Start a project
Tell us
what you’re
picturing
A short conversation — a couple of minutes, no forms. Watch the Design Studio fill in below as you talk, get a project reference and a planning range, and send the whole thing to our team in one click.
Project intake
LiveHi — I'm here to take down what you're thinking about building. Tell me about it in your own words, or pick one below to get started.
The Design Studio, live
Filling in as you talk
Everything you tell us above lands here automatically — what you’re building, roughly how big, the style and materials. Tweak any of it directly whenever you like; the chat won’t overwrite something you’ve changed by hand unless you tell it something new yourself.
A photoreal AI image of this exact configuration — cladding, roof, style, the lot.
Style reference — this image was generated by AI from what you described. It is not a design, not a plan, and not something we’ve priced. It exists to check we’re picturing the same thing.
Drag the corner to resize, tap the ⟳ to rotate it 90°, or double-click it to rename it — dimensions update as you go.
An AI image generated from your exact choices — a style reference, not a design.
What are you building?
How big, roughly?
Not sure? Pick the closest room or building you already know the size of. We refine this at the first meeting.
Anything specific in mind?
Optional. Goes straight into the AI rendering and the project summary you can send us — word for word.
Style
What look are you after?
Pick oneNot a menu to order from — just the quickest way to tell us what you’re picturing.
Colour palette
And the colours?
Pick oneMaterials
Materials we build with
Tap what you likeThese are real materials from our finished projects — not a catalogue. Picking a few sharpens what we build from.
How far do you want to take the finish?
Tell us about the site
Where is this?
Season of use
Site access
The location adjusts the planning range below to reflect published regional cost research — it doesn’t change the drawing.
Pick the look
Cladding
Roof
Roof pitch
Windows
Door colour
Anything else?
Customize from your own photo
Upload a photo of the actual space, add rough dimensions and what you want changed, and get it back edited to match your style, palette and material choices above.
Your photo
Your photo is sent to Anthropic and Google to generate this one edited image, then discarded — nothing is stored on the server.
Open it in SketchUp
Download a real, to-scale 3D starting shape built from the exact numbers above — footprint, wall height and roof pitch. Open it in SketchUp to rotate it, walk through it, and keep building on it yourself, or send it to our team as a starting point for a proper model.
Opens via SketchUp’s Ruby Console (Window ▸ Ruby Console — needs SketchUp Pro or Studio, not the free web app). It builds walls, a roof and, if you picked them, a deck and a loft floor — no windows or doors cut in yet, so treat it as a rough massing model, not a finished design.
Where the number comes from
The assistant only writes down what you tell it. The range itself is calculated by the same estimator behind the Design Studio — so nobody, human or otherwise, is making the figure up on the spot.
What the reference is for
Your project gets a code like HDB-2608-K7QR. Quote it in an email or on the phone and we can pull up exactly what you described, without you repeating yourself.
What happens to what you type
Nothing is stored. The conversation lives in your browser until you close the tab — the only copy that leaves is the one you choose to email over.