Working With Us
Dream · Design · Document
The spiral runs outward through Dream, Design, and Document, and out of the studio to the builder.
EVERY PROJECT starts on the land. We meet you on the site where the building will stand and dig in: what you want, what the land provides, and how the building can work with the land instead of against it, with the least possible negative impact on the ground it sits on.
What Happens.
We walk the site together and do a thorough investigation of both sides of the project: your life and the land's character. Sun, slope, trees, views, approach, all of it goes on the table next to how you actually live.
What You Get.
A collection of inspirational images and precedents that capture what you're after, and, most importantly, the key design drivers: the short list of rules and constraints that will steer every decision that follows.
THE PEN hits paper. We congregate the design drivers and let them lead the direction of the project, holding tight to the system of rules and constraints set during Dream.
What Happens.
We may work through several different design concepts side by side, testing them against the drivers, until one clear favorite emerges. We don't move forward until it does.
What You Get.
Initial plans, rough 3D massing, and exterior studies that give you a real sense of the look and feel of the space before a single construction drawing exists.
ONCE THE DESIGN is right, we build the full permit-ready construction set on top of it, carrying everything created and congregated in Design straight through to buildable drawings.
What You Get.
Wall sections, building sections, detailed plans for every level, detailed elevations, and construction details documenting every custom or unique building condition. You'll also get interior and exterior renderings that show what the building and its spaces will look like built.
Add-Ons.
Any additional drawing you need lives here too: cabinet layouts, room-by-room interior design, framing plans for tighter bidding, and more. These are add-ons to the typical payment structure, priced when you need them.
The first one is free. Call 715-573-1150 or write dylan@usoniahouse.com.
Testimonials
In their own words · Unedited · Nothing solicited
A DRAWING SET is a promise about a building that does not exist yet. The only honest measure of one is what the people who built from it say afterward. What follows is unedited, and neither note was asked for.
“Thanks for all your assistance & conversation over the last several months as we built our construction plans. Your help was instrumental. Thank you!”
Troy & Gina T. Accessory building project · Northern Wisconsin
“We hired Dylan to draw our house plans, and he made our visions come to life! He has been very easy to work with, has great communication, and solved every problem that needed fixing. Very highly recommend!”
Brook H. Custom home · Reviewed on Yelp
Why these two are here
Usonia House does not run a referral program, and we do not trade discounts for reviews. Both of these arrived on their own, months after the drawings were delivered, from people who had already finished working with us and had nothing left to gain by writing. That is the only kind we will ever put on this page. Client names appear as first name and last initial, which is the furthest we go on a public page.
Worked with us and willing to say so? Write to the studio, or leave a note on our Facebook page. It matters more than you would guess for a small studio.