Design & construct · Gold Coast, Queensland
InOne Design guides high-end residential and small commercial projects through every stage: design, consultants, pricing, construction and handover. One team, with you from the first conversation to the finished building.
How we work
We do not design for clients and hand over a set of drawings. We design with them, at the table for every decision, then carry the project through the consultants, the pricing and the build, so the finished building is the one you imagined rather than a version of it.
It is a guided process: you always know what stage you are at, what is being decided and what it will cost. We have been refining it on the southern Gold Coast since 2011.
About the studio
The path
We start by listening: how you live or work, what the site offers, what the budget needs to achieve. Then we design alongside you through a series of working sessions, so the concept is shaped by your decisions rather than presented to you for approval.
Design in detailEngineers, town planners, surveyors, energy assessors and certifiers. We bring in the right consultants, brief them, coordinate their work and manage the approvals with council, so you have one point of contact instead of six.
Consultants in detailBecause we are the builder, the price comes from our own rates and trade quotes, not a stranger's tender. We walk you through it line by line, make adjustments together, and lock in a fixed-price contract before anything is ordered.
Pricing in detailOur crew builds what we designed together, to a high-end standard, with a published programme and weekly updates. You are walked through the finished project at handover by the same people who sat with you at the first meeting.
Build in detail
Not designed for you. Designed with you, then built and delivered by the same team.The InOne Design approach
Selected work
A new home in Palm Beach built from off-form concrete, blackened joinery and natural stone, planned around a courtyard that pulls light deep into the house.
A contemporary two-storey residence in Mermaid Waters: pool terrace, timber deck and open-plan living that runs straight out to the water.
A two-storey family home wrapped around its pool: covered alfresco rooms, a stone fireplace wall and living spaces that open fully to the deck.
Dining space beneath a raw concrete ceiling, with textured plaster walls and a single large artwork as the only colour.
What a project looks like
Every project moves through the same stages, and you sign off on each one before we move on. Timings are typical for a new home; renovations and fit-outs usually run shorter.
We walk the block with you, talk about how you live or work, and agree a realistic budget range before anyone draws a line.
1–2 weeksWorking sessions at the table: sketch plans, a 3D model and a costed concept, shaped by your decisions at every step.
4–8 weeksWe brief and coordinate engineers, planners and certifiers, and manage the approvals, while keeping you in the loop.
6–10 weeksA transparent, line-by-line price from our own trades, refined with you and locked into a fixed-price contract.
2–3 weeksOur crew on site, weekly reports with photos, and a guided handover of the completed project.
6–12 monthsMaterials
Finishes are not picked from a schedule and sent to you for approval. We sit down together with the real samples: off-form concrete, natural stone, textured plaster, blackened steel and timber, and tapware you can hold in your hand. You see and touch what the house will be made of.
Everything we propose, we have built with. If a finish will not survive ten summers of salt air in Palm Beach, it does not make it to the table.
Our design approach
Tell us where you are and what you are hoping to build. We will come back within two business days and talk you through what the path from here could look like.
