Different starting points, the same disciplined approach.
What Can I Build?
Understand your site's potential before committing to a design direction.
Buying a Property
Assess a property's development potential and compliance risk before you commit.
Unauthorised Works
Understand your options for resolving existing unauthorised building work.
Building Information Certificate
Understand what a BIC can and can't do for your property.
DA, CDC, CC or OC
Work out which approval pathway actually applies to your project.
Coordinating Consultants
Bring the right specialists and certifier together under one point of accountability.
Understand what should be built, before deciding what to design.
Most property decisions are made backwards — a design is drawn first, and feasibility, approval risk and cost are only tested afterwards. We reverse that sequence. Before any design work begins, we test what a site or property can realistically support, and what approval pathway applies to it.
The right pathway depends on the site, not the ambition.
Which approval pathway applies to a project depends on a combination of factors — not on preference. We assess these before recommending a direction.
Four different approvals, each doing a different job.
DA
Development Application — council assessment for work that doesn't qualify for a streamlined pathway.
CDC
Complying Development Certificate — a faster pathway for work that meets set criteria, where eligible.
CC
Construction Certificate — confirms construction drawings comply with the approval before building starts.
OC
Occupation Certificate — confirms the completed building is safe and authorised to occupy.
Understand a property before you commit to it.
We can't tell you whether to buy a specific property, but we can assess its development potential and compliance position before you commit — zoning, unauthorised works, easements, overlays and feasibility — so your decision is based on what the property can actually support, not just what it looks like on a listing.
One point of accountability, across every discipline your project needs.
Property and approvals projects often draw on a wider team than owners expect. We coordinate the relevant specialists as they're required.
The same discipline, on every property.
Understand
What you're trying to achieve, and what the property is actually dealing with.
Assess
Zoning, constraints and compliance position, understood honestly.
Test Feasibility
What's realistically achievable, weighed against cost and approval risk.
Recommend a Pathway
A clear recommendation, before any design or documentation begins.
Coordinate Specialists
The right consultants and certifier, engaged at the right time.
Manage the Approval
DA, CDC, CC or OC navigated directly, with risk accounted for upfront.
Two decades of design and approvals experience.
NSW Registered Design Practitioner — Building Design · Former University Lecturer
Farshid Hosseini
- 25+ Years of Architectural Design Experience
- NSW Registered Design Practitioner — Building Design
- Class 2 Building Designer
- BDAA Accredited Designer
- Former University Lecturer
Farshid leads every development project personally, working across strategy, design and approvals so that what gets designed is what actually gets built.
Questions owners ask before seeking advice.
Can you guarantee my project will be approved?
What's the difference between DA and CDC?
Can you help resolve unauthorised work on my property?
Should I get advice before buying a property?
Can you coordinate all the consultants and certifiers I need?
How long does the approvals process typically take?
Understand What Should Be Built — Before You Commit.
Every project starts with a feasibility conversation — before a single wall is drawn.