to perfectly match
your needs

with sustainable materials
and techniques

on time and
on budget

Designing a home is an enormous project, composed of thousands of small decisions, each one impacting on the ones that follow. The problem for most people starting out is that you don't know what you don't know.

Everyone's heard the construction horror stories. Custom-designed homes are notorious for looking pretty on paper, but quickly blowing the budget. However, there are ways to design a home that gives an accurate final cost.

When building a home you must entrust your dream to a team of other people – architects, builders and contractors. But assumptions can be made about your taste, values and lifestyle that lead to a finished design that doesn't feel like 'you'.

Align founder Luke Davies is an award-winning builder and the founder of Davies Design & Construction. His book outlining the Six Elements of a Dream Home^TM will be published in 2023.

Michael is the principal architect of Align. His experience spans from high end residential to commercial architecture, with recognition in the form of a national Master Builder Award for his design of the Blackwood House.