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Our Services

Full architectural service studio, one feasibility-first approach.

Whether you’re renovating, building new, subdividing, adding a granny flat, or designing for performance, every project starts the same way — with a feasibility report, before any drawings. Pick the service that fits, or start with a free feasibility report and we’ll route the conversation from there.

WHAT WE DESIGN

Each with its own consent path, build partner, and process.

Renovations and Extensions

Layout reworks, single-storey extensions, second-storey additions, recladding. The consent-sensitive architectural work where structural change meets council requirements.

Custom Home Design

New home design built around your section — not from a catalogue. Flat sites, sloping sites, view-critical sites, and properties with heritage or character overlays.

Subdivision and Multi-Unit

Two-lot subdivisions, three-to-six unit developments, and cross-lease conversions. Designed for Auckland’s mixed housing zones under Plan Change 120.

Granny Flats and Minor Dwellings

Standalone secondary dwellings under the new 70m² Small Stand-alone Dwellings exemption (Jan 2026), plus larger consented granny flats, garage conversions, and multi-generational living builds.

Healthy Homes and Performance

Performance design beyond minimum H1 — for thermal comfort, low running cost, and durability through Auckland’s climate. Retrofits and new builds.

Feasibility and Consultation

Where every project starts. Site rules, brief check, indicative cost, and a clear recommendation — delivered as a written report before any drawings begin.

The shared process behind every project

The specifics differ between renovations, new builds, subdivisions, and performance retrofits — but the path through the work is consistent. Every project starts with feasibility, moves through concept and developed design, lands in consent, and finishes with a clean tender handover to our delivery partners. The detail at each step is on the relevant service page above; here’s the high-level view.

Step 1

Initial Consultation and Site Review

We meet — at our Wairau Valley studio, on Zoom, or at your site — to understand your project, your section, and your brief. We pull the planning rules under the Auckland Unitary Plan and identify any constraints that matter.

Step 2

Free Feasibility Report

A written report covering what your site allows, what your brief realistically translates to, and what the indicative build cost looks like from our delivery partners. The proceed-or-not decision happens here — before any design fees start.

Step 3

Concept Design

Floor plan options, indicative elevations, and how the project responds to your section. Two or three schemes against the brief, refined until you’ve landed on the direction that works.

Step 4

Developed Design and Subconsultants

Cross-sections, material selection, structural engineering coordination, services planning, geotech where the site needs it. The drawings reach the level councils want for consent and builders need to price the work accurately.

Step 5

Resource and Building Consent

Most renovations need building consent only. Subdivisions and designs that push planning rules need resource consent first. We prepare the application, submit it, and deal with the council’s RFIs — not you.

Step 6

Tender and Build Handover

We brief our delivery partners — Superior Renovations for renovations and subdivisions, Superior Homes for new builds — and run the tender. Once you’ve chosen a builder, the consents and drawings transfer across.

Find out what your site allows

Our free feasibility report tells you what you can build on your property, and what the consent pathway looks like, before you spend anything on design.

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