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    How to find the right Designer!
    Hamish Wakefield
    • Jan 20, 2019
    • 7 min

    How to find the right Designer!

    So you have an idea about building your new home or renovating your existing home. But your not sure what to do next and you found this article - Excellent, we're glad we can help you on your journey! Most people approach a friend, builder or tradesmen initially for advice. This can be a successful start in many cases but our experience suggests this approach tends to derail and cloud the scope and or budget for the project before it has even begun. The best approach is to as
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    Working Days over Christmas
    Hamish Wakefield
    • Dec 12, 2018
    • 2 min

    Working Days over Christmas

    The summer break is almost here and for most of the construction industry it means the beach, the BBQ and the beers. However, for clients it is often a time of confusion and frustration as to what happens and when. For clients with consents in at council the dreaded 20 working days time limit (or seemingly impossible target as it's become) the definition of ‘working day’ excludes the days during the period from 21th December to 10th January inclusive. This means the last work
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    Hamish Wakefield
    • Nov 20, 2018
    • 2 min

    Can you draw this up?

    This is one common request that we get asked at least monthly. So much so that we thought it was worth writing about here in an effort to shed some light on a challenging subject for us to respond too. These conversations are delicate and it's often during these calls or email conversations that we try to explain that calling up an architecture firm and telling them that you’ve already done the design for your house, you just need someone to prepare the drawings, is like goin
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