The design process made easy!

So - we have a piece of land & some ideas of what we need from a house & thankfully we have a great person to execute these ideas... Brian our mate from Canada has been working away with a great team of guys on many projects.

We meet with him with a bottle of red wine & some photos on our laptop to give him an idea of our style. He's never been to our house in NZ so probably doesn't have the foggiest idea of what we like or not!

Our wish list is 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, & all the other essentials, dining, living, terrace etc. We'd like to maximise both views (into town & back up into the high chaparal!), we'd like it light, with access to the outside, nothing fiddly, simple lines, on & on we blather.

Amazingly about 2 days later Brian has the first sketch. We pour over it a little, & surprisingly even with our spacially challenged, architecturally pea brained, thought processes we managed to tune in our wavelengths & see things through Brian's eyes.

We like what we see, & with a few suggestions, rebuttals & alterations we have a plan!

4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a dining/living room/kitchen, 2 stories, fountain, outside areas, garage, terrace & swimming pool!

Let the games begin!