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WHAT KITCHEN AND HOME CONCEPTS CAN DO FOR YOU
Assessing your plans and making suggestions, canvassing ideas and options (which very often narrows down the priorities), deciding on final layouts and details can all take place over a few phone conversations, visits on site if possible and emails.
This service is not the preparation of the working drawings: this is the very often overlooked step prior to that: the DESIGN component which we take amply time over to ensure an inexpensive build, long term energy efficient and maintenance costs, creating a welcoming plan that is perfect for your needs, your family and your lifestyle. If you haven't chosen a site for your new home, a discussion about the size, style, options and priorities can assist in the preferable choice and always with PASSIVE SOLAR orientation.
As an architectural draftee I prepare scaled sketch design plans for new homes, extensions, renovations, new kitchens etc. Any space or area in your home where drawings are needed and will help make the decisions and explanations of your requirements easier for you the homeowners, for builders and/or for all tradesmen, suppliers etc. Abundant information is provided for clarity, information and for gathering comparative quotes from various trades.
First and foremost, I ask where is NORTH? So that we know where the sun will enter your home at any time of day or in any season. Location depended, we can calculate the sun’s position which is vital to be integral to the plan. This will ensure the home is warmed and cooled very comfortably, naturally and inexpensively. We can aim to maximize the day sun to heat the living areas in winter and arrange windows to facilitate cross breezes and eave lengths for shading that aids the cooling for summer.
As the garden layout will assist this comfort greatly too it is vital to consider it along with the plans creating not just a home but a site micro-climate for your long term benefit. Including passive solar principals need not increase the build cost but by carefully designing using these principals the outcome will be a beautifully inexpensive home to maintain and it will be a naturally light, airy, healthy home for years of fun and great memories.
My Super Power is to see, from the plans, how a house will function, flow, be flexible, be practical. This very personal service assists in weighing the requirements for your family and each member. A gourmet cook's kitchen and storage requirements, work from home office, space for musical instruments, storage for sporting equipment, hobbies etc. All important to include are your wishes: those things that mean a lot to you. For instance: Aunt Maud's record collection believed to be worth a small fortune! Or all your books for leisure, study, special interest, classics. What length of shelving is needed now and into the future? Do you have a model car collection you would like in the lounge room?
Your home may need to change for different needs such as the arrival of babies, little children, the teenage years, two for tea and/or party times. Also house guests or multi generational phases Maybe even sectioning a few rooms for an income generating rental.
My aim is to help you achieve whilst building just what you require: conservative and simple plans make for beautiful homes. Aiming for easy to build causes the least strain on your budget, materials, build time and our precious Earth's resources too. Paramount is the home for your comfort, light filled inexpensive home to enjoy for many happy years.
Assessing your plans and making suggestions, canvassing ideas and options (which very often narrows down the priorities), deciding on final layouts and details can all take place over a few phone conversations, visits on site if possible and emails.
This service is not the preparation of the working drawings: this is the very often overlooked step prior to that: the DESIGN component which we take amply time over to ensure an inexpensive build, long term energy efficient and maintenance costs, creating a welcoming plan that is perfect for your needs, your family and your lifestyle. If you haven't chosen a site for your new home, a discussion about the size, style, options and priorities can assist in the preferable choice and always with PASSIVE SOLAR orientation.
As an architectural draftee I prepare scaled sketch design plans for new homes, extensions, renovations, new kitchens etc. Any space or area in your home where drawings are needed and will help make the decisions and explanations of your requirements easier for you the homeowners, for builders and/or for all tradesmen, suppliers etc. Abundant information is provided for clarity, information and for gathering comparative quotes from various trades.
First and foremost, I ask where is NORTH? So that we know where the sun will enter your home at any time of day or in any season. Location depended, we can calculate the sun’s position which is vital to be integral to the plan. This will ensure the home is warmed and cooled very comfortably, naturally and inexpensively. We can aim to maximize the day sun to heat the living areas in winter and arrange windows to facilitate cross breezes and eave lengths for shading that aids the cooling for summer.
As the garden layout will assist this comfort greatly too it is vital to consider it along with the plans creating not just a home but a site micro-climate for your long term benefit. Including passive solar principals need not increase the build cost but by carefully designing using these principals the outcome will be a beautifully inexpensive home to maintain and it will be a naturally light, airy, healthy home for years of fun and great memories.
My Super Power is to see, from the plans, how a house will function, flow, be flexible, be practical. This very personal service assists in weighing the requirements for your family and each member. A gourmet cook's kitchen and storage requirements, work from home office, space for musical instruments, storage for sporting equipment, hobbies etc. All important to include are your wishes: those things that mean a lot to you. For instance: Aunt Maud's record collection believed to be worth a small fortune! Or all your books for leisure, study, special interest, classics. What length of shelving is needed now and into the future? Do you have a model car collection you would like in the lounge room?
Your home may need to change for different needs such as the arrival of babies, little children, the teenage years, two for tea and/or party times. Also house guests or multi generational phases Maybe even sectioning a few rooms for an income generating rental.
My aim is to help you achieve whilst building just what you require: conservative and simple plans make for beautiful homes. Aiming for easy to build causes the least strain on your budget, materials, build time and our precious Earth's resources too. Paramount is the home for your comfort, light filled inexpensive home to enjoy for many happy years.
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Turn arm waving need for space into detailed, scaled, sketch design drawings. WE MEET and identify your requirements, work out your problems and figure out your wish list.
YOU WILL be provided with scaled sketch design plans, elevations and detailed drawings. YOUR CAN compare building quotes, control your spending and manage your project. CONTACT MARGOT NOW TO ARRANGE AN APPOINTMENT.
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"Margot went above and beyond when redesigning our kitchen and living areas. She provided a number of different layouts, each with their own considerations. She thought of things we never considered! She was extremely professional but approachable in all of her dealings with us. We can't thank you enough for the inspiration Margot!"
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I recommend the skills and ability of Margot Kirke for kitchen/bathroom and home sketch designs. We have used Margot's services to draw up plans for us on two occasions. Several years ago Margot designed a kitchen renovation for us and this year we used her services for a bathroom renovation. There were significant benefits in having plans drawn up for both these renovations.
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"Thank you for your initial help with our kitchen. The suggestions you
made, especially the pull out pantry, has made our kitchen more efficient and we seem
to have so much more room. Having our own plans gave us an advantage when
asking for quotes, we are so pleased with the final product."
made, especially the pull out pantry, has made our kitchen more efficient and we seem
to have so much more room. Having our own plans gave us an advantage when
asking for quotes, we are so pleased with the final product."
Karen K
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It was great to have Margot help plan our new kitchen. She was easy to work with and very enthusiastic for our new room.
Margot has great ideas and listened to my needs. As the hub of activities the kitchen is our favourite room and now a pleasure to work in. Margot ensured there was plenty of storage and bench space where I need it.
I love my kitchen I love showing it off to friends and family with pride.
Margot has great ideas and listened to my needs. As the hub of activities the kitchen is our favourite room and now a pleasure to work in. Margot ensured there was plenty of storage and bench space where I need it.
I love my kitchen I love showing it off to friends and family with pride.
Joy
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Margot is a creative and lateral-thinking kitchen/laundry designer. She assisted us in conceptualising and drafting our kitchen renovation and extension. Margot was such a help in coming up with a range of creative ideas – taking us to a new level in our design. I really appreciated her woman’s eye of attention to the detail and function of design.
Additionally we really valued her enthusiasm for the project and her capacity to hang in until we were happy. She is so reasonably priced, prompt, always pleasant and friendly and fun to design with.
Additionally we really valued her enthusiasm for the project and her capacity to hang in until we were happy. She is so reasonably priced, prompt, always pleasant and friendly and fun to design with.
Anne C and Julian B
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Margot is a friendly and accommodating person, and did a great job understanding our needs to come up with creative ideas and designs. We wanted to change the layout of our three bedroom house (from 1963) to better suit our family's needs, and the design Margot developed was great. Thanks again for your great work.
Simon, Gemma and Chloe
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Margot was fantastic to work with—she was so enthusiastic for our house when we were despairing of ever being able to enjoy our teenagers here. The house had been ideal when our three were little but we had grown out of it.
With the changes Margot suggested, we now we can not only enjoy the real indoor-outdoor in our kitchen, family room and study, with the sun flooding into the areas we are living in most of the time, our heating bills have plummeted - passive solar at its best.
The construction is so well matched that once I have the deck, lawn and garden established it will be hard hot the think these rooms were always here! We have sanity back in our home—thank you Margot.
With the changes Margot suggested, we now we can not only enjoy the real indoor-outdoor in our kitchen, family room and study, with the sun flooding into the areas we are living in most of the time, our heating bills have plummeted - passive solar at its best.
The construction is so well matched that once I have the deck, lawn and garden established it will be hard hot the think these rooms were always here! We have sanity back in our home—thank you Margot.
Laurel and John
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The old layout and decor of our 1980's kitchen was not practical or functional. There was lots of wasted space, dead corners and we had no idea where to commence with redesigning. I love to cook but this kitchen did not encourage me.
Margot had great suggestions, in a timely manor, the value for money great and quality of the plans outstanding. Having the plans we were able to compare quotes from cabinet makers, purchase appliances etc. with confidence.
I commend Kitchen and Home Sketch Designs to anyone looking to do a renovation or new kitchen.
Margot had great suggestions, in a timely manor, the value for money great and quality of the plans outstanding. Having the plans we were able to compare quotes from cabinet makers, purchase appliances etc. with confidence.
I commend Kitchen and Home Sketch Designs to anyone looking to do a renovation or new kitchen.
Mel and Martin
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"A huge thank you to Margot from Kitchen and Home Sketch Designs for her service and support in creating a beautiful yet functional plan for our home renovation/addition. Margot got to know our family, our lifestyle, and our values, and then took our design brief and came up with more ideas than we could have ever imagined. She brought lots of experience and advice to the process, particularly when it came to functionality, the best use of space, and natural light. Margot gave consideration in her design for the beautiful views of our property, and the position of high traffic areas in relation to bedrooms. Margot is genuine, professional, helpful, knowledgable, and had amazing communication. The whole process was fun and easy, and we are incredibly happy with the result."
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