The Four Gates to a Successful Home Build – Gate Two: Design
The Four Gates to a Successful Home Build – Gate Two: Design
Gate Two – Design: Choosing the Right Plan for You
Design is where your dream begins to take shape. It’s also where the most value can be created – or lost – depending on how the process is handled.
At Stroud Homes, we make sure our clients get it right from the start by offering over 200 pre-designed floor plans, carefully developed to suit a wide range of needs:
- Sloping sections? We’ve got smart split-level designs, or if a concrete floor isn’t practical then your new home can be built on timber piles to suit the contours of the land.
- Covenants or residential estate guidelines? We’ll help you comply without compromise by seeking out the relevant documents, if you haven’t already got them, making sure your new design complies.
- Coastal or rural lifestyle blocks? Our lifestyle homes make the most of the views, sunlight, and open spaces.
Whether you’re after something compact and efficient or sprawling and luxurious, the chances are we’ll already have a plan that has everything you want in your new home – or by making a few changes to the plans we’ll find the one that is perfect for you and your site.
Choosing the Right Plan for Your Budget
People often ask “I love the plan but what will it cost?” At Stroud we’ll talk about the costs early to establish what works and what doesn’t. It’s two-way so you’ll always feel we are listening.
- Choose one of Stroud Homes plans knowing it already includes thoughtful design touches like solar orientation, airflow, and practical features like efficient storage, and connectivity between the indoor and outdoor spaces.
- Customise one of Stroud Homes plans and adjust the layout, rooms, or features to better suit your lifestyle and your land.
- Bespoke design to create your own, starting from scratch. This is the highest level of creativity to give you a truly unique plan.
- Or bring your own plan Stroud can price building it for you.
Whatever path you choose, you’ll avoid the high costs and uncertain timelines that come with hiring an architect.
Our design team has already considered all the practical and habitable details for you: where the sun rises and sets, how the wind moves through your site, where to place the alfresco for privacy and warmth, even the best route from your garage to the pantry when unloading the groceries.
Here at Stroud Homes we’ll help you develop your ideas into concept plans that can be drawn to a contract stage.
The Power of Good Design and Transparency
Our clients love the moment their plans come to life – we can often walk you through the layout virtually letting you see how it all connects. Giving you your first glimpse of the life you’ll live in the new home.
We’ll keep your budget front and centre throughout the design process and offer alternatives if design elements threaten the budget.
Our team gives you real-time feedback on build prices as you explore your options – so you stay in control.
Why This Gate Matters
A well-designed home doesn’t just look good – it feels right, just like home!
It supports your lifestyle and allows for your future needs. That’s why we take the time up front to get the plan right, rather than applying a cookie-cutter model and hoping for the best.
We listen to what you want and need in a home – whether it’s room for a growing family, home and income, a flat for friends and relatives or a quiet retreat for your later years – we help you build that vision with clarity and confidence.
What Happens Next?
You’ve chosen your land and settled on a design. Now comes the question everyone wants answered: “What’s the build going to cost me?”
Gate Two opens to Gate Three: Real Costs – where we dig into everything your project presents to give you real written pricing.
