Start to Finish

Mick and I love the collaborative, creative effort that goes into designing a home. Each and every property has it's own strengths, and we spend the majority of our time designing to enhance those strengths. As a project progresses, it takes on a personality. It wants to "be" something. The real art of what we do is being able to see the potential a property posseses before we ever break ground. That involves spending significant time on-site, and at different times of the day, to capture the essence of sunrise, sunset and how the sun's positioning throughout the day will affect our room orientation, and ultimately, the personality the home takes on. We always try to design our home so that it's accentuated by the natural surroundings. For instance, part of designing site-specific homes involves keeping as many trees as possible. Mature trees add tremendous value to every project we undertake. This may seem obvious, but most builders DO NOT design around trees. They cut them down because they are using a template house plan, and the trees are more costly to design around.

No matter how well you design a home, or how much time is spent on the front-end, there are changes that are necessary to make at some point, for the betterment of the project. The trick is setting your ego aside long enough to listen to the house, because it will tell you what it needs to make it better. Some of the most satisfying moments Mick and I spend are at the end of the day, on-site, when the din of construction is no longer ringing in our ears. And it's in those quiet, reflective moments that we make your home the best it can be.