Project partnership
Best for a single home, renovation or development concept.
One project, scoped on its own. We take it from your program to a coordinated set, and you can stop there or keep going.
G-300How we work
Built around the way you build
Project partnership for a single home, pipeline support across several, or a builder design system: those are the three ways Native Plans works with builders and developers in Nashville and Middle Tennessee. The process is the same for all three. It runs in four steps, and each one ends at a review gate you sign off on.
G-301The process
Four steps, each with a gate.
Step 01: Learn the builder
Before we draw anything, we learn how your company builds.
You provide
- Current plans, specifications and finish selections
- Budget targets and price points
- How approvals work and who signs off
We deliver
- A written summary of your standards as we understand them
- Open questions to settle before design starts
Review gate
You confirm we have your standards right.
Step 02: Define the project
Program, scope and schedule, written down.
You provide
- Survey, lot information and any restrictions
- The program: rooms, sizes and must-haves
- The decision makers for this project
We deliver
- A written scope with deliverables
- A review schedule
- A list of the decisions ahead and when each one is due
Review gate
You approve the scope before design starts.
Step 03: Design and coordinate
The floor plan, the selections and the site develop together through structured reviews.
You provide
- Feedback at each review
- Pricing input from your team or your trades
We deliver
- Plans, selections and exterior design at each review stage
- A decision log: what changed, when and why
Review gate
Each review closes with documented decisions.
Step 04: Deliver and improve
A coordinated set goes out, and the lessons come back.
You provide
- Field questions and feedback during construction
We deliver
- The issued plan set, interiors package and exterior set
- Answers to design questions from the field, as agreed in the project scope
- Updates to your standards for the next project
Review gate
The set is issued to your team for pricing and permitting.
G-302Engagement models
Project partnership, pipeline support or a design system.
Same team, same process. The difference is how much of your pipeline we carry and how much of the work gets reused.
Pipeline support
Best for builders with several active projects and not enough design hands.
Design capacity for the projects you have running now, scaled up or down with the pipeline. One team works across your homes, so your standards carry from one house to the next.
Builder design system
Best for builders who repeat plans, finishes or both.
A library of your standards and finish packages, built for your company, that every new project starts from.
G-303Working together
Reviews, decisions and changes, on the record.
- Structured reviews
- Each review has a set agenda, the right people in the room and a decision at the end.
- Documented decisions
- Every decision goes in a log with the date and who made it. When someone asks why a window changed, the answer is written down.
- Change control
- A change after a gate is scoped before it's drawn, then updated on every sheet it touches at the same time.
G-304Fit
A good fit looks like this.
These are the signals we look for in the first conversation. If several are missing, we'll say so before either of us spends time on a scope.
- 01
Pipeline
You have a current project and a reasonable path to repeat work.
- 02
Decision authority
Someone on your team owns scope, approvals, standards and feedback.
- 03
Construction fit
The work is residential and fits our capabilities and the local requirements.
- 04
Process fit
You value structured reviews, documented decisions and disciplined change control.
- 05
Commercial fit
You see the value in coordinated design, beyond the lowest initial drawing cost.
G-305Questions
Questions about the process.
How long does it take to draw house plans?
Native Plans sets the schedule with you when we define the project, from the size of the house, the services involved and how quickly decisions can be made at each review.
Decision turnaround on your side moves the dates as much as drawing time does, so we tell you up front which decisions the schedule depends on.
How much does Native Plans charge?
Native Plans quotes each project after a short call, from the size and complexity of the house, which services you need, how many review rounds the scope includes and whether we start from your existing plans.
Design that repeats across lots changes the number too. We don't publish a rate card. Once we've talked, we recommend a scope and price it, so you're comparing a real number against a defined set of deliverables.
How does Native Plans handle revisions and change control?
Revisions happen at scheduled reviews, and the number of review rounds is set in the scope. Each review ends with documented decisions.
A change after a decision is approved gets scoped before it's drawn, logged with the date and the reason, and carried through every sheet it touches. One change shouldn't leave the other documents behind.
What do schematic design, design development and 30, 60, 90 percent sets mean?
They describe how far along a set of drawings is, from first layout to a set you can build from. Schematic design settles the layout and massing. Design development fixes sizes, materials and systems. Construction documents add the dimensions, details and notes needed to build. Some teams label progress sets 30, 60 and 90 percent complete.
Native Plans runs residential projects through review gates instead, and each gate ends with decisions you approve. How our review gates work.
What's the difference between project partnership, pipeline support and a design system?
They differ in how much of your work Native Plans carries: one project, several active projects, or a reusable set of company standards. Project partnership is one project, scoped on its own. Pipeline support adds design capacity across several active projects, with one team that learns your product. A builder design system turns your standards into reusable plan standards, finish packages, specifications and workflows.
You can start with one project and move to pipeline support or a design system later. Compare the engagement models.
What does Native Plans need to start a project?
Start with whatever you have: a survey or lot information, the program, a target price point, plans you've built before and the name of whoever makes decisions.
We'll tell you what's missing in the first conversation.
Give your next project a better start.
Tell us what you're building, where it is and what support your team needs. We'll recommend the right scope and confirm whether Native is a fit.