Design & Spatial Consultation Survey

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We are exploring ways to offer a helpful, pressure-free design consultation service—a space to discuss your ideas, ambitions, and challenges. Your feedback will help shape a service that truly meets your needs.

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Please take a few minutes to answer the following questions:

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1. Design Conversations & Support

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1. Have you ever wished you had someone to speak with about your design ideas, someone with experience, patience, and resourcefulness? (Yes / No)

2. Would you enjoy an hour without commitment, contract, or obligation—just time to talk through your ideas and ambitions? (Yes / No)

3. Would you like easy access to someone with expertise in design and architecture, who listens, helps shape your ideas, and offers advice? (Yes / No)

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2. Finding the Right Professionals

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1. Would you like help finding architectural or design practices? (Yes / No)

2. Would you find a mediating service useful—someone to act as a bridge between you and your architect, builder, or developer? (Yes / No)

3. Would you like company when meeting architects and designers? (Yes / No)

4. Would you like help reading and understanding architectural and design proposals? (Yes / No)

5. Would you like help writing a design brief? (Yes / No)

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3. Service & Pricing

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1. Would you pay for a one-hour brainstorm session about the potential of your place/space? (Yes / No)

2. Would you prefer this service at a fixed sum? (Yes / No)

3. Would you pay £75 for an hour-long consultation at your property? (Yes / No)

4. For the price of a meal at a restaurant, would you value a professional visit to help develop your spatial ideas and build a change plan? (Yes / No)

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4. Your Design & Spatial Needs

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1. What would you like as a result of a design consultation session? (Open-ended response)

2. Do you have spatial challenges that you struggle to address? (Yes / No)

3. Would you find confidence in having a professional in your corner, advising and encouraging you? (Yes / No)

4. Would you like a “spatial wingman” to help you navigate the design process? (Yes / No)

5. Would you like to visit spaces and places with someone who can decode why a space works or struggles? (Yes / No)

6. Would you spend time with someone to build your spatial awareness—learning about the power of place, light, materials, scale, and circulation? (Yes / No)

7. Would you like help sketching your ideas? (Yes / No)

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5. Final Thoughts

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1. Can you see the need for this type of service? It’s interesting to note that we employ specialists to assess problems in other areas—physios for knee pain, lawyers for legal advice, mortgage advisers for financial planning, and personal trainers for fitness. Would you see value in having a design consultant in a similar way? (Yes / No)

Thank you for your time! Your insights will help shape a thoughtful, flexible, and valuable design consultation service.