architectural services
Whether you’re at the very beginning or ready to move towards construction, Fluit Studio offers a clear pathway through the design process, helping you understand the decisions along the way and keeping comfort, sustainability, budget and long-term performance in view.
Our 3-Step Process
1. Project Strategy Session
Investment: $450 (ex GST)
Format: 90-minute one-on-one session (in person or online)
Purpose
Before you invest time, money and energy into your project, let’s make sure you’re heading in the right direction.
The Project Strategy Session is a focused advisory session designed to provide clarity before design begins.
Ideal for homeowners who are considering a renovation, retrofit or new home and want to understand their options, identify potential risks and opportunities, and gain clarity before committing to the next stage.
Prior to the session, you’ll share key information about your site or home and what you’re hoping to achieve. This is reviewed in advance so our time together is targeted and productive.
Who This Session Is For
This session is ideal if you:
- Aren’t sure where to start
- Are concerned about comfort, health or energy performance in your home
- Need clarity on costs, approvals or project scope
- Want greater clarity and confidence before moving forward
What We Cover
- Your goals, priorities and project aspirations
- What may be driving comfort issues in your existing home (where relevant)
- Opportunities to improve comfort, indoor air quality and energy performance
- Your site or existing home, opportunities and constraints
- Realistic construction cost ranges in today’s market
- Planning permit and building approval pathways
- Likely consultants and specialist advice that may be required
- Early risks, opportunities and potential trade-offs
What You Receive
- Clear guidance on your project’s next steps
- A better understanding of how comfort, performance and budget interact
- Confidence to move forward with greater clarity
- A concise written summary outlining recommendations and priorities
The Project Strategy Session provides an informed overview of the journey from idea to design to design and construction, helping homeowners understand what lies ahead and gain clarity before taking the next step.
2. Project Foundations
Feasibility and Pre-design
Turning ideas into a clear direction
Purpose
Project Foundations helps you explore what’s possible before committing to detailed design.
Through a site visit, early investigations and exploratory sketch design, we’ll look at how your aspirations, site and budget can come together and begin testing potential directions for your home.
By working through these questions early, we can identify opportunities, constraints and key cost considerations before significant time and money are invested in detailed design and documentation.
Who This Stage Is For
Project Foundations is ideal if you:
- Are ready to begin exploring design possibilities for your project
- Want to understand how your home could better support the way you live
- Want to explore ideas before committing to detailed design
- Need to understand how your aspirations and budget might align
- Value comfort, performance and thoughtful design as part of the conversation from the beginning
What We Explore
- Your brief, priorities and long-term goals
- How you want your home to feel, function and perform
- Site opportunities and constraints
- Planning considerations and approval pathways
- How your aspirations align with likely construction budgets
- Key project cost drivers and where early decisions may influence cost
- Opportunities to improve comfort, energy efficiency and environmental performance
What You Receive
- Preliminary hand-drawn sketches exploring potential design options and directions
- A Project Foundations Report outlining key findings, recommendations and next steps.
These sketches are intended to explore possibilities, test ideas and help establish a clear direction before investing in detailed design.
Outcomes
- Explored potential design directions for your home
- A better understanding of what’s possible on your site
- Greater clarity around project scope, priorities and budget expectations
- A stronger basis for deciding how you want to move forward
- Initial briefing meeting
- Site visit
- Review meeting (online or in person)
Typical Investment
- Small internal renovation projects from $2250 (ex GST)
- Extensions and new homes from $3250 (ex GST)
Final investment is confirmed once scope and complexity are understood.
The above investment assumes existing drawings are available. If a measure-up and preparation of existing floor plans is required, this can be included as an additional service.
Project Foundations can stand alone as an early feasibility and design exercise or provide the foundation for Full Architectural Services if you decide to proceed.
3. Full Architectural Services
From Concept to Completion
Taking your home from a clear direction through design, approvals and construction.
Once the brief, site strategy and budget are aligned, we move into the design and documentation of your home.
This is where ideas are developed into a resolved design that brings together how you want to live with comfort, functionality, performance and budget. We then guide the project through the necessary approvals, detailed documentation, builder selection and construction.
Our Process
- Feasibility and Pre-design (as required)
- Concept Design
- Design Development
- Planning Approvals
- Detailed Documentation
- Builder Selection and Pricing
- Construction Phase Involvement
Not every project requires the same level of involvement. Services can be tailored to suit the complexity of your project and your preferred construction pathway.
Fees
Fees for full architectural services are typically offered as a fixed fee, determined once the project scope, complexity and level of involvement are clearly defined.
A detailed fee proposal is prepared once the brief, budget parameters and performance objectives are aligned — either following the Project Foundations stage or direct engagement for Full Architectural Services
Our Process
Designing a home should feel considered, not overwhelming.
We guide you through each stage with a thoughtful, collaborative approach, so you feel confident in the decisions being made along the way.
Our level of involvement can be tailored to suit your project, whether you require support throughout or at key stages. We work closely with trusted consultants and builders to ensure a smooth and well-coordinated process.
Project Feasibility Study and Pre-Design
Understanding what’s realistically achievable within your site, planning constraints, brief, budget and performance ambitions.
Concept Design
Exploring layout, orientation and spatial direction to establish a strong architectural foundation.
Design Development and Planning
Refining materials, building systems and performance strategies while coordinating required approvals.
Detailed Documentation and Builder Selection
Preparing clear, buildable documentation for pricing and construction, and assisting with contractor selection where appropriate.
Construction Management and Contract Administration
Remaining involved during construction to uphold quality, manage contractual processes and ensure the design intent is carried through.
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Start with a complimentary 15-minute introduction call to discuss your project and determine the right next step.