The custom home brief.
Ten questions to answer before you call an architect or a builder. Write your answers down; they will save weeks.
- What is the house for, in one sentence?
- Who will live in it now, and in ten years?
- Which rooms do you use every day, and which once a month?
- Do you own the lot? Do you have a survey?
- Have you chosen an architect?
- What is the total you are prepared to spend, including design and fees?
- Is the date you move in fixed, or flexible?
- What does the house you live in now get wrong?
- Which three things would you not give up to save money?
- Who decides, and how quickly can they decide?