Devise Design & Selections specialises in early-stage guidance for new home builds and renovations, offering Floor Plan Reviews, Selection Meeting Support, and Pre-Start Strategy Sessions. We work with you during the decision-making phase to ensure your layout, finishes, and inclusions are well considered and aligned with your lifestyle before construction begins — available directly to homeowners and owner-builders, or as a partner service to builders supporting their own clients.
OUR SERVICES
New Home selections
For clients making new home selections.
Our New Home Selections service is designed for clients who want clarity and confidence when navigating finishes, inclusions and joinery decisions, without feeling overwhelmed or rushed.
You are supported through the selections stage of your build, helping you make informed, cohesive choices that align with your lifestyle, budget and the way your home has been planned. Our focus is on ensuring selections work together practically and visually, while avoiding unnecessary upgrades, inconsistencies or costly oversights.
You’ll receive clear documentation, including a consolidated selections specification and supporting notes, prepared to be shared directly with your builder. This ensures your decisions are clearly communicated and accurately implemented.
This service is typically undertaken once your floor plan and structural layout have been preparation/finalised.
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Review of builder selection documents and inclusions
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Guidance on interior and exterior finishes, materials and colours
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Joinery review and refinement across key areas
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Practical advice on upgrades, substitutions and cost considerations
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Consolidated selections specification sheet
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Marked-up documentation to support clear builder communication
PRESTART PREPARATION SESSION
For clients preparing for their pre-start meeting with their builder.
Heading into pre-start can feel like a lot.... plans, decisions, and a builder's meeting that moves fast, often with limited time to ask the right questions. Our Pre-Start Preparation Session gets you ready, so you walk in knowing exactly where to focus.
We go through your home plans in detail, offering practical guidance on where it's worth spending, where you can save, and the tips and tricks specific to your home that often get missed. We review your cabinetry, wet areas, tiling and electrical plan, flagging anything worth reconsidering before it's locked in.
We'll also map out a style direction and colour palette moodboard, giving you a clear reference point to guide your decisions and keep everything feeling considered and cohesive.
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Detailed review of your home plans
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Guidance on budget — where to spend and where to save
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Tips and tricks specific to your home
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Review of cabinetry, wet areas and tiling
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Guidance on your electrical plan
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Style direction and colour palette moodboard
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FLOOR PLAN REVIEW
For clients refining their plans before locking in with their builder.
Getting your floor plan right early saves you time, money and headaches later. Our Floor Plan Review service takes a close look at your plan in the early stages of your build, before structural changes become costly or impossible to make.
We assess layout and functionality against how you actually live, along with aesthetics, natural light and window placement; flagging what works, what doesn't, and what's worth reconsidering. Our tips and tricks are specific to your home, helping you catch the small details that are easy to miss but make a real difference to how the finished space feels.
Any recommended changes are clearly documented, so amendments can be confirmed and locked in with your builder with confidence, before it's too late to make them.
Includes:
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Detailed review of your floor plan
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Guidance on layout and functionality
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Advice on aesthetics and design flow
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Assessment of natural light and window placement
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Tips and tricks specific to your home
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Marked-up documentation to support structural amendments with your builder
