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Life, and your weeks, fill up quickly with the day-to-day. Before you know it you’re at the end of another year and your new home design still hasn’t begun!
Back when you bought your home it was charming house. It was exciting, novel, and you had great intentions to renovate in a few years.
But now?
Now, the kids are growing up fast.
And your current home remains dark, small, draughty, and in need of even more work now!
Let’s get your project going.
Let's Kick Start your new home a whole lot closer to reality.
What's a Kick Start Consultation?
This “Kick Start Consultation” has been created for anyone that is considering a new home, or renovating and extending their home.
Our Kick Start Consultation is your an opportunity to speak with a local residential renovation expert about your aspirations for your home, and introduce you to the who, what, where, and how of designing and building in the inner city.
This introductory service is a no obligation consultation with Cathi, of Cathi Colla Architects.
Provide clarity on your project brief – what's likely to be a challenge, what is likely to work, and what hidden opportunities are ahead.
This Kick Start Consultation is for homeowners in the Melbourne area* who are considering – or are already on the path towards – renovating, extending, or rebuilding a home.
Our Kick Start Consultation would suit an individual house, a terrace, townhouse, or apartment.
It’s also suitable for a multi-generation home.
* ‘Area’ is defined as within a 20km radius of our studio location.
Who isn't this for?
We believe in architecture that is ‘fit for purpose’, and design to enable a comfortable, healthy home for now, and for a healthy future.
If you are a developer, or are renovating a home for resale, then a Kick Start Consultation isn't for you.
We will discuss your project aspirations and your brief (programme), budget, timing, and any barriers that might be in your way to getting your renovation started. Then we will discuss some creative possibilities, Statutory Planning and Building restrictions that might apply to your site, as well as a likely timeline for your project. Ideas and sketches are likely to result from this discussion.
Our Kick Start Consultation is intended to occur at your home**. This is so that Cathi can meet with you – the decision maker(s) – as well as to meet your home. If you do not wish to meet at your home, our Kick Start Consultation can alternatively be hosted at our studio nearby in Rathdowne Street, Carlton North.
This Kick Start Consultation will take up to 1.5 hours.
**Note: We're able to consult on an alternative property location, such as for a holiday home. In this case, we'd defer to information supplied by you (or information readily available online). If so, our meeting will occur at our studio.
Your Kick Start Consultation will include a meeting at your site (with you, and any other decision maker). This meeting, along with a preliminary walk through of your home or site, will begin to establish an essential understanding of the opportunities and limitations of your site.
In our meeting, you will receive:
This consultation is not a design service, not is it an inspection service. This Consultation is an introductory offer only. Cathi Colla Architects cannot provide, or be expected to provide, review or advice on the condition of your home.
Our Kick Start Consultation does not provide advice on construction cost(s), timing, or building conformance matters. Any advice will require verification via further consultation with Cathi Colla Architects (and/or their preferred consultants) undertaken under a formal Client and Architect Agreement.
Well – how valuable is your time?
We understand that your life is hectic. We recognise that a home renovation or new build is a massive undertaking.
We respect your time – and we don’t want to waste it.
We value your time and your efforts towards making this change.
A Kick Start Consultation session is priced at $750 (plus GST).
This cost is inclusive of our preparation time, and up to 1.5 hours in total.
Cathi Colla has been designing, documenting, and collaborating with locals to create and build their new homes in the Carlton North and inner suburbs for nearly 25 years.
That means Cathi has been problem solving, negotiating with local Planning and Building Authorities, and building a strong network of consultants, builders, and subcontractors for the same amount of time.
Cathi Colla is also a Fitzroy North local. Cathi and family have been living, working, schooling, and playing in the area for over 20 years.
Cathi has also been down the renovation path herself. She recreated her own leaking, draughty, shambles of a shack in Fitzroy North into a comfortable urban oasis. It’s now a contemporary home full of natural light and contemporary character.
It’s warm and cosy in winter, and cool in summer. We love it.
This is your opportunity to meet Cathi to discuss your own specific project aspirations and challenges.
To book your Kick Start Consultation, simply email the studio here.
Simply email us with your project address and your phone number. Then we'll get in touch with you to organise a meeting time and payment.
If you're looking for an architect to help with your project, this form is the best way to reach us.