What to bring to your first design meeting

The first meeting is not about choosing handles. It is about constraints, habits, and priorities so the scheme we develop is anchored in your real life.

Useful to have on hand

A simple sketch with approximate wall lengths, window positions, and riser locations; photos of the room in daylight; a list of appliances you intend to keep or replace; and any structural survey notes if the building is older.

Reference images help, but a short note on what you like in each (colour, proportion, storage density) saves us decoding twelve unrelated moods.

Household habits that matter

Tell us who cooks, whether two of you need prep space at the same time, how often you batch-cook, and whether the kitchen doubles as homework or office space. Those facts change aisle widths, socket counts, and how much closed storage you need versus display.

If you rent elsewhere during the build, note your move-in date relative to the programme. If you are living through the work, we factor dust, temporary sinks, and phased appliance swaps into the conversation early.

After the meeting

We follow up with a short written summary of assumptions, missing information, and next steps so everyone works from the same page. That document becomes the spine of the brief as design develops.