Yoop 6-Step Design And Build Home Improvement Process
Here at Yoop Architects, we love helping you transform your house into the home of your dreams and that is why we follow a systematic and creative work ethic. The 6-Step Design and Build Home Improvement Process is designed to make the journey enjoyable for you by allowing you to appreciate each stage as well as making your dreams come true. So this is how the collaboration takes place right from the beginning to the end of the project:
Step 1: Your Dream
Everything begins with a conversation. Our favourite projects are the ones that start with getting information about what your family is all about, your lifestyle and how you wish your home to be. In a consultation which takes place at your residence, we proceed to the part where we ask what you want – it can be creating further than what is in existence, improving the use of the current space or fixing some add-ons of designs.
And this will be the point where we start to brainstorm so as to come up with possibilities to achieve your concepts. At this stage, the exploration of the goals is emphasized and all the efforts are directed towards the creation of a purpose which does not forget the wish and objectives of the client in the end.
Step 2: Scribbles
This is the starting point of the design process! Taking into account all the preliminary conversations and, if required, carrying out a detailed building survey, we produce a number of drawings and variations, demonstrating the options available in the given space. These early ideas draft designs tailored to you, affording you the chance to appreciate alternate; and sometimes radically different, solutions. With great love and close contact with you and your family, we make adjustments to this concept, so that it finally meets all the requirements – visual, functional, lifestyle, etc. – of the customer.
This is a great moment because it is the first time your project is outlined on paper as ideas are no longer hypothetical but realizable.
Our favourite projects are the ones that start with your family and understanding the need or dream you are looking to achieve.
Step 3: Meet the builders
After decades in the construction industry we have worked with some great builders and can help you find someone who you can trust with your home. We will introduce you to a few, or you might have one or two of your own in mind, and we’ll get some ballpark costings on paper for you. Important Note: Meeting some builders super-early in the home improvement process is key to getting the result that you want at the end.
For any project to be implemented successfully, one of the factors is the right team for the project. We have cultivated a network of trustworthy and reliable builders over the years because of the many years that we have been in the business.
Inside this easy to read free guide, we will teach what you need to know as you consider extending your home
Step 4: Planning for home improvement process
The first official stage is the planning approvals. Don’t worry, we will submit these on your behalf and chase them up until we get the OK.
It may be daunting and exhausting attempting to gain planning permission, but we take care of every aspect of it to ensure it is effortless. We have extensive working experience in dealing with the local planning authorities and therefore, we know how to structure our requests and what supplementary data to include so that the chances of getting approval for your project on time are very high. Both residents and clients are contacted, questions answered and worked to ensure outlined goals are achieved. This action is significant in preventing unnecessary delays or complications in the process by ensuring the project is within local authority rules.
Step 5: Building regulations
With a successful planning approval for home improvement process, a set of drawings is now required to achieve compliance with all the building rules and regulations. Once again, this is done by us, and not something that you need to worry about at all.
Once secured planning approval, we are now able to address how the project shall meet building regulations of the country. Every living aspect of your project shall conform to the recommended safety and health standards in the construction industry. In this stage, detailed drawings explaining the structural elements, materials as well as the building safety elements for code compliance are submitted. This ensures that there are measures that guarantee construction durability apart from aesthetics which are incorporated on the design.
Step 6: Construction Phase of the Home Improvement Process
Together we will have agreed on the materials and a plan of how everything will proceed. The construction stage is where we relay this information to your builder so they know what is going on too.
After all the documentation is ready, we begin the stage of construction. At this stage, we liaise with the contractor selected by you and provide him with the final version of the project and all the details concerning the work. Our team stays in touch with you and the construction team provides information, checks the quality, and introduces corrections, if necessary.
Our Home Improvement Process, which consists of great steps, has been designed by Yoop to make every home improvement journey smooth, fun and rewarding at the end. We are by your side from the first idea until the last finishing touch.
Are you ready to begin? Please reach us today to brainstorm about your dreams of home improvement, and let us do it with Yoop Architects.
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