OUR SPECIALITY We are most successful and competitive on medium to large upper floor additions. We aim to produce the design that best suits your requirements and gives you valuable return on your investment. We take great care of all those niggling details like negotiating with Councils and tradesmen, and even your neighbours.
Add-Style has built hundreds of additions and we have years of experience in dealing effectively with local councils on the North Shore and Northern Beaches of Sydney. We can also help with arranging finance. We assist and advise on the choice of fittings, materials and the finer Architectural details of windows and stairs.
THE DESIGN The design is produced and developed by our Architect, Tim Hookins, not by a sales consultant on a commission-payment basis. Tim is a Registered Architect and a Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. In many Design and Construct firms the designer is a sub-contractor of the builder and as soon as your design is done, the designer moves on to the next job. You don't see him or her again! Tim is one of the Directors and will be with you throughout the Design and Construction process.
COUNCIL APPROVALS Tim and Bill, the Building Administrator, have been getting approvals from the local councils in our area for the last 18 years. We know their rules and how they operate. In recent years the Application Process and requirements have become much more complex. The Codes are substantial documents and many calculations are required to ensure compliance. Shadow diagrams, Energy reports Statements of Environmental Effects are commonly required. Add-Style have all the skills necessary to negotiate with Councils and comply with their rules so as to get approvals with the minimum of fuss, heartache and delay.
AN EQUAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BUILDER AND ARCHITECT Add-Style are set up to work for you as a team, not as a three-cornered contest between designer, builder and owner. A common problem in home additions is that the designer, the engineer, the builder or the owner end up blaming one another for errors or omissions or delays. Because Add-Style is responsible for the design, the costing, the structural certification, the approval and the actual construction the emphasis is on getting the job done, not blaming one another!