Light House - Project Brief Survey

Thank you for your interest in our unique, integrated architecture and science services. We will be using this survey to assess how well your project aligns with one of our three preferred project categories. Please complete the survey and submit it by 10 October 2023.

Writing a design brief for your new home can be both exciting and daunting. We have created a series of questions to help prompt you. It is important to remember the architect's job is to translate and challenge your brief, to create a holistic vision for your new home. So don't stress about trying to imagine the entire house, but instead focus on the elements that are important to you and HOW you want to live.

Don't feel that you have to answer all of the questions below. You may feel strongly about some aspects but be happy to be guided by us on others.

Client Name
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Email Address
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Phone number
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Project Address
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1. Current address, if different to project address. (This will be needed for completion of government planning forms.)

2. Brief description of your project and how it fits into the category you have selected above

3. List the spaces or rooms that you require.

Note: For renovation/extension projects, please describe and list the spaces and condition of your existing home, and then explain what you intend to change and/or the spaces/rooms you would like to add or improve on.

4. Are you open to any of the spaces/rooms noted in Question 1 being combined?

Eg. the lounge room can be combined and converted to the guest room, the study space can be a nook in the hallway, open / combined kitchen and dining space.

5. What is your broad vision of what you want to achieve with your new home?

Eg. light-filled with cross ventilation, good connection to outdoor entertainment area, open plan living spaces.

6. What do you like most about your existing (or previous) home that you want included/interpreted for your new home?
And what do you dislike about your existing (or previous) home (or just something you have seen in a home) that you do not want in your new home?

7. How many people will live in the house initially?
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8. How do you see the house occupants changing over time?

Eg. possible future children, accessibility for seniors, converting children's rooms when they leave home.

9. Do you require any special sized rooms?

Note: We will never design a room that is too small to function comfortably.

10. Are there any special items of furniture you want to use in the new house?
Please provide dimensions of items if possible.

Eg. Items such as piano, antique sideboard, large dining table.

11. Are there any pets that need to be catered for?

12. Which projects on our website align with your ambitions, or have elements that align?

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13. What are the things that aren't so important to you?

Eg. Laundry doesn't need to be a separate room, we don't require a formal entry space.

14. What ideas or aspirations do you have for sustainable elements of the house and garden, or the energy rating?

15. What are your car/bike (transport) parking requirements? Do you have any other specific storage requirements - eg. camping, woodworking, kayaking, ski-ing gear?

16. Is there a particular style of house, or interior aesthetic, or materials that you hope for in your new home? Feel free to link to examples.

17. What is your budget?

Note: Please specify if this figure is to cover construction costs only, OR if it is also intended to include Light House fees, other consultants fees and government costs associated with your project.
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18. How flexible is your budget?

19. Any further comments? NOTE: when you finish this question your survey will be submitted. So, if you want to go back and check/edit things... do it now and come back to this one :-)
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