Understanding the Design and Construction Process for DIYs

This is the conversation Nicole wishes she could have with every client before their project starts, the honest version, not the brochure one.

What it's about: 
The entire arc of a self-managed project across six parts: setting a real scope, budget and feasibility before you fall in love with an idea, the design logic and drawing types that actually matter, the difference between a planning permit and a building permit and why the order matters, how tender and contracts actually work, including where corners are usually cut and how to push back, the realities of a live construction site, and exactly what to check at handover and during your defects liability period.

What's included:
•    The full six-part guide
•    A scope, budget and feasibility worksheet
•    A room-by-room design worksheet
•    A decision-check tool for every major milestone
•    A builder comparison tool for tender
•    A defect classification tool for handover

Who it's for:
Anyone managing their own project who wants to know where things usually go wrong, before they find out the hard way.

Written from fifteen years of watching where good projects go wrong, and what the ones that avoid it do differently.