Renovation & Alteration Advice
Thinking about renovating or altering your home? Get an experienced construction perspective on the information and ideas you have before becoming too committed to a particular approach.
Current pricing
$290.00
New Zealand dollars, GST inclusive.
We’ll help you identify practical building issues worth considering before the design or scope progresses.
We’ll explain how the proposed changes could affect the existing home, structure, services, finishes, access or surrounding areas.
We’ll help you think through the order of investigation, design, consent work, demolition, construction, services, finishes and specialist trades.
We’ll point out where an architect, designer, engineer, council, specialist contractor or another suitably qualified professional may need to become involved.
We’ll highlight practical questions around scope, budget assumptions, existing conditions, access, staging and information worth confirming before you commit further.
To get started
- A description of the renovation or alteration you are considering.
- What you would like help understanding.
Helpful if you have it
- Photos of the existing area.
- Sketches, plans, specifications or ideas already available.
- Approximate property age and number of levels.
- The stage you are at and any known constraints or concerns.
You’ll receive practical guidance on key construction considerations, potential constraints, questions to resolve early and where specialist input may be useful before you commit further.
- Choose your service and save your information and files before payment.
- Review your complete submission and price, then pay securely. Only verified payment starts review.
- We review it and let you know if anything important is missing.
- Receive your written advice with practical observations, questions worth asking and suggested next steps.
- Have a question afterwards? You can send one brief follow-up question about the original advice within 7 days.
Estimated turnaround: 5 business days
- Not architectural design
- Not engineering
- Not detailed estimating or quantity surveying
- Not project management
- Not building-consent preparation
- Not construction supervision
Your service includes one brief follow-up question about the original advice within 7 days after your advice is issued. If your question raises a new issue or substantially expands the original matter, a separate Build Advice service or other assistance may be needed.