TRACC Design

To better communicate your ideas and aspirations to us consider creating a scrapbook or Pinterest account. Collect plenty of photos, brochures, articles and magazine clippings as you can which help to describe what you’d like your home to look like, inside and out, take a look at your lifestyle and develop a wish list of rooms and features you would want in your new home. Use your current home as a model – are the bedrooms too small, the kitchen too dark? How is the “flow” from one room to another? There are many things to think about.  If you don’t already own a building lot, at some point you will need to find one. Hopefully you have included some features about “where” you want to build on your wish list of “what “ you want to build. It’s never too early to talk to contractors. Always ask for references, and follow up on them. 

 Contact TRACC Design to schedule an initial meeting today. Take a look at the outline of the design process we’ve provided, it details the steps involved in taking your ideas to actual construction documents. 

Initial  interview meeting:  

Meet at our office or via Skype to discuss the scope of your project.  

Bring with you any ideas and pictures you may have that reflect the style/look that you want for your new home.  Also bring a copy of your lot survey and deed restriction if you have already purchased your property.  Extensive notes will be taken by us of things such as your budget, square footage requirements, design ideas, etc. This step usually takes around two hours.  After the meeting, we will review your information and mail you a design agreement with our required fee. A retainer of 50% will be required to initiate the design process.  

A site visit at the lot (optional):  

If needed, this would be done before any time is spent drawing preliminary plans.  The site will be evaluated for overall lay or slope of the land, the location and direction of the best views and objectionable ones, potential home location, directions of the sun’s path across the property, sunny/shady/windy areas, trees to be saved, any special natural features noted and the logical entrance to property for the driveway. First a rough concept sketch will be drawn on the site plan to determine the best size and shape for the lot. A copy of all drawings will be sent to you and we will discuss the information further. Again, the review meetings will generally take one to two hours.   

Preliminary plans:  

 All projects are designed in 3D modeling software that will allow real time walk thru and design changes via. Skype screen share.

Final  preliminary plans:  

Once all the changes have been made to the floor plans and exterior elevations, the final square footage will be calculated. This gives you the opportunity to make sure that you are still within your budget. 

Construction Documents:  

After the final approval of the design, the construction documents will then be completed and emailed to the owner in PDF file format for review.