It’s a common misconception that architecturally designing a custom home or extension is expensive and not worth the money in the long term. Valuable design doesn’t necessarily mean expensive finishes or big-budget services built in to your house. Even in larger budget projects these inclusions are peripheral to the quality and success of the home. Design value comes from a house plan that is well thought out, and is most often a series of simple design responses.

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Lifestyle Value

Technological advances have blurred the lines between work and play. The daily patterns of life are busier and more spontaneous than previous generations. Good architectural design will be flexible enough to support this lifestyle, yet personalised enough to provide the space, comfort, warmth, privacy and security that all of us need in our homes.

Thermal comfort is central to enjoying the time we spend at home. With the changing climate and the drive to conserve energy, embracing passive methods of thermal control has become invaluable. With the right orientation, natural ventilation, design of windows and doors, sunshading and landscaping, your home can trap the warmth of the winter sun when you need it, and protect you from the harsh summer heat year round. The success of thermal performance of every CplusC project is testament to our construction methods, material selection, ventilation principles and passive solar design.

Investment Value

Many design options fall to the cutting room floor in the process because they may be perceived as too expensive. It’s important to consider how that decision will affect your investment in the long run. A decision that may cost a little more in the beginning could well end up saving you many times more in future running costs.

Innovative design that provides you with comfort, ease of use and is a delight to experience will add significantly to the capital value of your home. When the time comes to move on these are some of the most critical elements influencing the value of a property compared to another of similar location and amenity.

We make it a Stress-free Process

Achieving just the right design response can be a tricky process, but CplusC work to make the whole exercise as straightforward and stress-free for our clients as possible. We make sure everyone involved has a clear idea of the design agenda – client, architect and builder alike, and we talk frankly with our clients about realistic budget expectations right from the beginning.

A thorough analysis of council controls and awareness of their current attitude towards development means that we can ensure the design solution we develop with you will be successful in getting consent from your local building authority.

Our 100% strike rate for DA approvals so far is good proof.

A successful project results from communication channels that are clear and easy to use. In addition to e-mail and secure online project updates for our clients, we are available to meet with you after-hours to ensure communication is given the time it deserves.