We read the house before we draw anything
Original trim, heart pine floors, a slab that slopes toward the door. Those details decide what a renovation can actually do. We walk the existing home first, then write down what stays and what has to move.
What you bring to a first walkthrough, what we bring back in writing, and how the two of us sort out site constraints, permits and finish choices before anyone picks up a hammer.
Send a short brief: your street, the rough scope you have in mind, and a timeframe that feels realistic. Whether it is a first kitchen remodel or a garage you keep meaning to convert, that is enough for us to walk the house, flag site constraints, and talk through permit timelines before anything gets drawn.
Not sure what to include? The approach page shows how a walkthrough usually runs, and the archive gives you reference work to compare against.
Or call +27186212707
Most of the work in this archive started with a problem someone had already tried to ignore: a bearing wall in the wrong place, a garage nobody used, a front door that opened onto nothing. We take those on because the constraints are usually where the good decisions live.
Original trim, heart pine floors, a slab that slopes toward the door. Those details decide what a renovation can actually do. We walk the existing home first, then write down what stays and what has to move.
Permit timelines, structural reviews, footing pins on a sloped lot. We handle the sequence so a five-week city review does not stall the framing crew, and we tell you early when a site constraint will stretch the schedule.
Cabinets, tile, decking, paint. Finish selections happen in conversation, not from a catalogue handed over at the end. Repeat clients often come back to compare how a material held up in a previous build.
Before-and-after photography, floor plan sketches, material notes. It is a record for you, and it is how the archive stays honest about what was actually built.
Contractors planning their own jobs pull from these projects as a shared reference: how a flush beam was detailed, how the porch stepped down the slope. It saves a lot of back-and-forth during early planning.
We show the work, the constraints, and the decisions behind it. What we do not do is promise a number before we have seen your street and your rough scope.
Comparing finishes across builds? See what the studio covers.