Permit-Ready Design Plans
The document set your contractor prices and builds from, by Delano Designs
Start Your Project Off With a Plan You Can Depend On
A construction document set is the difference between a contractor knowing and a contractor guessing.
It shows what's being demolished, what's being built, where every wall, outlet, fixture, and cabinet lands, and how the details resolve.
Without it, every builder has to fill in the gaps, and the price reflects their best guess at what you meant. With it, your contractor prices exactly what you've designed, and if you're comparing builders, they're all pricing the same project.
At Delano Designs, drawings follow design. Once your design direction is established, the architectural and permit documentation can be authorized as its own phase, scoped to what your project actually requires. On larger projects, detailed design and drawings often overlap.
What a Real Drawing Set Provides
Pricing you can plan around.
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When the documents spell out the project, a proposal reflects the work you've designed instead of an educated guess. That's a number you can build a budget on, with your own contractor or several.
Change orders you don't pay for.
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Most change orders trace back to a decision that was never documented. Resolving them during design costs a conversation. Resolving them mid-build costs money and time.
Design intent that survives the job site.
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Framing crews build what's drawn. When details live only in someone's head, they get interpreted, and interpretation is where good design gets diluted.
A permit that gets issued.
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Reviewers reject incomplete submittals. A complete set moves through plan review instead of stalling in it.
Questions About Permit-Ready Design Plans
- Can I take these drawings to any contractor?expand_more
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Yes. Our drawings can support pricing with your existing contractor or a comparison of proposals from multiple builders. We'll settle on the right approach with you at the outset, then help clarify scope, assumptions, and responsibilities before construction starts.
- Are you the general contractor?expand_more
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No. You hire and pay your builder directly. We design and document the project, work with your contractor to clarify scope and responsibilities before construction, and stay involved through the build to keep the work aligned with the design.
- Do these plans include structural engineering?expand_more
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Structural engineering is provided by a licensed engineer we coordinate, and it's billed separately along with surveying and permit fees. We identify what your project needs, bring in the right consultant, and integrate their work into the document set.
- How are permit drawings priced?expand_more
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Drawings are scoped and billed separately from design, once the design direction is established. Bathroom drawings start at $2,500 and kitchen drawings at $4,500. Whole home and whole basement drawings start at $5 per square foot of remodeled area, and custom new homes at $3.50 per square foot. If unchanged areas need to be measured and drawn, that documentation is $3.50 per square foot. Other stand-alone spaces get a scoped flat fee. Engineering, surveys, professional seals, and municipal fees are separate.
- Do I have to pay for design and drawings at the same time?expand_more
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No. Design is the first paid agreement. You define and approve the project first, then authorize the architectural and permit drawings once the design direction is set. Not every project needs drawings, and we'll tell you if yours does.
Design Comes First, Drawings Follow
Every permit-ready set starts with a design you've already approved. The design phase gives you layouts, visualization, selections, and a full itemized bill of materials, so the drawings document decisions you've made instead of filling in guesses. Once the design direction is established, the architectural and permit drawings can be authorized as their own phase. Here's what the design work includes.
Design Inspiration
Mood boards, physical samples, selection boards, and floor-plan concepts
Three Versions
Three presented versions: the initial design plus two revisions based on consolidated feedback
Curated Options
Up to three curated options for each applicable finish or fixture during each selection round
Cohesive Plans
Selection boards tied to the plans, with products, quantities, suppliers, and current material pricing
Itemized Bill
An itemized bill of materials for procurement
Complete Documents
Approved selections carried into the permit and construction documents
The Permit-Ready Design Process
You'll see three presented versions of the design: an initial concept plus two revisions built on your consolidated feedback. Gathering your notes into a single round each time keeps the design moving forward instead of drifting sideways.
For each applicable finish or fixture, we bring up to three curated options per round rather than a showroom's worth.
Your approved selection boards tie directly to the plans and name every product, quantity, supplier, and current material price. That becomes an itemized bill of materials ready for procurement, so what gets ordered is what you chose.
Then those approved selections carry straight into the permit and construction documents.
What's Included in Our Permit-Ready Design Plans:
Design & Project Management Cost Guide
Your project deserves the highest quality of design and expert management. To start your planning process off the right way, access our comprehensive cost guide today!
Where We Work
We design remodels throughout metro Atlanta, with a concentration in intown neighborhoods where the homes have real architectural character and owners are investing to stay rather than move. Older housing stock takes more planning, and that's the work we're built for. If your home is outside the areas below, reach out anyway and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit.
Our Service Area
- Alpharetta
- Ansley Park
- Brookhaven
- Buckhead
- Chamblee
- Intown Atlanta
- Morningside
- Roswell
- Sandy Springs
- Virginia-Highland
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One Document Set, One Shared Understanding
Start With a Free Discovery Call
A complete construction document set gives you and your builder the same clear picture of the project and keeps your design intact from drawing to framing. Tell us about your project and we'll scope the drawings it needs.