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When Renovating or Building Goes Wrong
When we stuff up renovating or building, it rarely involves tens or hundreds of dollars. More often than not, it means thousands, tens of...
Jul 26, 2019


New York City Adventure
Last year Vicky was lucky enough to visit the big apple- check out her snaps... #NewYork #Holiday #Architecture #Details #building...
Jun 25, 2018


Resource Consenting - 6 best tips
Perception Planning is a team of resource management planning, landscape and freshwater professionals based in Martinborough, Taupō and...
Jun 25, 2018


House Cladding... so many options!
The cladding you choose for your home is an important step in defining the look and feel of the project—you may have strong ideas or you...
Jun 25, 2018


What is a Licensed Building Practitioner?
LBPs are designers, carpenters, brick and blocklayers, roofers, external plasterers, site and foundations specialists who have been...
Jun 25, 2018


7 myths about Architecture Services during construction...
Sometimes I meet clients who only want to engage us for the design stage, who do not know that our full services include follow-up on...
Dec 30, 2017


Pre-design : What is it?
Whether it's a new building or a renovation, there's a lot of information to gather and assess before design begins. The most important...
Jul 9, 2017


How to manage the construction process
The design and dreaming is over, now it’s time to watch your new home arise from your plans. This is a busy time and is fraught with...
Jun 27, 2017


Lets face it - Architectural Plans can be confusing
Plans, Sections and Elevations can often obscure design ideas rather than illuminate them. Unless you’ve spent lots of time reviewing...
Jun 20, 2017


How to keep your project within budget
Most clients who come to see me have the same question uppermost in their mind—“How much will the project cost?” With careful planning...
Jun 7, 2017
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