Prepare Your Project
An 8-point project brief checklist to organize your space requirements, budget, and timeline before your first design consultation.
Direct answer
Prepare eight essentials: space type, location, area, users, functions, current problems, target budget and timing. Keep them together as the project brief used for the first assessment.
First-brief checklist
- Space type — detached home, townhome, condo, retail, office or an area within a factory.
- Location and status — province, development, new build, occupied space or renovation.
- Area — approximate floor area, levels and rooms in scope.
- Users — who uses the space, how many people, ages, routines, customers or staff.
- Required functions — distinguish between must-haves and nice-to-haves.
- What stays or changes — structure, systems, furniture, materials or existing brand elements.
- Target budget — separate design, construction, furniture and equipment where possible.
- Timing — decision, construction and opening targets, including flexibility.
Useful supporting files
- a dimensioned existing plan;
- photos and a walk-through video;
- north orientation or sun information where available;
- condominium, mall, industrial-estate or factory rules;
- reference images with a note explaining why each one is relevant.
How to begin
Prepare the checklist and use it to guide the first project consultation. You do not need a complete drawing set or a final style at this stage. The priorities are the objective, constraints, budget and required opening or move-in date.
After the initial review, we define a suitable scope, drawing package, stages, fee and the specialists who need to coordinate with the project.