New Residence Starter Service

For clients who are building a new home from the ground up or considering purchasing a property and want to know what can be built.

It includes a property development analysis, a Vision Package™, estimated construction cost, and our 80-page project guidebook for clients, the Genius Project Track™.

Read our blog about Project Starter Services here.

Get a quote.

Price ranges from $1.5/SF to $3/SF. To receive a quote, fill out the form below. We will review the information, have a call with you, and send you the quote.

How it works.

    1. You complete our Comprehensive Design Analysis questionnaire. The questionnaire covers everything from living patterns to goals, project experience, program, and more.

    2. You provide your 5 most important reference images for the project. The images can be of architecture, interiors, art, or anything else.

    If you are living with a partner, then you each will complete your questionnaire and submit your reference images separately.

    1. You provide a site survey. We will use this survey as a background for our work.

    If you do not have a site survey, then we will assist you in acquiring one.

    For simple properties, the Vision Package may be completed without a survey. However, if you are confident that the project will take place, then we advise you to have the survey done now as it will be needed for the project regardless.

    1. We have an in-person meeting on site.

    This is for us to understand the qualities of the property, the views, sun, landscape, neighboring context, etc.

    1. We have a virtual meeting to discuss your questionnaire answers.

    2. During this meeting, we also present and review with you additional reference images we have assembled. This is akin to us traveling and seeing architecture, design, art, and landscapes from around the world in a rapid format. This provides us with an understanding of your aesthetic sensibilities.

  • We create the Vision Package. Vision™ Packages typically are 30-50 pages in length and include 2-3 different design options, containing:

    1. Analysis of zoning regulations, topography, views, climate, access, and existing structures.

    2. Preliminary Design Concepts

      1. Project concept statement

      2. Site plans (2-3 options)

      3. Floor plans (2-3 options)

      4. Diagrams: Program, circulation, views, landscape, etc.

      5. Reference images

      6. Other media as we see fit

    3. Preliminary Construction Cost Estimate

      1. We will use construction costs per square foot to generate a cost range.

    1. We present the Vision Package™, discuss construction costs, answer any questions you may have, and discuss the next steps.

    2. After the meeting, we send you the Vision Package™ pdf and our Genius Project Track™ client guidebook.

  • Depending on the project, we will have one of our contractors review the Vision Package™ and provide a preliminary construction cost estimate.

FAQs

  • After the Project Starter Service is completed, if you like our work and us, then we keep working together. If either of us feel that we are not the right fit, then you may keep the materials and work with another architect or designer.

  • The purpose of Project Starter Service is to allow you to see what’s possible with your property before committing to the full project or us. It also allows you and us to have a test run.

  • This service is for clients who are building a new home from the ground up or considering purchasing a property and want to know what can be built.

  • You receive a property development analysis, a design Vision Package™, estimated construction costs, and our 80-page project guidebook for clients, the Genius Project Track™.

  • Vision Packages™ range from 30-50 pages in length.

“You guys hit it out of the park.”

— Client Response