What your design deliverables look like
Design with Beams is modular — pick the deliverables you actually need. Layout drawings, 3D renders, materials lists, mood boards, finishes guides. All output is design intent, not architectural drawings or structural calculations.
The design service is modular. Different customers want different things — sometimes a quick set of layout drawings to brief a builder; sometimes a fuller package with 3D renders and a materials list. You pick what you actually need.
Whatever you choose, the output is design intent: a clear brief your builder can quote against and turn into a finished result. It isn't architectural drawings, and it isn't structural calculations.
Design deliverables you can ask for
- Layout drawings. 2D plans showing where things go in the space. Useful on almost every project — they're often where customers start.
- 3D renders. Visualisations that let you see the result before it's built. Worth their place on rooms where finishes and proportions are doing a lot of work; less useful on like-for-like refreshes.
- Materials list. Every finish, fixture, and fitting your project needs. Often pulls from our partner-supplier catalogue with discounts baked in, but doesn't have to.
- Finishes guide. Materials in context — what's on the floor, the walls, the worktop, the cabinet doors. Useful for keeping coherence across rooms.
- Mood board. Reference images for the look you've agreed. Quick to put together; useful early in the conversation.
- Notes and trade-offs. Anything that came up in your design conversations — priorities, decisions you've parked, alternatives you've explored.
Most customers want layout drawings plus a materials list at a minimum. Beyond that, the right shape depends on what you're trying to land on.
What's not in any Beams design deliverable
A few things are deliberately not part of design with Beams:
- Planning-permission-grade architectural drawings. If your project needs planning permission, you'll usually need an architect — separate from us — to produce drawings to that standard.
- Structural calculations. If your project alters load-bearing elements, you'll need a structural engineer's calculations and drawings. This is a technical necessity, not a design choice.
- Final installation specifications. The builder verifies measurements on site and converts design intent into buildable detail. The article How your design hands over to your builder describes that handover.
The article Do I need an architect, a structural engineer, or both? covers when you'll need professionals beyond the Beams design team.
Who builds it with you
Your designer leads. They'll talk to you about how you live in the space, the look you're after, the priorities and trade-offs. You'll get a quote for the specific deliverables you want, and your designer drafts and refines from there. The article How design revisions work covers the iteration cycle.
What this means for you
Design with us is a kit of parts, not a single deliverable. Be clear with your designer about what you want at the start — the more specific the brief, the cleaner the result and the cleaner your builder's quote.
Related articles
- Do I need an architect, a structural engineer, or both?
- How design revisions work
- How your design hands over to your builder