Welcome / About You
Your name
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Partner / co-client name
Your Email
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Partner / co-client Email
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Project address
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Who will primarily live in this home?
Children living at home or frequently returning home?
Pets? Tell us about them.
How will you primarily use this home?
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Primary home
Seasonal home
Future retirement home
Rental / investment
Other
How long do you imagine living here?
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0-5 years
5-10 years
10-20 years
As long as possible
Not sure
Tell us a little about the personalities in your household. Who needs quiet? Who wants to be in the middle of everything? Who is tidy? Who leaves a trail behind them?
A Day in Your Life
Walk us through a typical weekday morning at home
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When you're home together, which sounds most like your household?
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We tend to gather in the same space
We like being near one another but doing separate things
Everyone tends to retreat to their own space
It changes depending on the day
It's Saturday morning. Walk us through the morning
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Are there little rituals or routines at home that are particularly important to you?
How much does work happen at home?
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Never
Occasionally
Several days a week
Daily
Multiple people work from home
What does a good work-from-home environment mean to you?
Private and acoustically isolated
Connected to household activity
Lots of daylight
A view outside
Space for meetings
Ability to close work away
Other
Together + Apart
Where do people naturally gather when friends or family visit?
Kitchen
Around an island
Dining table
Living room
Outside
Everywhere
Other
What does entertaining usually look like?
Small dinners
Casual gatherings
Large family events
Holiday meals
Summer parties
Overnight guests
Kids and their friends
We rarely entertain
Think about a great evening at your house with friends or family. What's happening?
Which best describes cooking in your household?
Necessary task
Something we enjoy
Important family activity
Serious hobby
Central part of entertaining
Multiple cooks working together
When cooking, do you generally want to be part of everything happening around you or have some separation from the activity?
Fully connected
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More separated
5
1 is Fully connected, 5 is More separated
When you want privacy at home, where do you currently go?
Do you prefer spaces to be acoustically connected or do you value strong sound separation?
Connected
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Quiet / separated
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1 is Connected, 5 is Quiet / separated
How Home Should Feel
Cozy to Expansive
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Cozy
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Expansive
5
1 is Cozy, 5 is Expansive
Private to Connected
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Private
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Connected
5
1 is Private, 5 is Connected
Calm to Energetic
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Calm
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Energetic
5
1 is Calm, 5 is Energetic
Casual to Formal
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Casual
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Formal
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1 is Casual, 5 is Formal
Minimal to Layered
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Minimal
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Layered
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1 is Minimal, 5 is Layered
Bright + Airy to Moody + Intimate
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Bright + Airy
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Moody + Intimate
5
1 is Bright + Airy, 5 is Moody + Intimate
Understated to Statement-Making
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Understated
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Statement-Making
5
1 is Understated, 5 is Statement-Making
Timeless to Unexpected
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Timeless
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Unexpected
5
1 is Timeless, 5 is Unexpected
Orderly to Comfortably Lived-In
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Orderly
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Comfortably Lived-In
5
1 is Orderly, 5 is Comfortably Lived-In
Familiar to Adventurous
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Familiar
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Adventurous
5
1 is Familiar, 5 is Adventurous
When you walk through your front door at the end of a difficult day, how would you like your home to make you feel?
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If your home had a personality, how would you describe it?
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Memory + Meaning
Think about a house or place you've loved being in. What do you remember about it?
Is there a place from childhood that still shapes what home means to you?
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Yes
No
Not sure
If yes, tell us about it. What do you remember most strongly?
Have places you've traveled influenced how you imagine your home?
What's something you've always wanted in a home but have never had?
What would feel like a real luxury to you?
Love + Frustration
Thing you love about where you live now #1
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Thing you love about where you live now #2
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Thing you love about where you live now #3
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Thing that consistently frustrates you #1
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Thing that consistently frustrates you #2
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Thing that consistently frustrates you #3
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If you could magically fix one thing about your current home tomorrow morning, what would it be?
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Upload 3-5 spaces you love
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What do you respond to in these images?
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Upload one or two spaces you really don't like
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What bothers you about them?
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Priorities + Tradeoffs
Rank the five things you would protect most if the project required tradeoffs (drag and drop to reorder)
Which statement feels closest to you?
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I'd rather build somewhat smaller and make it exceptional;
I'd rather maximize usable space even if some finishes are simpler;
I'd like to balance size, character, and finishes;
I'm not sure yet.
How do you feel about maintaining a house?
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I actually enjoy it
Normal maintenance is fine
I'd prefer low maintenance
I want as little maintenance as reasonably possible
What changes could this home need to accommodate over the next 10-20 years?
Children
Adult children returning
Aging parents
Working from home
Retirement
Mobility limitations
Caregiving
More entertaining
Less entertaining
Seasonal living
Rental / guests
Other
How You Make Decisions
When you're presented with several good options, what sounds most like you?
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I usually know instinctively what I like
I need to compare a few options
I want to understand the logic and pros / cons
I need time to sit with decisions
I struggle to decide until I can really visualize it
How comfortable are you making decisions from floor plans and drawings?
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Very difficult
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Very comfortable
5
1 is Very difficult, 5 is Very comfortable
What helps you understand design best?
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Floor plans
Exterior elevations
3D renderings
Walking through a 3D model
Physical examples / materials
Verbal explanation
Seeing comparable spaces in person
When the two of you disagree about a design decision, what usually happens?
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We work it out pretty easily
One of us tends to defer
We talk it through until we find a compromise
We need to see more options
It can take some time
Not applicable
The House Itself
In your own words, what are you hoping to accomplish with this project?
What spaces or features are you considering but aren't sure you actually need?
Absolute must-have #1
Place + Site
What made you choose this property or decide that this was the place worth investing in?
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Is there something about the property, a view, landscape, tree, lake, neighborhood, sunlight, privacy, history, or something else, that you especially value and want the architecture to respond to?
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When you're outside on the property, where do you naturally gravitate and why?
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Absolute must-have #2
Absolute must-have #3
Are there furniture pieces, artwork, collections, heirlooms, or other objects the architecture should specifically accommodate?
Yes
No
If yes, tell us about them.
Looking Forward
What concerns you most about undertaking this project?
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Budget
Making the wrong design decision
Construction process
Schedule
Finding the right contractor
Project becoming too complicated
Knowing what things will actually look like
Decision fatigue
Something else
What do you most want from us during the process?
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Design leadership
Help making decisions
Creativity / ideas I wouldn't find myself
Budget awareness
Construction knowledge
Technical expertise
Someone to challenge my assumptions
Someone to help keep the whole project organized
Other
What would be wonderful to include if the project and budget allow?
What would have to be true for you to say, "We got this right"?
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