Residential building designer Bowral & Southern Highlands
Residential design for the way you live.
New homes, renovations and extensions shaped around your site, your priorities and the way you want to live.
Selected projects
Meet Chris
A personal approach to your home.
I’m Chris Veness. I take time to understand what you need from your home, explore the possibilities with you and explain the decisions along the way.
Meet Chris ↗How I can help.
New home design
A home designed around your site, your budget priorities and the way you live.
Explore service↗Renovations & extensions
Improve or extend the home you have, with a design that respects what is already there.
Explore service↗Interior design
Layouts, joinery and finishes that make the inside of your home work as well as it looks.
Explore service↗Drafting & documentation
Clear, accurate drawings and documentation for approvals and construction.
Explore service↗Know what happens next.
Discuss your ideas
We talk about your property, what you want to change and what matters most.
Agree the brief and scope
We settle what the project includes, and what it does not, before design begins.
Develop the design
Plans and options are refined with you, with the reasoning explained along the way.
Prepare the agreed documentation
Drawings and documents are prepared for the approvals your project needs.
Your proposal will set out the services, fees and consultants relevant to your project.
Read about our process ↗Client feedback
Client stories
“Most importantly, the finished house feels completely at home on the site. It nestles beautifully into the landscape and the architectural design is sympathetic to our near-forest setting, the surrounding area and the way our family actually lives.”
“We always felt heard and supported from Chris, and are so happy with the end result.”
“He was instrumental in helping us achieve approval for our daycare bathroom renovation and created a design that perfectly suited our needs.”
Let’s talk about your home.
Tell me where your property is and what you’d like to create or change. You don’t need to have all the answers before we speak.