Schedule a design consultation with us

We offer weekdays & weekends to suit your schedule. There is a small charge for the consultation, during which we listen carefully to your thoughts, help to define the project scope & requirements, offer experience & design ideas, identify challenges, provide great advice & often recommend products, plants, & solutions on the spot. For projects that require more than just a consultation (full design concepting, renderings, drawings and plans), we follow up with a written, detailed design proposal/estimate & contract, usually within a week.

So you decided to work with us? (Great choice btw!)

After you complete the contract paperwork and deposit, we schedule measuring and site survey. The survey enables us to draw up ‘As-Built’ base plans, often an important part of the plan set if we are dealing with government organizations for permits or Home Owners Associations.

Design time

We will set up a shared cloud folder with you so that you can share any images or ‘inspirations’ as we like to call them.

Design concepting, function planning, form composition & spatial concept design usually takes around 3-4 weeks.

(sometimes slightly longer if the project is very large or features extensive hardscaping or architectural planning)

So when do I get to see my design concept(s)? Do I see just one or more?

Once the initial creative process is complete, we schedule an online design presentation meeting. Often we will present slight variations around a main design theme. Especially when it comes to new pool design, we may provide a few positional options if it makes sense.

After the design review, we upload the concepts to the cloud folder for you to review at your convenience.

Much of the work in the first few stages is done in 3D. This enables you to see photorealistic visuals of your project. Following 3D sign off, we produce working/construction drawings used for building, permitting, dimensions & scale, materials specification & quantities, plant placement & specification, irrigation, lighting, grading & drainage, & all the details, details, details!

Additional services

We do offer additional services which are outside our contract scope of work & charged at our usual hourly rate. These include: managing the bidding process for installers, ordering materials/furnishings/accessories/lighting, supervising installations, selecting plants at the nursery, spotting out plants on site, managing the permitting process & submitting permit & rebate applications, & more.