A well-planned renovation can transform a house that doesn’t quite work into a home that genuinely suits how you live. Whether you are dealing with a poorly configured floor plan that was designed for a different era, an outdated kitchen or bathroom that makes daily life frustrating, or a house that simply needs updating to meet modern standards of comfort and energy efficiency, a good renovation starts with good design. We work with homeowners across Auckland to design renovations that genuinely improve how their homes function, and we manage the consent process to keep work moving without delays.
Understanding Your Existing Home
Our renovation design process begins with a thorough understanding of your existing home. We visit the property, measure the existing layout, and assess what works and what doesn’t from both a practical and planning perspective. We review the building’s structure, service layout, natural light, circulation, and the relationship between indoor and outdoor spaces. This assessment gives us a complete picture of what the house is and what it could be, which forms the basis for the design work.
We develop renovation design options that address the problems you want to solve and the improvements you want to make, and we present them with concept plans or 3D visuals so you can see how the proposed changes will look and feel. We do not present a single solution and tell you it is the right one. We explore the options, discuss the trade-offs between different approaches, and refine the preferred design with your input until it genuinely reflects what you want to achieve. Only then do we progress to working drawings and consent documentation.
Not all renovation work requires a building consent, but much of it does. Structural alterations, changes to load-bearing walls, plumbing and drainage modifications, changes to weathertightness, and certain other work all require a consent. We advise you upfront on what consent is required for your specific renovation, and we handle the application process from preparation of the working drawings through to lodgement and council liaison. We also prepare drawings for work that does not require a consent, because your builder still needs detailed documentation to price and carry out the work accurately.
