“You took all of our thoughts into consideration and made good recommendations…. The bottom line is, you made the building we wanted to make.”
—Vincent D.
Though we often work with our client’s architect or contractor, most of our clients want us to design their building. For more than 35 years we’ve been designing, as well as building, timber frames. Because we’ve had extensive experience, we can design the building that our clients envision.
Client’s initial sketch of the barn below.
1. The site
We like to come to the building site to see the slope, road access, aspect, views, and how natural light would interact with the proposed building, especially if it will be the clients’ home.
2. The clients’ ideas and vision
We listen. We want to know what the property owners want to achieve. Sometimes clients bring a scrapbook of reference images taken from magazines, Houzz, photos or floor plans to clarify what they want.
3. The budget
Though we build only the timber frame, our goal is to help clients estimate the finished cost of a building. We have built houses as small as 1,000 square feet and as large as 20,000 square feet so we can help design a building that is consistent with the resources planned for the completed project.
See Design solutions for examples of how we respond to our clients’ needs. We sit down with our clients and find ways to achieve their goals.
