NEW HOME DESIGN
PROCESS & SERVICE
Thinking of building a new custom home? Working with elle3 will ensure that your home is well designed and thought-out in every detail. We will provide you with a range of professional services all in one: interior design, decorating, project coordination, and structural knowledge, in one package.
NEW HOME DESIGN
What is Included?
Our New Home Design services include a wide range of services; from researching your property, fact finding and development, designing your home, coordinating pricing, permitting and interior & exterior finishes selection.
How Does It Work?
Building a new home requires in depth research into your property to discover the bylaws and allowances to build. Designing a new home also requires a little more fact-finding and development. The needs of your family, the interaction of spaces, the future requirements of your home – all of these items are up to us to determine and will require us asking lots of questions! We sit with you to discuss all of your wants and needs, and how you use your spaces. We also will ask you to spend a little time on ‘homework’, to share with us images and ideas using online platforms like Houzz and Pinterest.
Next, we begin designing and meet with you to review our ideas. We may prepare multiple options, and we may meet a few times to review design details. Once we have an approved design, we will add notations and information for contractors to price the work. This includes drawings giving instructions about scope of work and how to build, so that the quotes you receive are the most accurate possible. Some clients ask us to coordinate pricing from contractors.
After the project budget is determined and you have decided to move ahead with construction, we begin permit drawings. These drawings include further details and more structural information. We coordinate engineers and heatloss calculations as required. We submit the permit on your behalf and communicate with the building department. Once the permit is issued, we bring it to you along with additional copies of drawings for the contractors.
Some contracts might end at this stage, however, we would love to continue working with you and the construction team in the role of Project Coordination, Interior Design Services, Interior Decorating Services, and Purchasing & Logistics.
What Are The Next Steps?
If you are considering a New Home Design project, contact us and let us know who you are and a little about your project. We will schedule a sales meeting to discuss your project and review the scope of services we offer. There is no fee for this meeting; we believe it’s important to introduce ourselves to you. Following this meeting, we will prepare a proposal outlining our scope of services and estimated costs.
TESTIMONIAL
"Exceeded All Of Our Expectations"
“We would like to thank you, Emily, for your outstanding knowledge. You exceeded all of our expectations with different layout plans and all of the unknowns of building code. The many ideas you shared with us were never pushed on us, but were suggested to help us decide which way to do things. Your personal visits to the job site were always extremely friendly and we were made to feel like family.
We would highly recommend Emily to anyone looking for an Interior Designer. You will not be disappointed.“
Janice & Dave
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