NEW HOME DESIGNS

A New Home Should Work for Your Block Before It Works on Paper

Most new home problems trace back to one thing: a floor plan drawn for a different block. Ignore which way a block faces, or fight its slope instead of using it, and the compromises show up later — dark living areas, an awkward driveway, a design that needs reworking to satisfy council.
We start the other way round. Before a wall goes on paper, we look at your block — orientation, slope, shape, what’s around it. That’s what decides where the living areas sit, how light moves through the home across the day, and how indoor space opens onto the backyard or alfresco.
Your brief carries equal weight. How many people will live in the home, how they use it day to day, what stays fixed and where there’s room to trade off against budget — worked through before the first sketch, not fitted in afterwards.
That same design then carries through unchanged, from concept sketches to construction-ready working drawings, so the home your council approves is the home that gets built.
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What a New Home Design Actually Involves

A proper new home design covers ground most people don’t see until it’s missing:

  • Orientation and solar access— living areas, windows and outdoor spaces placed to use natural light and Perth's climate, not defaulted to a standard layout regardless of which way the block faces.
  • Site constraints— block shape, slope, easements, existing services and any overlays (heritage, bushfire, flood) that decide what can be built and where.
  • R-Codes and local planning requirements— setbacks, plot ratio, open space and streetscape provisions, checked early so the design doesn't need reworking at DA stage.
  • Indoor-outdoor flow— how living areas connect to the alfresco and backyard, not just how rooms sit next to each other inside.
  • Street presence— how the home reads from the street, especially on corner blocks, narrow lots or infill sites, where setback and garage placement need more thought.
  • Budget realism— a design that's buildable within your budget, not a concept that looks good on paper and gets stripped back later.

Our Process

1

Site & Brief

A site visit and a proper walk-through of your block, followed by a brief-gathering conversation — budget, must-haves, bedrooms, living zones, and how you actually want to use the home day to day.

2

Concept Design

Initial concept plans developed against the brief and the site analysis together — orientation, room layout, indoor-outdoor connection and street presence worked through as one problem, not solved in sequence.

3

Design Development

Concept refined through review rounds with you, with R-Codes, setbacks and any site-specific planning constraints checked and built in before the design moves to documentation.

4

Working Drawings & DA Documentation

Construction-ready working drawings and DA (or deemed-to-comply) documentation prepared for council submission, then handed to your builder for pricing.

What's Included

New Home Designs

Design & Documentation

  • Site and orientation analysis specific to your block
  • Concept design built around your brief and budget
  • Single-storey and double-storey home design
  • Design development through to construction-ready working drawings
  • Energy efficiency and natural light planning

Approvals & Coordination

  • Site and orientation analysis specific to your block
  • Concept design built around your brief and budget
  • Single-storey and double-storey home design
  • Design development through to construction-ready working drawings
  • Energy efficiency and natural light planning
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Questions? You’re covered.
How long does a new home design take?

It depends on the size and complexity of the project, and on how quickly your council processes the DA. Concept through to construction-ready drawings moves through the four stages above, each reviewed with you before the next begins.

Most new homes need either a DA or a deemed-to-comply assessment, depending on your council and site. We check this early and handle the application and documentation as part of the design.

Yes. Every design starts with your actual site — shape, slope, setbacks and orientation — rather than a generic plan adjusted afterwards.

Both design homes, but a building designer typically focuses on residential documentation, council compliance and construction-ready drawings, at a more accessible cost, while architects often take on larger or more complex projects.

Yes — narrow and infill blocks need more careful handling of setbacks, light and street presence, and it's a site type we work with regularly.

R-Codes, setbacks and any site-specific overlays are checked from the concept stage, not left until DA submission — that's what avoids costly redesigns later.

The brief and every review round are built around your input. The goal is a design that reflects how you actually want to live, refined with you rather than delivered as a finished product.

Either works. If you already have a builder, we coordinate documentation directly with them. If not, we can put you in touch with builders from our partner network once your design is ready to price.

Yes — orientation, natural light and thermal performance are considered as part of the design, not added afterwards, and we coordinate with energy assessors where compliance requires it.

Nothing formal. A rough idea of budget, must-haves and how many people the home needs to accommodate is a useful starting point. Site details and any existing survey or title information help, but aren't essential to get started.

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