OUR SPECIALITY
We are most successful and competitive on medium to large upper floor additions. We aim to produce the design that best suits your requirements and gives you valuable return on your investment. We take great care of all those niggling details like negotiating with Councils and tradesmen, and even your neighbours.

Add-Style has built hundreds of additions and we have years of experience in dealing effectively with local councils on the North Shore and Northern Beaches of Sydney. We can also help with arranging finance. We assist and advise on the choice of fittings, materials and the finer Architectural details of windows and stairs.

THE DESIGN
The design is produced and developed by our Architect, Tim Hookins, not by a sales consultant on a commission-payment basis. Tim is a Registered Architect and a Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. In many Design and Construct firms the designer is a sub-contractor of the builder and as soon as your design is done, the designer moves on to the next job. You don't see him or her again! Tim is one of the Directors and will be with you throughout the Design and Construction process.
 
COUNCIL APPROVALS
Tim and Bill, the Building Administrator, have been getting approvals from the local councils in our area for the last 18 years. We know their rules and how they operate. In recent years the Application Process and requirements have become much more complex. The Codes are substantial documents and many calculations are required to ensure compliance. Shadow diagrams, Energy reports Statements of Environmental Effects are commonly required. Add-Style have all the skills necessary to negotiate with Councils and comply with their rules so as to get approvals with the minimum of fuss, heartache and delay.
 
AN EQUAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BUILDER AND ARCHITECT
Add-Style are set up to work for you as a team, not as a three-cornered contest between designer, builder and owner. A common problem in home additions is that the designer, the engineer, the builder or the owner end up blaming one another for errors or omissions or delays. Because Add-Style is responsible for the design, the costing, the structural certification, the approval and the actual construction the emphasis is on getting the job done, not blaming one another!
 
A CERTIFIED STRUCTURE
Add-Style are set up to give you a guarantee that there will be no additional costs for unexpected structural work and costs during the job. We can get a structural certificate by an independent structural engineer before you give us the final go-ahead.
 
COSTING AND QUOTES
Because of the Architect/Builder Partnership we are able to give you reliable preliminary estimates during the early stages of design, but most importantly, we are able to give you a firm quotation BEFORE YOU OUTLAY ANY MONEY. This of course applies to approved applicants and conditions apply.
 
PROGRAMMING
The design and construct system of Add-Style Home Additions means we have the responsibility for the running of the job from inception to completion. The Architect and the Building Manager work together to ensure smooth timetabling. This includes design to obtaining council approvals to starting and completion of your job. There are no jobs in the process which are the problem of “someone else!”
 
DETAILS DURING CONSTRUCTION
Detail design of windows, stairs and gables and all features which relate to design and the look of the job are properly resolved by the Architect, not by the tradesmen on site or by a builder pretending to be a designer.
 
4 HOT TIPS!! - If your'e making comparisons between what we offer and other options - use the following to reach your conclusion…
 
1/.. ARCHITECT
Not a commission sales consultant. Ask for the Architect's Registration Number.
 
2/.. BUILDER
Check the record of complaints against the Builder at the Department of Fair Trading.
 
3/.. REFERENCES
Ask for a few references from recent jobs the Builder has completed.
 
4/.. INSURANCES
Ask the Builder for details.