The four ordinals of The Room Compass^TM are L.I.F.E., representing your Lifestyle Factors, the Interior Flow -- how "paths, openings and positions" affect the way spaces interrelate, the Feelings Created by these relationships, and your home's Exterior Connections (how it communicates with the outside world through its windows and doors). 

When your project is Designed by L.I.F.E.^TM, the upgrades you choose will fit you, for a cost you can justify. 

Let's face it. There can often be tension between those who want to "get to the bottom line" and those who are fearful they will overlook something, even if they consume hours of their time to research all their decisions. In response, you can request a visit to your home--complimentary for those living within a reasonable distance of Bellevue, WA--to review what you are thinking about a potential project. During this visit, you will:

           ~  Clarify your wish list.
           ~  Identify what's working and not working for you, things to which you have adapted, accommodated and become accustomed.
           ~  Discuss your Preliminary Budget and how the "baseline" effect of The Five "Buckets" is predictive of your overall project costs.       

If this initial process connects with your objectives, you will likely wonder, "What do you think we could (should) do?" This question transitions us into an Aiming consultation. The fee for an Aiming consultation for remodels is $300. (An Aiming consultation for new home plans may take longer. The fee for same would then be agreed in advance.)

The Aiming process typically takes between 2-3 hours with Landon often sketching ideas as you talk. After your session, you will retain these sketches or be given some "homework." You can then use this to sort out what agendas matter to you and then decide what direction to take!

During the Aiming consultation, you will rapidly do a mixture of the following activities:

~  Evaluate how your home feels, from a fresh point of view, using the four ordinals of The Room Compass^TM, with attention to "paths,    
                 openings and positions." In particular, we will look how the three primary pathways (Views, Light, People) affect affect your home.
~  Clarify how you would prefer your home to feel. (Gather your pictures!)
~  Explore how you might reshape and re-zone your home, sorting out what kinds of activities would occur and where.

As one client said, "I don't think I'm making mistakes that I've lived with before, but I'm certain I'm making ones I haven't lived with yet!" While these "mistakes" may be caught during construction, they too often result in costly change orders. If discovered after completion, they may result in regrets. Either is much more expensive than an Aiming consultation!

After the Aiming Consultation

When you,  the client, decide to go ahead with the Designed by L.I.F.E.^TM process and a fee agreement has been reached, the project will move into the Zoning phase. You will be given a the "handshake" activities--the Visual Language and Shape Preference Survey--developed by Landon for identifying aesthetic inclinations. You will also be given a room-specific survey. Landon also creates an "As Built" plan. 

Designed by L.I.F.E.^TM processes can be used to conceptualize and plan any size residential project -- from a small bathroom to an entire home. They can also be used to evaluate and "de-bug" new home plans -- before they are built!  Landon has developed thorough checklists, shaped by his previous clients' experiences, so there is little opportunity for the kind of problems that might evoke the comment, "If I had to do this over again, I would do it differently." The best part about it is that, in the end, your home will not only "feel right" to you, it will also feel right to those who visit you!