Consultation

In short: consultation is a paid, independent assessment of your project's feasibility, rough cost, and the right next step — before you commit to a full design or management engagement. It exists for the stage before you know exactly what you need.

Not every project needs to start with a full design engagement. Sometimes what you need first is a straight answer: is this feasible, what will it cost, and what's the right next step. That's what consultation is for — an honest assessment, not a sales pitch for our other services.

Who this is for

Anyone at the early stage of a project — deciding between renovating or moving, evaluating a plot before purchase, or trying to understand whether a design idea is realistic within their budget. Also useful if you already have quotes or drawings from elsewhere and want an independent second opinion before committing.

Who this isn't for

If you already know you need full design work and just want to get started, book interior design or architectural design directly — a standalone consultation would just delay you, since its fee is credited toward those services anyway if you proceed within a reasonable window.

What's included

• Site visit and condition assessment — an honest look at what you're actually working with, not just the brief on paper
• Feasibility review against your goals and budget, flagging anything unrealistic before you spend more on it
• Cost and timeline expectations, in writing, specific enough to plan around
• Recommendation on which of our services (or none) fits your project — including telling you if a contractor alone is enough
• Review of existing drawings or quotes, if you have them, checked for buildability and cost realism

Our process for this service

1. Consultation call — a short conversation to understand what you're trying to solve, before any site visit is scheduled.
2. Site visit — we assess the space or plot in person; drawings and photos alone rarely tell the full story.
3. Feasibility review — we check your idea against practical and budget constraints, including anything site-specific that changes the picture.
4. Recommendation — a clear written summary of options and rough costs, with no obligation attached.
5. Handover — you decide the next step, with no pressure to continue with us if another path makes more sense.

Consultation vs. skipping straight to design

Skipping consultation and going straight into a full design engagement works fine when the project is clear-cut — a known apartment, a known budget, no ambiguity. It works less well when you're not sure whether the plot is buildable as imagined, whether the budget matches the ambition, or whether you actually need architectural work at all. In those cases, the consultation fee is small relative to the cost of discovering a feasibility problem after a full design is already paid for.

What affects the cost

A site-visit consultation is a fixed fee regardless of project size, since it's about the time and expertise involved rather than the eventual project scope. If you proceed to a full design or management engagement afterward, the consultation fee is credited against that project — so there's no financial downside to starting here if you're not sure yet.