that fits where you are today.

Priced in USD. Nothing shown here can be booked or paid for.

Home direction: $1,500. Home planning: $3,500. Bespoke concept: $6,500.

Before you begin

Small steps.
Clear expectations.

Is the package price part of the build cost?

No. These packages represent early design and planning work, separate from each home’s construction range.

What happens at checkout?

You can review the selected package and an order summary. Contact and payment fields do not accept input, and nothing is booked or charged.

Can I start without a plot?

Home Direction and Home Planning let you begin with priorities, layouts and budget thinking. A real site-led study would need reliable information about your land.

Does a package include approval or construction drawings?

No. These scopes cover early design work only. Permit applications, engineering, detailed technical documentation and construction would require separately agreed professional services.

What to expect

A sample of
how this could run.

A representative shape for a planning package. Your real timeline, specification and team would be set out in your own agreement.

Sample for this concept

A representative timeline

  1. Brief and site review, 2 to 4 weeks
  2. Concept design, 6 to 10 weeks
  3. Design development and permit drawings, 3 to 5 months
  4. Permits, set by each local authority
  5. Construction, 12 to 18 months for a single-story home and 14 to 20 months for a two-story home
  6. Handover, 2 to 4 weeks

What each specification tier includes

Essential

Engineered oak floors, quartz kitchen counters, aluminum-clad timber windows, tiled bathrooms, seeded lawn and planting beds.

Crafted

Wider oak boards, stone counters and upgraded joinery, larger sliding glass, stone-tiled bathrooms, a planted terrace.

Signature

Wide-plank oak, bespoke joinery throughout, minimal-frame glazing, stone bathrooms with a freestanding tub, a designed landscape with mature trees.

Payment stages

  1. Planning package, when it is booked
  2. Design fees, at concept
  3. Design development and permit submission
  4. Construction, at foundation
  5. Construction, at frame
  6. Construction, at weathertight
  7. Construction, at finishes
  8. Handover

Names only. Amounts are set in each real contract.

Aftercare

A handover walkthrough, a check-in after the first season, and a defects period whose length is set in each real contract.

Who you work with

Elena Vale, fictional architecture & creative direction team portrait

Elena Vale

Architecture & creative direction

Your lead
Marcus Reed, fictional technical design & delivery team portrait

Marcus Reed

Technical design & delivery

Jules Hart, fictional interiors & material direction team portrait

Jules Hart

Interiors & material direction

Nora Ellis, fictional landscape & place team portrait

Nora Ellis

Landscape & place

Service region: set for each real project.