Michael Dos Santos Design can assist you with your initial concept through to a complete set of drawings ready for construction.

With qualifications in both architecture & drafting, you can be certain your project has been designed with buildability in mind from start to finish.

Each project is quoted specifically to suit your requirements after an initial phone call or meeting.

A rough guide would be between 3-5% of your total build cost for my full service.

Below lists alternative design professions as a comparison:

• A registered architect will typically charge between 8-15% of your total build cost.

• A builder will require a non-refundable deposit to engage their design team (usually less than $5,000). The builder owns the copyright of the design.

Michael Dos Santos Design aims to provide a custom design service to everyone.

My fee structure is setup in multiple installments for when your project hits milestones. You pay as you go & can stop at any time.

Throughout the process you will need various consultants to provide certificates, reports or advice to obtain planning approval & a building permit.

Michael Dos Santos Design will source these quotes for you & allow you to choose which proposal to accept. The below fees can be used for an allowance, but will differ depending on complexity, build costs or the current market.

• Contour feature survey and boundary re-peg $1000

• Written planning advice fee $100

• Development approval application 0.3-0.4% of build cost

• Energy assessment $1000

• Structural Engineer certification $5000

• Certificate of design compliance $500

• Acoustic report $500

• Bushfire attack level report $500

• Building Permit application 0.2% of build cost

The following is a quick overview of what to expect.

• Initial phone call or meeting to discuss project

• MDS Design to provide client with quote

• Contour survey to be ordered & completed

• MDS Design completes design set

• Design set lodged to council for development approval

• Council approves design set & issues development approval

• MDS Design completes construction set

• Consultants complete all certifications

• Construction set & all relevant info lodged to council for building permit

• Building permit approved

As part of your quote, I will nominate turnaround times for your project depending on the scale & current workload.

Please use the below timeframes as a guide.

• Contour survey ordered & completed 2 weeks

• Design set completed 2 months

• Development application approval process 3 months

• Construction set completed 2 months

• Building permit 2 weeks