Step 2: Define the lifestyle brief (your home’s “operating system”)

A new build should be designed around lifestyle, not rooms.

Ask:

• How do you want mornings to work?

• Do you entertain, and what does that look like?

• Do you need quiet work zones?

• Do you want multigenerational flexibility?

• How important is indoor-outdoor living, and what is the “outdoor room”?

• What’s your storage reality (sports gear, surfboards, bikes, kids, pets)?

This becomes the brief that guides the architect and the builder so the plan is aligned from day one.