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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...

New York City Adventure

Last year Vicky was lucky enough to visit the big apple- check out her snaps... #NewYork #Holiday #Architecture #Details #building...

Resource Consenting - 6 best tips

Perception Planning is a team of resource management planning, landscape and freshwater professionals based in Martinborough, Taupō and...

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...

What is a Licensed Building Practitioner?

LBPs are designers, carpenters, brick and blocklayers, roofers, external plasterers, site and foundations specialists who have been...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...