Have you ever tried creating something you’ve never seen or done before? Did you think about it for a while, trying really hard to visualize what it could look like in your head? Did you discuss your idea with your spouse or friend – because you weren’t sure it was a good idea or not?

Whether it was something you macgyver-ed together, something on your honey-do list, a craft project with you child, or even a new recipe you were trying for dinner, chances are, you’ve asked someone for their opinion at some point or another. And most likely it’s because you weren’t quite sure of yourself or your idea. You wanted their support and reassurance that your idea would actually work out OK.

Creating a home is no different. It’s just on a much larger scale and is a much lot bigger investment. So you bet you want to get it right the first time!

When you start your home design, you have a general idea of what you think you want. Now you just have to get your ideas down on paper and create the actual home design. Do you decide to create the design yourself, have a friend or family create it, purchase a design from a book or website, or just have your builder?

The truth is, none of these options will give you reassurance that you’ll ultimately get what you want – a home.

How confident do you feel in design you from a book, builder, or family friend when they say they have a design with everything on your wish list and it’s going to be great? How confident do you feel in yourself if you’re the one creating the design on your own? …confident enough to spend a lot of $$$ in building it?

You deserve great design. Great design makes your home simpler,
more convenient, more beautiful, and more functional to live in.

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could have an expert second opinion on your design? To help you sleep at night and not stress about whether it’ll turn out right in the end?

Yeah, we think so, too!

That’s why we created an easy and affordable way for you to get the confidence, reassurance, and encouragement (and even some tough love when you need it) to ensure your home design is everything you’ve always dreamed it would be.

Because at the end of the day, you want a perfect home for you and your family – a home that meets your goals and needs and hits at the items on your list.

Introducing Architectural Design Reviews

Our Architectural Design Review is your chance to get that expert second opinion on your home design. It lets you confidently move forward with assurance that your home design is just what you wanted.

Our Design Review is for perfect for you if:

You’ve sketched up a design yourself and want an expert opinion.
You’re working with a designer or builder to create drawings, but you still think the floor plans can be better.
You want reassurance and confidence on your current design choices.
You know the design is not reaching its full potential, but you don’t want to completely start over.
Your design seems to be working, but it’s just not singing, and you can’t figure out why.
The design you purchased from a book or website is good, but it doesn’t quite fit your needs yet.
You understand that additional professional advice is useful in increasing the opportunity to make your home a great place to live.

We provide this Design Review service because we saw many people just settle for an OK home design where they thought they have no other choice. Many of which said they couldn’t afford an architect, or that they thought their design would be “good enough”, only to find out that they ended up not being entirely happy in their “good enough” home.

We want to change that. We want to give homeowners an opportunity to improve the design of their homes in a cost-effective way.

Gain Confidence in Your Home Design

As architects, we know that one of the most critical stages in the home creation process is the design phase. It’s the best opportunity to flush out the design and create the best home for yourself and your family while it’s still on paper – because once construction begins, changes become EXPENSIVE.

When designing your home, you want to get it right. You only have one shot at building this home, so we want to help you make it count.

At the same time, you want to feel confident and reassured that your design will translate into what you envisioned for your home. You want to stay motivated and inspired in your idea as it gets built. You don’t want the anxiety, stress, and heaviness that come with having just an OK design. Because let’s face it, what you really want to do is think about and spend time doing the things that matter most to you.

An Affordable, Professional Home Design Review

A Design Review with us will give you the opportunity to get that honest, expert, second opinion that could really make the difference in your home design before you invest your time, money, and energy in the project.

We carefully listen to your ideas and concerns about your current design. We focus on your goals, what’s driving your decisions, and what may be going unsaid – recognizing ideas and issues that may require further action and consideration. We then, use our experience and skills to determine where your design may fall short on delivering the best solution and how it can be improved. We’re methodical and practical in our design review process paying attention to detail while also being mindful of the bigger picture.

What you’ll receive in our expert review is a personalized report noting key observations about your current design, what concerns we have, suggestions for improvement, and perhaps other interesting ideas or things you might not have considered before. We try our best to address your concerns in a practical and intentional way so that you have good solid advice to help you move forward with your home design, no matter whom you’re working with.

Let us help you build confidence in your home design.

The Home Design Review process is easy.

We’ll ask you to fill out a quick questionnaire and then have a brief phone or Skype call with you. The call will give us the opportunity to learn more about your project, your goals, and those nuances with your design that just aren’t working. Then, we’ll spend some time on our end reviewing your design and preparing a personalized report with our feedback, ideas, and suggestions so you can get on with your home design and rest assure that it’ll really be something special.

For a sneak peak into what a Home Design Review might look like for your project, check out a recent one we did: Home Design Review of a modern home in North Carolina.