Services & Process
We are registered architects who design, document and manage residential and industrial projects across Sydney and the NSW South Coast.
Creating a building can be a complex process with many obstacles to navigate. We tailor our role to each project, whether you are an experienced developer or building your first family home, and can manage your project from finding the site through to handover.
Fast-track approval
Dual occupancy via CDC
Two homes on one lot, approved through a Complying Development Certificate. Where a site qualifies, this pathway avoids a council development application and can save months on the approval timeframe.
Council approval
Dual occupancy via DA
Where a site falls outside the complying development standards, we design to the council controls and take the project through the development application process with the support of our town planners.
Multi-dwelling
Townhouses
Small-scale multi-dwelling developments that make the most of the site's yield while still feeling like homes.
Custom residential
New homes
Single dwellings designed around your site, your brief and your budget, from first sketches through to handover.
Commercial & industrial
Industrial buildings
Warehouses, workshops and industrial units.
Alterations & additions
Major renovations
Rethinking how an existing home works: new layouts, extensions and second storeys that keep what's worth keeping and make the rest work for the way you live now.
Registered architects
Dual occupancy, approved faster
As registered architects, we can take eligible dual occupancy projects through the Complying Development (CDC) pathway, which can be significantly quicker than a council Development Application.
- Design to the code standards
- Design Verification Statement by a registered architect
- Private certifier assesses and issues the CDC
- Design to council controls
- Lodge with council, neighbour notification
- Council assessment, then a Construction Certificate
A CDC for dual occupancy must be accompanied by a Design Verification Statement prepared by a qualified designer. As registered architects we prepare this in-house. Not every site qualifies for complying development; where it doesn't, we take the project through a DA. Timeframes vary with each site and authority.
Your development, managed end to end.
Want to undertake your own dual occupancy development, but don't know where to start?
If you're a business owner, busy professional or investor, we can manage the entire process for you, end to end. You make the key decisions; we look after everything in between, working with our trusted network at every stage.
- 01Site selectionFinding and assessing the right site
- 02StrategyZoning, yield and feasibility
- 03Design & approvalsCDC or DA, start to finish
- 04Builder engagementPricing, selection and contract
- 05Construction managementOn site through to completion
- 06SaleLiaising with real estate agents to sell the finished homes
Talk to us before you buy a site.
We have a lot of experience in finding the site that suits your project.
Get in touch early and we'll work through the zoning, planning controls and feasibility with you, so you know that what you want to achieve is possible on a particular site before you commit to it.
- 01Site
- 02Zoning & controls
- 03Feasibility
- 04Buy with confidence
One point of contact, with the right people around your project.
We have strong working relationships with everyone needed through the design and approval process, from consultants, engineers and town planners to certifiers and local council.
We also work with a number of local builders. The most appropriate builder depends on the project, and we like to involve them early, with a focus on budget, so the construction cost is managed as closely as possible and the project remains feasible for you.
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Site Selection & Feasibility
We have a lot of experience in finding the right site for a project. Get in touch early, ideally before you buy, so we can work through the zoning and planning controls with you and check that what you want to achieve is actually possible on that particular site.
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Brief & Sketch Design
We start by understanding your brief, then design to suit the planning controls that apply to the site. All our projects are designed in both 2D and 3D, so you can see the proposal clearly and explore colours, materials and finishes as the design develops.
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Budget & Builder Input
We focus on budget and builder involvement early in the process. Bringing a builder's pricing and buildability advice in at design stage keeps the construction cost as close as possible to target and makes sure the project stays feasible for you.
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Approval
We choose the most appropriate approval pathway for your project, either a Complying Development Certificate (CDC) through a private certifier or a Development Application (DA) with council, and prepare and coordinate everything required with our consultant team.
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Documentation for Construction
After approval we prepare the construction drawings and specifications the builder needs, and can obtain the Construction Certificate where a DA was used. The level of detail is tailored to the project and the builder.
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Design Management & Delivery
We stay involved through construction, attending site and working with the builder to resolve details so the finished building matches the design and your expectations, right through to handover.