TANGRAMCollective

How we work

Seven pieces, one sequence, no surprises

A tangram is always the same seven pieces. Every project of ours runs through the same seven stages — assembled differently each time, never improvised or skipped.

  1. 01 · Week 1

    Discover

    We start with your brief, site, and budget — the fixed pieces you bring to the table.

    A site visit, a measure-up, and a direct conversation about budget before any design work starts — so the concept we bring back is one you can actually afford to build.

  2. 02 · Weeks 2–3

    Concept

    A first spatial direction, sketched fast so we can react to it together rather than admire it in silence.

    Floor plans, mood direction, and a rough budget range in the same package — not a polished render with no way of knowing if it's buildable at your number.

  3. 03 · Weeks 3–6

    Design development

    Drawings, materials, and cost firm up together, so nothing you approve is a surprise later.

    Every material and fitting gets priced before it's drawn into the final set — the quotation you sign matches the drawings you approved, line for line.

  4. 04 · Weeks 6–8

    Approvals

    We handle HDB, URA, and BCA submissions and manage the paperwork so your timeline doesn't stall.

    Permit drawings, submissions, and follow-ups sit with our team, not yours. Where a submission affects the build sequence, we plan around the approval timeline rather than around it.

  5. 05 · Weeks 8+

    Build

    Our site team executes to the drawing, with weekly progress you can see, not just hear about.

    One site supervisor, one weekly update, one point of contact — the same person from groundbreaking to the last coat of paint.

  6. 06 · Final weeks

    Fit-out & finishing

    Carpentry, fixtures, and finishes go in with the same tolerances we drew on day one.

    Joinery is measured on site before fabrication, not against the original drawing alone — the gap between a drawn tolerance and a built one is where most fit-outs go wrong.

  7. 07 · Final week

    Handover

    A walkthrough, a defects list closed before you move in, and a clear warranty on what we built.

    We walk the finished space with you, log anything that isn't right, and close every item on that list before keys change hands — not after.

Worth knowing

Approvals sit inside the sequence, not after it

Most delays we see on other sites come from permits requested after design is finished. We submit HDB, URA, and BCA paperwork as soon as drawings allow it, in parallel with design development — so approvals are rarely the thing holding a start date back.

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