About Northwood Design
We cover all aspects of residential design, working in residential development, design and construction for well over 35 years.
Terraced and standalone housing, extensions, renovations, alterations.
Construction troubleshooting on stalled or failing projects.
Building and Resource Consents.
LBP supervision and sign off of non consent-able work.
Our pricing represents some of the best value available, we have provided services to some of the most productive home builders in New Zealand and we pride ourselves on creative design solutions .
Our Process
Our process will be varied to suit your needs but is generally based around the 3 step concept/design/consent process
Concept Design
Assess site conditions and constraints. Develop brief. Provide sketch plans, elevations and renders as required.
Developed Design / Buildable Layout
Develop the plans and specification to an extent that allows sufficiently accurate cost feedback to be obtained, providing an opportunity to control costs through re-design (if required) before fully committing to building consent and construction documentation.
Building Consent / Construction Documentation
Detailed architectural plans and specification suitable for construction and obtaining building consent. Co-ordinate and liaise with any consultants that have been engaged for the project (Engineer, Surveyor etc) and collate their documentation ready for lodgement to council. We lodge the documents to council for you and manage the project through until consent has been issued.
Client Support
Dealing with issues arising, variations, site observation, enlightenments, technical support and completion support.
Our Quality Guarantee
With cost, appearance, function, buildability all to be considered in a building project we think that we can meet or exceed your needs.
You are of course covered by a raft of legislation in New Zealand including but not limited to the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, The Building Act 2004, The Construction Contracts Act 2002, The Fair Trading Act 1986