Everyone Says They Design Luxury Homes
The word costs nothing to claim. What separates one of these projects from another is whether the person drawing it understood the site before they started designing.
Not the render.
Five things settle whether a home works on its site. None of them show up in a picture, and every one of them is decided before the first elevation is drawn.
How the ground fallsA steep site designs differently from a flat one, and the cost of getting that wrong is structural, not cosmetic.
Where the sun lands in JuneNot December. Winter sun is the one a house has to be designed around.
Where the neighbours’ windows lookPrivacy decides window placement long before aesthetics get a say.
What the height plane does to the top floorThe control that quietly removes the room you wanted most.
Which part of the view survives the setbackThe view from the site is not the view from the finished building.
We work the constraints first and the elevation second. It is slower at the start. It is the reason the design still holds up at the end.
Wherever you're starting from, there's a path forward.
New Custom Home
A home designed from the ground up around your site, family and long-term plans.
Major Renovation
Reworking what you already have, without losing what makes it work.
Extension or Second Storey
More space, integrated into your existing home rather than bolted on.
Knockdown and Rebuild
Starting fresh on a site you already know, without its limitations.
First Understand What You Should Build
Before any design begins, Green Design Sydney works through the factors that actually determine what a home should become — not just what a site can technically hold.
- Family and lifestyle
- Future needs
- Budget
- Planning constraints
- Construction complexity
- Sustainability
- Long-term property value
Harbour Hillside Residence
A six-level, split-level residence stepped into a steep waterfront headland, designed to open every level toward Sydney Harbour while keeping its scale quiet from the street.
A cross-section of the homes we design.
The same discipline, on every home we design.
Understand
Your site, your goals and your constraints, before anything is designed.
Assess
Feasibility, planning controls and site conditions weighed honestly.
Strategise
A clear direction — the pathway most likely to get approved and get built.
Design
A building designed around that pathway, not fitted to it afterwards.
Approve
DA, CDC or CC navigated directly, with risk accounted for upfront.
Prepare for Construction
Documentation prepared to hand to your builder with confidence.
One point of accountability, across every discipline your project needs.
Green Design Sydney coordinates the specialist input a project requires to move from concept through to construction-ready documentation.
Farshid Hosseini
- 25+ Years of Building Design Experience
- NSW Registered Design Practitioner — Building Design
- Class 2 Building Designer
- BDAA Chartered Member — Reg. 3169
- Former University Lecturer
Farshid leads every luxury residential project personally, working across design and approvals so that what gets designed is what actually gets built.
Questions homeowners ask before starting.
How much does residential building design cost?
Should I renovate or rebuild?
Can my project be approved through CDC?
How long do design and approval usually take?
Can Green Design Sydney coordinate consultants?
When should I arrange an initial consultation?
Your Home Should Begin With the Right Decision
Before committing to a major renovation or new home, understand the smartest direction for your property.