An independent read on someone else's design — what it will cost to build, what it will be like to live in, and what it is quietly going to cause later.
This is not about finding fault with another architect. It is about the fact that a set of drawings is a very large financial commitment, and a second pair of eyes on it costs a rounding error by comparison.
Sometimes there is a specific doubt; sometimes it is the size of the commitment. Both are valid starting points and they lead to different reviews.
You end up withScope agreedThe drawings are read the way a contractor and an authority will read them — for what is missing, what conflicts, and what will be interpreted on site.
You end up withFindingsWritten as questions and consequences rather than as criticism, so it is usable in a conversation with the architect who drew it.
You end up withWritten reviewThe last moment a drawing problem is still cheap.
Often the design is telling contractors something the client has not been told.
A specific concern is much easier to raise than a general unease.
Taking over someone else's design starts with knowing what it actually is.
C.F.L. has been designing and delivering buildings from Limassol since 2009 — long enough to know how the local authorities read a set of drawings.
Design, engineering, permits and inspection under one roof means one number to call when something needs deciding — and nobody able to point at somebody else.
The review comes from an office that draws, engineers, permits and builds — so the comments are about consequences rather than preferences.
A second opinion that concludes you should switch architects is a conflicted opinion. Ours is written to be handed to the architect you already have.
Timings depend on the plot, the size of the building and how quickly the authorities respond. Ask us for a schedule against your specific project.
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A fixed scope at a fixed price. The figure is where it starts; the final price depends on the size of the property and is confirmed in writing before any work begins.
A single-storey house on an open plot in Kalavasos, planned around its pool and shaded terraces under white roof planes.
A single-storey family house in Asgata, its stone entrance volume and timber screens set under broad white roof planes.
Five apartments in an established neighbourhood, organised around a central core and wrapped in curved horizontal bands.
An established house in Fasoula reworked into one calmer composition, keeping its stone, its tiled roofs and its mature garden.
“Most of what people ask us in the first meeting is answered in here. Read it first — then the meeting can be about your project rather than the basics.”
What to look for in a set before you sign a build contract, the coordination gaps that become variations, and the questions worth asking your architect early.
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What a plot can legally carry under current planning — coverage, height, setbacks — before you make an offer on the land.
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