PRIVATE DESIGN CONSULTATION
Most homes are
Two hours with an architect, before you commit to a renovation you can’t undo. Concept direction and spatial strategy for your home: what to change, what to leave, and why.
Two hours · €350 (excl. VAT) · In person in Malta or over video
THE PROBLEM
The expensive mistakes happen
Where the light comes from. How you move between rooms. What to knock down and what to leave standing. These are the decisions that decide whether a home works, and they get made first, often by a contractor optimising for what’s easy to build, or not really decided at all.
By the time you notice, the walls are up. Finishes you can change later. The plan you cannot. The thinking is cheapest to change on paper and most expensive to change in stone.
WHAT IT IS
A focused two-hour session on
You bring your floor plan, your photographs, and the problem you’re trying to solve. I give you concept direction and a spatial strategy: the handful of moves that will make the place work, in the order they matter.
It is not project management, site supervision, or permit drawings. It’s the thinking that should come first, kept separate from the admin that usually buries it.
WHAT YOU WALK AWAY WITH
Most homes are
not designed.
They’re assembled.
Two hours with an architect, before you commit to a renovation you can’t undo. Concept direction and spatial strategy for your home: what to change, what to leave, and why.
Two hours · €350 (excl. VAT) · In person in Malta or over video
THE PROBLEM
The expensive mistakes happen
before anyone picks a tile.
Where the light comes from. How you move between rooms. What to knock down and what to leave standing. These are the decisions that decide whether a home works, and they get made first, often by a contractor optimising for what’s easy to build, or not really decided at all.
By the time you notice, the walls are up. Finishes you can change later. The plan you cannot. The thinking is cheapest to change on paper and most expensive to change in stone.
WHAT IT IS
A focused two-hour session on
the decisions that matter most.
You bring your floor plan, your photographs, and the problem you’re trying to solve. I give you concept direction and a spatial strategy: the handful of moves that will make the place work, in the order they matter.
It is not project management, site supervision, or permit drawings. It’s the thinking that should come first, kept separate from the admin that usually buries it.
WHAT YOU WALK AWAY WITH
BEFORE
I read your space first.
You send your plans and photos ahead of time, so we don’t spend the session on orientation. I come having already studied the space.
You send your plans and photos ahead of time, so we don’t spend the session on orientation. I come having already studied the space.
DURING
Two hours of direction.
Concept direction and spatial strategy, your specific questions answered, in person in Malta or over video.
Concept direction and spatial strategy, your specific questions answered, in person in Malta or over video.
AFTER
A written summary.
The directions we agreed, written up so you’re not relying on memory. Something you can hand to your contractor or architect and say: this is what I want.
The directions we agreed, written up so you’re not relying on memory. Something you can hand to your contractor or architect and say: this is what I want.
WHO IT’S FOR
For you if
You’re about to renovate, convert, or buy, and want to know the real potential before you commit.
You care how a space feels and moves, not only what it costs.
You’d rather get the direction right than redo it twice.
You’re about to renovate, convert, or buy, and want to know the real potential before you commit.
You care how a space feels and moves, not only what it costs.
You’d rather get the direction right than redo it twice.
Not for you if
You need stamped permit drawings, or someone to handle the paperwork and run the site day to day.
You’re after the cheapest possible quote.
You already know exactly what you want and just need someone to draw it.
You need stamped permit drawings, or someone to handle the paperwork and run the site day to day.
You’re after the cheapest possible quote.
You already know exactly what you want and just need someone to draw it.
WHO YOU’RE SITTING WITH
Beauty as method, not decoration.
You’re sitting with Christian Grech, a Perit (warranted Maltese architect) with six years at boutique firms, including David Chipperfield Architects. He writes about architecture and beauty on Substack and directs the A Place in the Sun editorial series. The whole practice runs on one idea: that how a space is conceived matters more than how it’s decorated.
A STRAIGHT GUARANTEE
If you finish the two hours and you don’t have direction you didn’t walk in with, tell me and I’ll refund the session in full. I’d rather you keep the money than carry a recommendation I don’t believe in.
Clear direction, or your money back.
If you finish the two hours and you don’t have direction you didn’t walk in with, tell me and I’ll refund the session in full. I’d rather you keep the money than carry a recommendation I don’t believe in.
BEFORE YOU BOOK
In person or online?
Both. In person in Malta, or over video anywhere else.
What do I need to bring?
A floor plan if you have one, photographs of the space, and the question you’re stuck on. No drawings of your own needed.
Is this an actual design service?
It’s design thinking and direction, not production drawings or permits. It’s the stage that decides whether the rest is worth doing.
What if I want you to take on the whole project?
We can talk about ongoing design direction afterwards, if it’s a fit. The session stands on its own either way.
BOOK A SESSION
Two hours, before the walls go up.
Book your consultation
Two hours · €350 (excl. VAT) · In person in Malta or over video
I take one or two of these a month. When the month is full, it’s full.