Drawn, permitted
and built.
I design houses around how your family actually moves through them, process the building permits, and build them with my own crew. One person answerable for the whole job.
About Henry
I am one person, not a firm. I draw the house, I process the permit with your local government, and my own crew builds it, so when something needs answering for, there is nobody to point at but me.
Most of my work arrives by word of mouth. Friends, and owners I have already built for, send the next family my way. I will tell you honestly what a house costs and how long it takes before you commit to anything.
No wasted space
Every square metre earns its keep. The plan is drawn to the lot and the terrain, and the way you move through it is set out to the building code.
Permits, always
Clients sometimes ask me to skip the permit. I say no. Your house has to be permitted by the local government, and I will not start without it.
Photos every week
I photograph the site as it goes up and send the updates through every week, so you can follow the build even if you are working abroad.
and built
the whole job
Three ways to work with me
Take the whole job, just the drawings, or the drawings with the permit put through. Most people take the whole job.
Design only
I draw the house and hand you a complete set of working drawings. You bring your own contractor to build it.
Design and permits
The drawings, plus I process the building permit with your local government, so the paperwork is clean before anyone breaks ground.
Design, permits and build
The whole thing, built by my own crew. Labour and materials under one contract, and one person to hold responsible.
Three houses,
start to finish
Each one I designed, drew in full, permitted with the local government and built. Labour and materials, all under one contract.
El Monte Verde
120 sq mThe largest of the three. Two storeys designed around how the family moves through the house, drawn in full, permitted, and built with my own crew.
Jubay
100 sq mA single detached house on its own lot. Complete working drawings and permits first, then construction, with progress photos at every stage.
Golden Meadows
60 sq mThe smallest of the three, in Sta. Lucia Golden Meadows Subdivision. At 60 sq m it still works, because nothing in the plan is wasted.
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How a job runs
Four stages, no surprises. You know at every point what has been done and what comes next.
Talk
We walk your lot together. I look at the terrain and the lot plan, and you tell me who lives there, how many rooms you need and how you want to move around the house.
Design
I draw the house to suit the lot, the terrain and the way your family actually lives, checked against the building code, with no wasted space in the plan.
Permit
I prepare the complete set of working drawings and process the building permit with your local government. I do not start construction on an unpermitted house.
Build
My own crew takes it from there, with extra hands brought in when the job is big. I photograph the work as it goes and send you updates, whether or not you can visit the site.
The questions I get asked first
How long will it take?
That depends on the size of the house and how quickly the permit moves. I give you a schedule at the start and tell you every week where we are against it. I would rather quote a date I can hold than one you want to hear.
Can I afford the house I have in mind?
We go through the current cost per square metre in the market against the house you are picturing. If the two do not meet, you will hear it from me before you have spent anything on drawings.
Do I really need a building permit?
Yes. People do ask me to skip it, and I turn those jobs down. An unpermitted house becomes your problem later, when you sell it or when the local government catches up with it.
Tell me about your lot.
Send me the location, the lot size, how many are in the family and roughly what you have set aside. I will come back with an honest read on what fits and how long it would take.
Send me your lot details