Ann King Design · Proposal AKD-2026-0142

The Weeks
Residence, Rushcutters Bay

A kitchen that finally breathes, a laundry that stops stealing space, and two studies that behave like the rooms they were meant to be.

Prepared for
Alan & Pauline Weeks
Scope
Five spaces
Date
12 September 2026
Valid until
12 October 2026

The brief

The bones are good. The plan is working against you.

Thank you for walking me through the apartment. Very little here is actually wrong — it is simply arranged as though someone else lived in it.

The fridge sits in a corner you have to approach sideways. A plasterboard cupboard stops the kitchen reading as one room. The laundry door, at 590 millimetres, takes more floor than the laundry can spare. And both studies are doing their job while quietly making it harder than it needs to be.

None of this needs a builder. The laundry sits under my licence — nothing is moving, so it needs a waterproofing certificate and nothing more.

“We are not adding space. We are giving back the space you already paid for.”
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Replace with photography of the existing living and kitchen outlook.

The kitchen

Drag to see it open up

The corner cupboard is only plasterboard. Take it out, drop the wall unit to a lower run, and the sightline carries all the way through to the terrace.

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Indicative only — replace each layer with a photograph and a render.

Scope

Five spaces

Tap any space to open it.

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Kitchen — new joinery, bi-fold uppers, lowered wall unit.
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Pauline's study — the books are the brief.
  • Complete strip out and reconfiguration
  • New joinery throughout, with a bi-fold system to the upper cabinetry
  • Corner cupboard removed — plasterboard only, and the reason the fridge is hard to reach
  • Wall unit replaced with a lower run to open the sightline
  • Optional extension along the eastern wall with the fridge relocated — priced separately so you decide once you have seen it drawn
  • Improved layout within the existing footprint
  • Replacement bi-fold door to recover the swing space the 590mm door is costing
  • Waterproofing certificate — no trades beyond my licence
  • New desk and storage replacing the existing
  • Desk brought toward the sliding door for the light — your call once it is on the plan
  • Cupboards behind retained, as discussed
  • Full-height bookshelves — designed around the collection, not around the wall
  • New desk
  • Existing robe retained with new doors
  • A ceiling treatment to this side, developed at concept
  • Wall unit incorporating the television
  • Joinery to the entry as you walk in

Not included: floor tiling. Easier to choose against finished cabinetry than to guess ahead of it — happy to bring it in later.

Direction

A warm, quiet palette

A starting point, not a decision. We will put these in your hands at concept.

BlackbuttBrushed timber
LimestoneHoned benchtop
OliveJoinery accent
Aged brassHardware
IronbarkContrast detail

How it runs

Six stages, one decision at a time

You are never asked to commit to the whole thing at once. Each stage ends with something in your hands, and the next one is a choice you make with drawings in front of you rather than a description.

Weeks 1–2

01 · Concept

Measure, concept drawings, layout options for each space.

Weeks 3–5

02 · Design development

Resolved plans and elevations, finishes and appliance schedule.

Weeks 6–8

03 · Documentation

Joinery documentation issued for pricing.

Weeks 9–10

04 · Tender & appointment

Pricing compared, joiner appointed.

Build

05 · Construction support

Site visits, queries answered, finishes confirmed on site.

Handover

06 · Completion

Defects walkthrough and final sign-off.

Investment

Switch the options on and off

The total updates as you go, so you can see what each decision actually costs before we ever draw it.

Stages 1–6 · full design service Concept through to completion, all five spaces
$00,000
Kitchen extension — eastern wall Fridge relocated, bench carried through. Decide at end of Stage 1.
+ $0,000
Ceiling detail — Pauline's study Design and documentation of the raked detail
+ $0,000
Floor tiling — selection & documentation Can be added later without re-opening the joinery
+ $0,000
Total, ex GST $00,000
Placeholder figures in this sample. Fees are fixed per stage and invoiced on completion of each.
These figures are held until 12 October 2026. After that the page comes down and I will gladly refresh it.

What happens next

Stage 1 is the only decision to make today.

Everything after it is a decision you make with drawings in front of you. Reply to this and I will send the agreement and a date to measure.

Accept Stage 1

Acceptance

Accept Stage 1 here

No printing, no scanning. Confirm the scope below, add your name, and it is done — I will have it within the minute.

Stage 1 — Concept

Measure, concept drawings and layout options for all five spaces. The later stages are decided one at a time, with drawings in front of you.

You are accepting

  • Stages 1–6 · full design service, five spaces
Total as selected, ex GST $00,000

Nice to have, not required. Your typed name and the confirmation below are what form the record.

Submitting this records your acceptance together with the options you had selected, the total shown, and the date and time. A copy goes to Ann King Design and is used only to prepare your agreement. Nothing is payable until Stage 1 is complete.