What to Expect During the Design & Drawing Phase of Your Renovation

Posted on August 17, 2023

Home renovations are often big projects that take professional support from experienced renovation contractors and meticulous planning. If you intend on remodeling or revamping your entire home or a specific room in your home, it’s essential to understand why designs, blueprints, and drawings are important. For a full-suite of service that you can rely on, consult Rose Building Group, Southern Ontario’s leading renovation contractors, to help create your dream home; whether it’s an entire bathroom renovation in Burlington, a kitchen remodel, or full-home upgrade.

Read up on things to keep in mind when designing and drawing out your renovations.

Why Designs & Drawings are Important

bathroom renovation Burlington Architectural drawings and designs play a crucial role in home, kitchen, and bathroom renovations. These elements provide the necessary roadmap for these projects, allowing homeowners and professionals to visualize the changes before any actual work begins. Designs and drawings are important plans pieced together by skilled renovation contractors to detail the structural adjustments and also address the balance between aesthetics and practicality. In a kitchen, they determine the optimal arrangement of appliances for efficiency, while in a bathroom, they plan the positioning of fixtures and plumbing for functionality. These drawings serve as a practical link between ideas and execution, ensuring that all work, whether they’re kitchen, bedroom, or bathroom renovations in Burlington, are well-informed and successful.

What to Expect During this Phase of Your Home Renovation

Initial Consultation: The process typically starts with a consultation between you (the homeowner) and a designer or architect. During this discussion, you'll outline your goals, preferences, and budget for the renovation.
Site Assessment: The designer or architect will visit your property to assess the existing space, its layout, dimensions, and any structural considerations. They'll take measurements and photographs to have a comprehensive understanding of the space.
Conceptualization: Based on your input and the site assessment, the design professional will begin brainstorming and conceptualizing different ideas for the renovation. They'll consider factors like functionality, aesthetics, and any special requirements you may have.
Sketches and Layouts: Initial sketches and layout options will be created to illustrate potential design directions. These sketches may include floor plans, rough spatial arrangements, and basic outlines of any proposed changes.
Design Development: Once you've provided feedback on the initial sketches, the designer or architect will refine the design further. This could involve adjusting layouts, exploring material options, and considering specific design elements.
Detailed Drawings: As the design solidifies, more detailed drawings will be created. These could include detailed floor plans, elevation drawings (showing vertical views of walls), sections (cutaway views), and 3D renderings to help you visualize the end result.
Material Selection: During this stage, you'll start selecting specific materials, finishes, colors, and textures that will be used in the renovation. This could involve choosing items like flooring, cabinetry, countertops, tiles, and more.
Cost Estimation: With a clearer design in place, the design professional can provide a more accurate cost estimation for the renovation. This will help you assess whether the project aligns with your budget.
Permits and Regulations: Depending on the scope of the renovation, permits and approvals may be necessary from local authorities. The design drawings will often be submitted to obtain these permits.
Finalization: Once you're satisfied with the design and the details have been finalized, the designer will create the comprehensive set of drawings that contractors will use for construction. These drawings will include all necessary dimensions, specifications, and instructions.
Contractor Collaboration: The design drawings will be shared with contractors and builders who will use them to execute the renovation. The level of detail in the drawings helps ensure that everyone is on the same page regarding the project's scope.

The design and drawing stage is a critical phase of the renovation process as it establishes the roadmap for the project and helps prevent surprises or setbacks during construction. Clear and well-thought-out drawings lay the groundwork for a smooth and successful renovation journey.

Expert Home Renovations with Rose Building Group

Consult Rose Building Group to bring your renovation visions to life and to get expert advice to make it functional and aesthetically pleasing. Serving homeowners in Oakville, Burlington and Hamilton, contact Rose Building Group for all residential renovations, from bathrooms to kitchens and offices.

What Our Clients Say

Our Oakville project with Rose Group was 3+ months and the overall experience was categorially outstanding. The entire Rose team, including sub-trades are patient, communicative, responsive, and professional. While any major renovation is stressful, Team Rose seem to have a calming way about them, for which we very much appreciated. The project was on time, on budget, and Rose is flexible to make sure you receive value add along the way.

The end result of our project is beyond our expectations, and we have no doubt Rose will be engaged again.

Many thanks to Matt, Neil, Alisha, Matt, Brittany, Andrew, Adam, Chris, and the entire Rose team!!!!

Dan. Oakville, ON

Matthew and his team at Rose Building Group have completed 2 projects for us. A couple of years ago we completed a main floor renovation, which included a complete kitchen reno. Just recently we completed a master bathroom renovation. The work for both projects was impeccable. Really high quality workmanship, and incredible attention to detail.

The quality of the work is truly second to none. What impresses me the most about this company, however, is the people. They are all kind, warm, genuine, and professional. I enjoyed having them in my home, and was very comfortable. It is clear that they are committed to delivering a very high level of customer service and satisfaction through both the work they do, and they way they engage with the client. It's really impressive.

Kim. Burlington, ON

We recently completed our home renovation with Rose Building Group, which included a full renovation of both the interior and exterior of our house. We feel that we could not have picked a better company to do this extensive project. When Matt first came to our house to give us a quote we could tell instantly the professionalism and attention to detail he has when looking at a project. Throughout the entire renovation, Matt was easy to get in touch with, either by phone or email, which made it less daunting on my Wife and I whenever we had questions or wanted to add something. Matt was always upfront whenever issues arose (this was bound to happen during a full renovation of an old house) and always came prepared with possible solutions for us.

His staff always presented themselves as professionals. They were very respectful when speaking to us, and with taking care of our property by cleaning up the interior and exterior before going home every night. We even had neighbours on our street comment on how well our place looked, even during the construction. It was obvious that they are a very hardworking company, dedicated to ensuring a smooth and timely renovation. Rose building group was on schedule, and completed our project by the date discussed by Matt, prior to them beginning.

If you are looking to complete a renovation of your home, rest assured that if you choose Rose Building Group, that you will not be disappointed. You will have a professional company, that will make your home beautiful!

Paul S. Burlington, ON

We decided on Rose Building Group for our main floor renovation that started earlier this year. We have nothing but great things to say about RBG and the team.

At the beginning of the renovation we were provided with a renovation schedule so that we knew what would be happening on each day and we were most impressed at the adherence to this schedule. We were also provided a Scope of Work at the beginning of the project and any changes made along the way were clearly outlined.

Their communication during the renovation process was top notch and someone always got back to us very quickly.

Matthew, Settle and entire team were so professional and Alisha, the selections coordinator, was especially helpful and went out of her way to help with some of the finishing choices.

Other than a few things that were delayed beyond their control, this renovation was completed in a very timely manner and is absolutely beautiful. They made our vision come to fruition and we hope to use them again when we are ready to renovate our main bathroom. They made the process of doing a major renovation relatively low stress and I would highly recommend them to anyone looking to do a major renovation.

Great job RBG- you were all awesome!

Katie & Mike

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Katie. Burlington, ON

Matthew and his team were amazing to work with. They recently completed a full basement renovation for my personal home. I work for Baudit Interior design and have worked with several contractors and was very impressed with their professionalism, correspondence, organization and can do attitude. The whole crew worked efficiently and diligently. They were kind, respectful of us and our home and kept a very tidy work space. The quality of the workmanship and attention to detail was impressive. I would and have recommended them for any future projects.

Sylvia. Oakville, ON

Matt has a great company with a team of highly skilled craftsmen. We originally contemplated a bathroom renovation project and expanded the scope to include new staircase, hardwood flooring, crown moulding, recessed led lighting throughout and painting top to bottom. Matt’s experience was extremely helpful in that he was able to guide us in making the right choices upfront to help modernize the look of our home. His detailed approach and project management thru his team ensured we got the results we were looking for and the highest quality or workmanship and finish. We are extremely happy with the results and feel like we are in a brand new home but better. Definitely a company to talk to about renovations.

Additionally, Matt and his team adhered to all COVID protocols at all times which was very reassuring given the scope of the project with most of the work over eight weeks occurring during the third wave while we continued to live and work from our home.

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Paul. Burlington, ON

Our kitchen renovation is nearing completion and we are so happy with the work completed by Rose Building. Matt and his team were 100% engaged and had ideas to share right from our initial meeting. Everyone has been a pleasure to deal with - they are friendly, clean and their attention to detail and quality is top notch! I highly recommend Rose Building Group and we will have them back for future renovations.

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Julie. Burlington, ON

Rose Building Group completed a living room renovation for me. Matthew and his team were a pleasure to work with and very professional.

Matthews team were patient with any questions or concerns I had and took the time to explain what was happening during the project and addressed any concerns. They are very professional and CLEAN.

I really enjoyed working with Matt and his team and I am very pleased with the workmanship from the trades they used.

Matts team also took the time to do some repair work for me that had some damage.

I will use Rose Building Group for my next home renovation

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