Canberra’s leading
INNOVATIVE DESIGN & APPROVAL SERVICES FOR NEW HOMES AND BUILDING DESIGN
- Comprehensive Support from Concept to Completion
- Expertise in Modern, Classic, and Sustainable Homes
- Focus on Functionality and Energy Efficiency Designs
- Personalized Home Designs Reflecting Your Style
- Efficient approval process navigation
At Canberra Drafting and Approvals, we bring your dream home to life with cutting-edge design and efficient approvals management. Our experienced team creates bespoke home designs tailored to your lifestyle, ensuring functionality, beauty, and energy efficiency. Let us handle the complexities of approvals so you can focus on what matters most—creating a home that reflects your personality.
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Why Choose Us?
Custom Solutions
We design secondary residences and granny flats that perfectly match your needs and budget.
Hassle-Free Approval Process
Our team handles all the paperwork, making approvals fast and efficient.
Increase Property Value
We Design spaces enhance your property value & offer income.
Creative Design Excellence
Our innovative designs combine form and function for stunning results.
Building Design
Cutting-edge new home design and approvals management services in Canberra. From conceptualization to realization, we will turn your dreams into reality.
New Homes & Building Design
At Canberra Drafting and Approvals, we understand that your home is more than just a house. Your new home is a a reflection of your personality and lifestyle. Our team of experienced building designers, work closely with you to create bespoke home designs, that fit your project brief. Whether you’re into a modern home, a timeless classic, or a sustainable/green home, we’ve got you covered. We design to suit functionality, energy efficiency, and of course make it nice to look at! Leave the paperwork to us. Navigating the complexities of approvals can be overwhelming. That’s why we offer approvals management services to ensure your new home can be built.
Typically, the process goes from initial project brief, concept design, full working drawings, and approvals. Further information on our full design process can be seen on our process page on our website.
Timelines for approvals can vary depending on factors such as project scope, block zoning, and more. Our approvals management team works diligently to make sure the process is quick, whilst also ensuring compliance. DA timelines can be seen on ACTPLA’s website, otherwise you can get in touch with us for current estimated approval times.
Absolutely! We pride ourselves on the ability to tailor houses to meet our client’s individual needs and wants.
* When filling out further information, please be as detailed as possible:
- Description of new structure (size, location, bathrooms/bedrooms, etc)
- Construction budget that you’re working towards for the project
- Specific design needs/wants, and what your priorities are
- i.e. Design to have lots of natural light, smooth/quick approval process, clever use of space, cost efficient, etc
- Timeframe that you’re working towards
Efficient Project Workflow
Client Reviews
See what our past clients have to say about us.
Rosie Wallace2024-04-08Great team and service. They were prompt with my request, stress free, and super helpful with the design phase. The team lodged and tracked my job for me. Could not recommend Canberra Drafting and Approvals more.
Georgia Lucas2024-04-06Used Canberra Drafting for a new granny flat. The design was great and took my current house into account. They recommended a great builder, and I'm very happy with the final product.
Admin SimpleSitePlans2024-03-03Great knowledge about the approvals system, and helps us out with our more complex jobs. They provide us support for jobs such as subdivisions, unit titling, secondary residences, etc. Can't fault the service.
Admin PlusD Engineering2024-02-28Canberra Drafting and Approvals are quick to turn around plans and building designs. We’ve engineered many of their designs and the finished products have turned out great. Highly recommend Canberra Drafting and Approvals.
Frequently Asked Questions
No, our initial consultations are free! This is a time where we can discuss what you had in mind for the project, and get further details. After this meeting, we can provide a quote for the works.
Yes, generally all of our quotes are fixed price quotes. In unique situations, we do offer our services at an hourly rate. Further, any unknowns or anything outside the scope of the quote may attract additional charges. Our team will always discuss this with you before going ahead with anything.
We offer a wide range of services that include both small and large scale construction. We make sure all projects are tailored to your needs, and can provide custom large homes, single storey, split level, multi-storey homes and more. We provide custom family solutions, and specialize in Granny Flats and Secondary Residences. We can also help turn your current home into your dream home through additions and extensions. This could be master retreats, extra bedrooms, revamped kitchens and bathrooms, and more
Yes, we specialize in these sorts of projects. Secondary residences and granny flats are our specialty. We can take a look at your block and crown lease, and have a discussion about what’s possible.
Yes, we complete all documents for the approvals process, and guide you on anything external that you need to do. This could be anything from appointment of builder forms, to energy ratings, to structural engineering.
We have some really great blog posts talking about what you can and can’t build on your block. Further, you can get in touch with us and we can walk you through what’s possible.
