New Client Questionnaire Thank you so much for choosing to work with us. It is our intention that your experience with us be fulfilling for you personally and for the goals of your project. This questionnaire helps us understand your priorities, your values and how best we can work together. Name:______________________________________________________________________________ Address:____________________________________________________________________________ City:______________________________________________ State:____________
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Home Phone:________________________________________________________________________ Cell Phone(s):________________________________________________________________________ Office Phone:________________________________________________________________________ Email(s):____________________________________________________________________________ About Yourself 1)
What are the most important qualities you seek in a relationship with your builder?
2) For you what are the most important elements of creating trust in a relationship?
3) Can you describe what partnership means to you?
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4) Do you thrive on and appreciate a great deal of information OR do you prefer to get to the “bottom line”?
5) On a scale of 1-5 how would you rate your ability to visualize and imagine spaces? 5 is very good and 1 is not particularly good.
6) To what extent do you consider yourself to be decisive? Deliberative?
7) Do you tend to be a person who enjoys processes or a person who struggles with or is overwhelmed by process?
8) What does the deeper meaning of home mean for you? What expression of yourself do you want this home to be?
9) Where do you and or your family spend most of their time, in the living room, kitchen, dining area, porch, outdoors or somewhere else? Roughly how much time per week do you and your family spend in each space?
10) Please comment on your confidence in making design decisions or articulating your preferences.
11) Do you consider yourself a “Do It Yourselfer”? Would you care to be engaged in DIY on your project?
12) To what extent do you use the Web, email and electronic communication?
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13) How many other construction projects have you been involved in? Please describe your experience. What worked and what didn’t?
14) What are your biggest anxieties related to your construction project?
15) Does anybody in your family have allergies that need to be considered?
16) How sensitive are you about noise and privacy? Where in the house might this be an important consideration?
17) Does anybody in your family have physical conditions, which should be considered in the design? Even if there are none at the present, would you like us to design for accessibility?
18) Are there any special considerations for children, grandchildren, or anyone with special needs?
About Your Project 19) What is the scope of work you would like to accomplish?
20) What are the qualities of life you are trying to reach in this construction project?
21) Please define your “must have” priorities related to your construction project.
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22) Consider your childhood home(s) and your current home. What do you particularly like or dislike? What made them feel like home (or not)?
23) What are the resources that you expect to bring to bear on this project? (Financial, Time Availability, Labor, Design Input, Product shopping)
24) We are constantly trying to balance the environmental impact we have, costs, and your priorities. To what extent would you like us to engage in specifying products that are sustainable and environmentally friendly?
25) Do you have particular preferences for different types of natural light in different areas? (Morning light in kitchen or the master bedroom? View of the sunset from the living room? Ect.)
26) What are the most significant natural features of your property? Which do you most want to experience (and enhance with the architecture)? Are there any features that should remain undisturbed?
27) What kind of guest space do you need, do you entertain a lot? Do you cook for many people?
28) Besides your house and associated buildings, what other uses do you imagine for the land? Any additional building or spaces such as gardens, outbuildings, animals, recreational, other?
29) Are there special work, hobby, leisure activities that will take place in the home? Please describe.
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30) What level of ongoing care are you expecting to put into your home? How much do you like to work on or around your home?
31) How do you expect to be living in your house in 5,10,20, 40 years?
32) Our design work embodies many influences. Different houses lean in differed design directions depending on you. Below are some styles and approaches. Check any and all which resonate with you: ___Arts and Crafts (Bungalow style) ___Victorian shingle style (many faceted) ___Shaker (spare, clean lines) ___Timber rustic (like a barn) ___Summer Camp ___Japanese ___Other (describe) 33) Would you like serious consideration given to non-toxicity of materials, even if it adds some expense?
34) Have you seen any of our houses? If so, describe some reactions.
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