Custom Remodel & Addition Design

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   Getting Started: Your Goals

   We begin with a conversation about what you want your home to do for you — more space, a better layout, an addition, or updating what’s there. We’ll talk through needs, priorities, and budget.

   If you’ve already started with a general contractor, that's great. We’re happy to work with your builder from day one.

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   Scanning Your Home: The Digital Twin

   Every remodel needs accurate drawings of the existing home — floor plans, exterior elevations, building sections, roof pitches, doors and windows — plus demolition plans showing what will be removed. Your structural engineer and contractor rely on these.

   Traditionally, this means measuring room by room by hand. Instead, we scan your home inside and out with a Matterport Pro3 camera, which captures both photos and laser measurements. This creates a digital twin you can walk through on your phone, tablet, or computer, with detailed measurements built in. We bring that scan into 3D CAD to produce highly accurate existing plans and demolition plans.

   Why this helps your builder Existing conditions are documented in measurable detail, so there's less guesswork and fewer return trips to the site.

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   Your Digital Twin, Kept Private

   Your digital twin is hosted in our Matterport account and is password protected. It’s not shared publicly. With your approval, we can give your contractor access, so they can walk through the house, check measurements, and review conditions whenever they need to.

   Why this helps your builder They can review the home remotely while estimating and planning — useful for subcontractors, too.

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   Designing in 3D

   Using the accurate existing plans as our base, we design your remodel or addition in 3D CAD. You’ll see 3D concept views of the new spaces, which makes it much easier to understand the design, compare options, and make changes before anything is built.

   Once you approve the design, the drawings are developed enough for your contractor to give a rough estimate — a good point to confirm the project fits your budget before moving forward.

   This completes the preliminary design stage.

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   Structural Engineering

   Next, a structural engineer designs the structural elements of your project. You’ll receive the engineer's quote directly and pay them directly — we don’t add any markup. Our fee for this stage covers only the time we spend coordinating between our design drawings and the structural drawings so they work together.

   Why this helps your builder Design and structural drawings are coordinated before they reach the jobsite.

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   Final Drawings for Permit and Bidding

   We finalize the drawings, incorporating the structural engineering, into a complete set of construction documents. This set is used to apply for your building permit and gives your contractor what they need for a final bid.

   Why this helps your builder A complete, coordinated set means a more accurate bid and a smoother permit review.

Questions about your project? We’re glad to talk it through — no pressure, just a conversation about what you have in mind.