Expected Timeframes

McKiernan Design Drafting will organise all your building plans, consultants and documents right up to being ready for tender and building applications.

This allow the client the peace of mind to deal only with person and not have run around the countryside.

The most common question we are asked is “How long will this all take?”. We have prepared a typical scenario to give you a better idea of expected timeframes.

NEW DWELLING / ADDITIONS & ALTERATIONS

* At completion of design development stage, you will have detailed floor plans and elevation as well as a schedule of areas in order to start gaining preliminary pricing. At this stage we will have something drawn to scale to go through and discuss. We will then make any changes necessary to get the plans to a point where we can “sign off” prior to proceeding to working stage.

** Complete full working drawings to a level that will provide clear and concise information to builders and certifiers and will be adequate for all approvals and pricing as well as being more than adequate for a competent builder to complete the works. The detail provided will still require you to invest considerable time with the nominated builder prior to construction in order to finalise finishes and fittings etc to be included in your build cost. If required, we can provide additional services to furnish you with full electrical and lighting layouts, cabinet, kitchen and wet areas detailing, colour schemes and finish schedules, as well as a full specification for the entire project. For all of these additional services it would typically add approximately 50% to our fees. These items are certainly not an approval requirement and if you have the time most clients prefer to deal with these items themselves directly with the builder