Rexford Design — Architectural Drafting
Permit-ready architectural drawings for custom homes, multi-family builds, and renovations across British Columbia and Alberta.
We work with a range of clients at different stages of the process. Here’s where we typically come in.
You have a lot or a home you want to build or renovate. You need drawings that will get through the permit process and reflect what you actually want to build.
You’re managing multiple sites or a subdivision and need reliable, coordinated drawings on schedule. We integrate with your build team and work to your timelines.
Your client has a design in mind but no drawings. We produce the permit set so you can get to work. Fast turnaround, clean documentation, and one point of contact.
What’s included
A clear four-step process so you always know where things stand.
Tell us about your project, site, and timeline. We’ll confirm fit and send a proposal within two business days.
We develop the layout, massing, and overall design based on your brief, site conditions, and local zoning requirements.
Details, specifications, and full coordination across all drawing sheets. We resolve everything before the permit submission.
Final drawing set ready for municipal submission. We handle revisions required by the authority having jurisdiction.
Fees vary with the size and complexity of the project, whether it is a new build or a renovation, what your municipality requires at submission, and whether design is included alongside the drafting. Secondary suite drawings are generally the most straightforward scope. A full custom home set is a meaningful investment, but it represents a small fraction of total construction cost.
The fastest way to get a real number is a short conversation about your site, your municipality, and what you want to build. Tell us about the project and we will send a proposal within two business days. More on what drives drafting cost in BC.
A complete set typically includes a site plan with survey integration, floor plans for every level, exterior elevations, building sections, a roof plan, a foundation plan, an electrical layout, window and door schedules, and detail drawings. We also produce as-built documentation and handle revisions as required.
When comparing quotes, check what is actually included. A low quote missing required sheets costs more once the permit application comes back with deficiency notes.
Design is the thinking: spatial layout, how rooms relate, how light enters, how the building meets the site. Drafting is the technical translation of that design into the construction documents your builder works from and your municipality requires for a permit.
Drafting without design is just drawing lines. Design without drafting never becomes a building. Rexford handles both under one roof, so the original intent survives all the way to the permit set.
Design and drawings typically take three to six months, driven largely by how quickly decisions get made and how many revisions happen along the way. Permit review then runs one to four months and varies significantly by municipality: Chilliwack and the smaller Fraser Valley municipalities often move faster than Metro Vancouver, where backlogs can stretch review out.
A complete, well-coordinated drawing set is the single best way to avoid deficiency notices, which add weeks.
Both. We work with homeowners building or renovating, with builders and developers coordinating multiple sites or a subdivision, and with contractors whose client has a design in mind but no drawings. We integrate with your build team and work to your timelines.
We work across British Columbia and Alberta from our studio in Chilliwack, BC. That includes custom homes, renovations, multi-family projects, and subdivision packages.
Tell us about your project and we’ll follow up within two business days with a proposal or a few clarifying questions.
