The Home Flow Consult
I'll design the fix for your house.
Two virtual sessions, a flow plan drawn for your specific home by a Colorado licensed architect, a recorded walkthrough explaining every move on it, and a round of revisions. You end up with a plan you can hand to a builder and the reasoning to defend it.
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$1,997. I take two to four a month.
The first 40% of a professional design process, done for you.
A full architectural design process runs five phases. The two that decide how your house feels (Programming and Schematic Design) are 40% of the fee and the only ones you'll ever emotionally feel. Everything after them is executing a decision that's already been made.
In my own practice, those two phases on a renovation ran $2,800 to $5,600, inside a full design fee of $7,000 to $14,000.
This is those two phases, scoped tighter, for $1,997.
I'm not drawing you a construction set. I'm figuring out where the rooms go, how you move between them, what your structure and plumbing will actually allow, and what order to do the work in. That's the part that decides whether your mornings are hard, and it's the part almost nobody gets.
How it Works
Four steps, about 6 weeks start to finish
Before we start, you send me your house.
Photos of every room and every entry, rough measurements and ceiling heights, your foundation type, and any existing plan you have (a builder's plan, a listing floor plan, an old appraisal). I'll send you the full list and tell you exactly what I need. You do not need to draw anything.
Session one: I interview your life.
Sixty to ninety minutes on video. Not your Pinterest board. Your actual Tuesday. Who gets up first, which door you really use, where everything lands, what happens when four people come for dinner, what you'd never give up about this house. This is the part clients tell me they didn't expect. It's also the part that makes the design work, because a plan built on how you wish you lived will fail you in month three.
Then I go away and design.
I draw up your existing floor plan properly, map what's structural and what's expensive to move, and design the fix. Usually more than one option, tested against the requirements we set in session one.
You get a recorded walkthrough.
A video of me walking through the plan and explaining every move and why it's there. Yours to keep, rewatch, and show your spouse or your contractor without having to translate it yourself.
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Session two: we go through it together.
Your questions, your reactions, the things that won't work for reasons only you know. Then I make one round of revisions and send the final plan.
What You Get:
- Two virtual sessions with a Colorado licensed architect
- A flow plan for your house, drawn to scale, delivered as a PDF: rooms, circulation, zones, drop zones and spatial notes
- A recorded walkthrough video explaining every decision on the plan
- One round of revisions and a final plan
- A phasing recommendation if the work is going to happen in stages, which it usually is
- The Home Flow Method included, so you can go as deep as you want on the reasoning behind your own plan
What this is NOT:
I'd rather lose the booking than have you find this out in session one.
- This is not a construction drawing set. You get a flow plan: a scaled floor plan showing the design. You do not get framing plans, elevations, sections, schedules or specifications.
- It is not stamped, and it is not a permit submittal. If your jurisdiction requires stamped drawings, you'll need a licensed architect or engineer in your state for that phase. Your flow plan is what you hand them so they're not starting from a blank page, and it will save you money there.
- It does not include code analysis. Code is specialized and specific to your jurisdiction. That's a local professional's job and I'll say so.
- It does not include structural engineering. If your design needs a beam sized, that's a licensed engineer in your state.
- It is not interior design. No finishes, no cabinetry specifications, no paint, no furniture, no sourcing. I'm deciding where the walls and doors go, not what the tile is.
- I am not managing your construction. No bidding, no contractor selection, no site visits, no construction administration.
- And I work virtually. I will not be standing in your house. That's why the intake matters and why session one runs long.
READ THIS BEFORE YOU BOOK
Book this if:
- Your project includes an addition or structural work. The cost of getting the shape of an addition wrong is not a little worse than getting a drop zone wrong. It's a different number, and it's permanent.
- You and your partner can't agree. One wants the addition on the back, the other wants it on the side. The disagreement isn't really about design, it's about whose priorities win, and you're too close to it to break the tie. A professional read moves that conversation in a way neither of you can.
- You're about to spend real money and you want the design decision made properly first. You're looking at $80,000 on phase one. This is the cheapest part of that number and the only part that determines whether the rest of it was spent well.
- You'd rather buy the answer than learn the skill. Completely legitimate. Not everyone wants to spend six weeks with graph paper, and I'm not going to pretend that's a character flaw.
Do not book if:
- You're building a new house from scratch. I work on houses that already exist. New construction is a different process with different constraints and it isn't what I do.
- You need permit drawings. Hire a licensed professional in your state. I'll tell you that on a call and you'll have spent $1,997 to hear it.
- What you want is finishes, furniture or a renderings package. That's an interior designer, and a good one is worth it.
- You want to do it yourself and save the money. That's the Home Flow Method, $497. Most people who land here should probably start there.
- You're not sure you're renovating at all. Take the quiz first. It's free and it takes two minutes.
Design before financing.
It's backwards. The number you ask for is the one thing in this process you get exactly one shot at, and you can't ask for the right number until somebody has looked at the whole house and priced the whole project.
I watched a client borrow $50,000 before anyone had designed anything, and then spend the rest of her renovation cutting things she actually needed. Her words afterward were that she wished she'd asked for more money. She couldn't have known what to ask for. Nobody had drawn it yet.
If you're going to a lender in the next six months, do this first.
why i can help
I've been where you are.
I've been designing homes professionally since 2016, including several years running my own residential practice. I've personally renovated five houses and lived through every one of them. I know what it feels like to live in a house that almost works but doesn't quite, because I've lived in those houses, and I've fixed them.
I built this consult because most homeowners can't afford design fees at that scale. In my own full-service architecture firm, renovation and addition designs typically ran $7,000 to $14,000. That's out of reach for most families I talk to. So they end up working with a contractor who builds what they ask for, instead of someone who would have asked them better questions first.
The Home Flow Consult is the answer to that gap. You get the trained eye, the better questions, and the actual drawing, at a fraction of what a full engagement costs. Because most homes don't need a complete redesign. They need someone who can see what's actually wrong and sketch the right fix.
That's what I do.
From a recent client:
"It's such a game changer. Everything just works. It makes my brain feel less cluttered."
Michaela's house felt impossible for a growing family. We reworked her layout, kept the same square footage, and changed how every part of the day felt. (Also, that photo is Michaela hanging drywall in her new laundry room - yes girl!)
The Home Flow Consult
$1,997
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Against $2,800 to $5,600 for the same two phases from an architect in private practice, and $7,000 to $14,000 for a full design package you mostly don't need.
Already bought the Home Flow Method? Your upgrade is $1,500, because the Method is included in this.
Bought the Method and a Flow Plan Review? Your upgrade is $1,203. You've already paid for and done real leg work, but you can leave the flow plan design up to me.
I take two to four a month. Each one is eight to twelve hours of my time and I'm not willing to do them badly, so when the calendar is full it's full.
Questions before you book?
Q: What is a Home Flow Consult?
A Home Flow Consult is a virtual residential design service from Heather Hanson, a Colorado licensed architect. It includes two video sessions, a scaled flow plan drawn for the client's specific house, a recorded walkthrough explaining the design, and one round of revisions. It costs $1,997 and covers the Programming and Schematic Design phases of a design process.
Q: Can an architect work with me remotely?
Yes, for design work. Programming and Schematic Design can be done virtually with good intake photos, measurements and a thorough interview. Where state licensure matters (stamped drawings, permit submittals, structural engineering), you'll need a licensed professional in your own state, and your flow plan is what you hand them.
Q: How much does it cost to have an architect redesign my floor plan?
A full residential design package ran $7,000 to $14,000 in Heather's private practice. The two phases that actually decide the layout, Programming and Schematic Design, are 40% of that: roughly $2,800 to $5,600. The Home Flow Consult delivers those phases at a narrower scope for $1,997.
Q: What's the difference between the Home Flow Method and the Home Flow Consult?
The Method ($497) is a self-paced course that teaches you to design your own flow plan. The Consult ($1,997) is a licensed architect designing it for you, with two sessions and a round of revisions, and it includes the Method. Method students upgrade for $1,500 and land at the same total.
Q: Do I get construction drawings?
No. You get a flow plan: a scaled floor plan showing rooms, circulation, zones and spatial notes, plus a recorded explanation of it. Construction documents, stamped drawings and permit sets are a later phase handled by a licensed professional in your state.