Our Main Services
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Renovations
Transform your existing home with designs that add value, comfort, and style.
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New Builds
From concept to completion, create a home that perfectly fits your lifestyle and site.
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Two-Lot Subdivisions
Unlock the potential of your property with smart subdivision planning and design.
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Interior Design
Bring cohesion and personality inside your home with tailored interior concepts.
How We Work
Every project is different, but here’s a look at the typical process we follow with full-service clients — from first ideas through to construction.
These steps help keep things clear, collaborative and moving forward.
That said, we know that one size doesn’t fit all. We're always happy to tailor the process and our level of involvement to suit your needs, your site, and your stage in the journey.
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We begin with a relaxed, no-pressure conversation. You share your ideas and needs — we listen and explore what’s possible.
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We learn about your site’s unique features and opportunities to help shape the design.
We look into the site conditions and constraints and make initial inquiries about regulatory requirements.
We discuss and review your project budget.
A site measure and existing conditions drawings will be drafted if required and a land surveyor engaged to complete a features and level survey.
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After full briefing sessions we put pen to paper, preparing sketches and diagrams to explore and illustrate design - including cost options appropriate to the size of the project.
Typically, this includes hand drawn plans and a 3D representation of the architectural 'look.'
We’ll work with you to further refine the brief and the schematic design.
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Coordinating and integrating the preliminary work, we’ll evolve your concept into a project that can be built.
We’ll create documents that describe the project in detail, so the necessary consultants can proceed with their input and check the design against your budget.
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The actual nuts & bolts
Working with required consultants, we’ll produce detailed technical drawings, schedules and specifications that will be used to tender the project and obtain a building permit.
These documents can then be used by all members of the building team to build exactly to the dimensions and finishes the vision that you the client and Nine Muses envisaged.
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Not all project require a planning permit. We can determine whether yours does sometimes at the outset or during the concept design stage.
We understand the local planning landscape and have built strong relationships with councils across the region.
By considering site constraints and planning requirements from the very beginning, we shape designs that are both thoughtful and achievable.
Councils respond positively to our proposals when they can see a well-resolved and considered design approach behind them. -
Get a great team together to build this dream!
Want to work with the best?
We’ve got you covered.We’ll create your tender documents, distributing them to the builders and managing the tendering process.
Once selected, we can prepare the formal contracts between you and your builders – locking in the dream team for your dream home.
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The building process is both long and complex.
Engaging us to administer the contract, you can help to reduce your stress and ensure the building is completed on time, to cost and with quality.
We’ll inspect the works, certify payments to the builder, and ensure that everything is built matches with your contract documents.
If you sign a building contract with the builder, we’re still available on hourly rates to assist where required.
Not sure what you need and not ready to jump straight into a big investment?
Explore our
designer for a day offer.
Designer for a Day is a highly productive design session to help homeowners, renovators and dreamers unlock the potential of their home (or future home).
Whether you're thinking of renovating, reconfiguring, extending, subdividing or even buying a new property, sometimes you just need an expert set of eyes and a creative brain to bounce ideas around.
We’ll meet (usually at your dining table), review plans, sketch ideas, test options and talk through any design dilemmas you’re facing.
It’s a practical and affordable way to get clarity, inspiration and direction in just a day.
Curious what this could look like in real life?
Click here to read a few case studies, see what’s possible, and decide if it’s the right fit for you.