We begin with a relaxed, no-pressure conversation. You share your ideas and needs — we listen and explore what’s possible.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.