English speaking help with your architectural design and plans 

At the heart of any building project is a great architectural design and plan. Since 2003 renosud has helped clients create compelling and exciting plans to realise their French renovation or new build projects. Our design service is called proplan™. You can see some of our work here.

From empty agricultural barns with just four walls remodelled to stylish modern living to dilapidated grand houses redesigned and rebuilt, right down to the garden landscaping and swimming pool. Our architectural design & planning will help you realise your project in a drawn form ready to build out with our project management service. Great design lies at the heart of a successful project.

Renosud proplan™ is more than just a design. It’s a set of architectural plans and supporting documents that capture and define your French new build or renovation building project. Created from an extensive site survey, proplan™ is a detailed document that sets out the building works in a language any competent French contractor can understand. All our architectural design & drafting is carried out in-house to support our building project management and turnkey project delivery service.

3D modelling & virtual reality brings your design to life

More than just a two-dimensional drawing, proplan™ is also a three-dimensional model of the proposed renovation or new build project recreated from a detailed site survey.

Most people find it difficult to imagine the results with just 2D paper plans, but with With 3D virtual reality visualisation you can experience your own design before costly construction begins. Photorealistic renders and visualisations help you and the whole project team to ‘see’ what the design will look like.

Working in English makes the process easy for you removing the language barrier and allowing English speakers to fully engage in their design process. While this might be your first renovation, for renosud we’ve carried out many complex projects. We will share insights and ideas for maximising budgets, designing out problems and complications in the planning stage and adding value where it matters. We’ll share creative ideas and insights to develop a fabulous design execution that captures your aspirations in plan form.

You will already have strong ideas of what you want to achieve in your new build or renovation and we are able to bring compelling creative and functional insight to your project in the design process.

Detailed architectural planning is the key to success

Even if your project is simple, an architectural plan is essential because builders cannot be left to make decisions on their own. In the absence of a control process, things will go wrong. Contractors have to be told and shown exactly what to do. The drawn plans are at the heart of the design and renosud project management process.

"You have to become a control-freak if you want to avoid costly errors and heartache. Do not be fooled by the sunshine, wine and smiling friendly French builders. This is business and your money is at stake. There's no shortage of people who want to part you from it."

Evolution from proplan™ to project management

When the design is finished, agreed and signed off, the project management service takes over.

• Plan views, elevations, sections, electrical plans, plumbing plans, fixtures schedules and room data sheets all come together to form one consolidated suite of control documents to manage the works.

During the project management phase careful revision control tracks changes. Even more detailed ‘sub-set drawings’ of areas requiring precision such as kitchens and bathrooms are made. proplan™ with the project management detail added is a master working document absolutely essential to effective project delivery.

Fully insured French builders

An experienced contractor will be involved to give advice and insights at a feasibility stage. We’ve found that collaboration is the best way to design out issues and get the best results, especially in renovation projects, which can be unpredictable. Renosud contractors are tried, tested and very experienced; most importantly they carry the correct guarantees for total peace of mind.

Architectural building plans

Plans used for building projects are very different from plans required for planning permission.  There’s a lot more detail in a building plan that  builders need to build. The devil really is in the detail.

A  French builder will look to the plan for the exact position of walls and constructed elements. Electricians need to know the exact placement of plugs, switches and cables. Plumbers need to know exact position of fixtures fittings and utilities. Its a complex and demanding task to get plans correct, but in the end, it is the key  to success in any kind of construction project.

Because renosud work with clients from all over the world we’ve perfected a remote style of working using virtual reality modelling, video, MP3 podcasts and a private media site. You’ll find the experience of designing your project exciting and fulfilling because you can let go of the worry and uncertainty of the technical execution and concentrate on the result.

What next and how much does it cost?

proplan™ is priced individually depending on the scope and size of your project. Before any price is quoted we'll want to talk with you or meet at the project site to explore the property and your initial ideas.

We will quote you a price for the design and proplan™ stage and we promise the price is fixed for unlimited revisions so you can be confident of the investment in advance.

The proplan™ stage is finished when you sign off on the plan. In the project management service, we will go on to get accurate quotations which is not part of the proplan™ service.