1. We create a design that is entirely unique to you and your site. You get to participate in shaping and designing your space. Your ideas, your photos, individual needs are all listened to and incorporated into the design. What you love is celebrated!
2. Exterior scale and proportion, massing and size are designed and so your house looks “balanced” and fits into the neighborhood or land around you.
3. Designing your home with an architect is not expensive. It is a small fraction of the overall appraised real estate value. Good Plans bring the down the cost of construction, reduce waste, limit change orders and prevent delays.
4. Because architects “design” so many buildings a year we can help the contractor construct your home or commercial project with eye catching details, interior special effects and materials.
5. Special site needs such as FEMA and flood regulations are things we deal with every day! We can help navigate through hurricane regulations, design review committees etc. We can help you find good alternatives to building setbacks or sizes we can advise you and work with you to help get variances. We can help you coordinate with agencies such as the Historic Preservation Commission or The Department of Environmental Protection. We can suggest good solutions for difficult mandates.
6. Working with an architect who does 3-D drawings allows you to “see” your home’s interior and exterior spaces before it is built. Using CAD we can virtually place furniture, special antiques or equipment into a floor plan so you know it fits together. You can also pick colors and artwork to create a well designed, emotionally pleasing interior. We can arrange windows, decks, porches etc. to frame exterior views. We can model the path of the sun inside and outside your home throughout the year to make living comfortable and pleasing.
7. An architect-designed building is energy efficient, to reduce operating costs.
8. An architect works for you, watching out for your best interests throughout construction.
9. Architects are required to continue their education to ensure we are proficient with advances in new products, technology, and life safety codes.
10. Good plans protect the environment! A beautiful building and site maximizes long term livability and increases real estate value.