House Designs

Start Simple

When you first start we recommend to our clients to collect images and photos of houses, rooms and finishes that you like. Make lists of features you want each room to have, just get your ideas out of your head and onto paper. Even rough sketches can help your home design team understand what you want.

This is very detailed and we would not expect you to produce something as complex as this document, however it gives you a good understanding of what do in our investigations. Click here to view a sample of a Design Brief we would produce

Think about the future

Do you have or plan on having children in the coming years? Do you have aging parents? If so, you'll need to think about accommodating close family members in many different scenarios, such as returning college students, accommodating grandchildren and grandparents, taking care of elderly parents even accommodating extended family for holiday occasions. Likewise, if you're hoping to transition from an office job to operating your own business out of your home, your custom home design should include an office or flexible space. Basically, when you think about the amenities in your custom home plan, you are deciding what kind of family you'd like to become. Include features your future self will find handy.

Consider the aspect

Capitalize on any views you may have and any privacy issues you may need to address.

Consider function and flow.

As we playing around with where various rooms should be located, consider how your final design will flow and how your family might function in each space. For instance, to reduce noise in sleeping areas, it's wise to place bedrooms away from the communal areas of the house. Likewise, if you're the kind of family that tends to gather around the kitchen, an open floor plan with easy flow between the living room, kitchen and dining area will suit you well. This kind of design also allows for excellent flow between rooms.

Optional Stages eCAD Studio can Address within the engagement

Preliminary Design Consultation

Site Feature Survey (this is not a Licensed Survey)

Detailed Site Measures and Preparation of Existing Conditions Plan

Feasibility Study

Preliminary Design Development

Planning Application Drawings

Planning Submissions to Council and Carrying Out Required Advertising

Design Development

Working Drawings

Internal Details - Amenities/Wet Areas

Electrical Plan

Building Thermal Performance Assessments

Project Specification and Schedule of Finishes

Call Tenders, Liaise with Client and Builders, Attend Contract Signing

Lodge Building Permits and Liaise with Building Surveyors

Site Attendance and Contract Administration

Assist in Engagement of Consultants

Assessment of Compliance Reports

Artistic/Graphic Presentation

These costs are considerably less if we do not need to create a Model and even less again if we modelled your project for you. Please ask us the costs as each project will vary in cost.

For a more detailed list of inclusions that are optional please refer to Click here to go to our Design Page

For a better understanding of our prices please refer to Click here to go to our Fee's Page

We are happy to provide you with a no obligation free quote for your project, just email through all the information you have to enquiry@ecadstudio.com.au. If you don't have a scanner you can take a picture with your phone and send it to 0418115203.

For larger emails and projects you can try our cloud storage, we do ask if you can either name your files uniquely or email us their name so as not to confuse your files with other clients. Below is our cloud storage link.

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