Like any other career or profession, architects dream of turning their passions into a business. However, considering the nature of the work of architects, growing a business is far from easy.
Let’s say for example your business & niche is designing townhouse floor plans. To complete this single-handedly requires a large amount of scope and time.
So, what is stopping you from growing your business?
Plan production begins with meeting your client multiple times, getting to know them, requirements for the space, how they plan on using the space, and expectations they have for the space.
After initial meetings, we architects will prepare the conceptual drawings requiring a great deal of research & studies while also navigating the complex jurisdictional rules, regulations, and specifications.
Once the concepts are approved by our clients, we will now prepare schematic drawings, design development drawings, contract drawings, followed and completed by the “For Construction Drawings”.
Yes, a lot of time indeed. While creating these townhouse floor plans, multiple coordination efforts are necessary for an architect to fully provide a high level of service and satisfy the client’s needs. This makes it very difficult to grow your business.
Further frustrations of an architect. Our constant deadlines, especially when we are a small business, pile up with multiple tasks that need to be met. It’s hard to juggle an architect’s time between multiple coordination’s, producing townhouse floor plans, and eventually, hopefully scouting new clients.
Budgets are essential to start and maintain any business. It’s extremely difficult to boost revenue if we architects are facing constraints. But the greater problem here is how would we architects grow our budgets if our time is limited and focused solely on producing townhouse floor plans.
Doing all the work to produce the plans will consume most of our time and strength resulting in exhaustion. Thus, limiting our business & passion in producing townhouse floor plans.
As architects, if we want to expand or scale up our design firm business, we should look for smarter solutions. Some architects work smarter by getting a Virtual Assistant who happens to also be an Architect, to whom they can delegate tasks such as coordination and the production of drawings for townhouse floor plans.
Increased efficiency and focus on high-value tasks
The development of townhouse floor plans is an extensive procedure that begins with client meetings and progresses through conceptual, schematic, and construction drawings. Each step needs significant time and coordination.
Hiring a virtual assistant to handle administrative tasks, coordination with clients, and preliminary research enables an architect to focus on the creative and technical aspects of their field of work. This not only enhances design quality but also shortens project schedules, allowing the architect to take on additional projects.
With more free time, you could begin working on new townhouse projects, improve the quality of your designs, increase the level of service to clients, and ultimately expand your business capacity and income.
Juggling numerous tasks as a one-person team can be challenging for an architect. A virtual assistant can handle regular duties like space planning, research for specifications, renderings, review submittals and many more actionable items.
Your personal virtual assistant serves as a support system to your architecture firm, that makes sure that deadlines are met without compromising quality. As a result, you can maintain a consistent workload and avoid burnout.
The architect can manage numerous projects simultaneously and ensure timely delivery and client satisfaction, resulting in repeated business and positive referrals for more townhouse projects.
Budget constraints could slow the advancement of an architect’s business. Hiring a full-time assistant may be costly, but a virtual assistant is a cost-effective alternative.
Our virtual assistants often operate on a full-time dedicated basis, creating the opportunity for dependability, consistency, and full support. By delegating tasks, you can dedicate more time to client acquisition and project completion, resulting in higher revenues and growth.
Our virtual assistants can greatly help architects save time, manage workloads more efficiently, and overcome budget constraints. By delegating many repetitive tasks, you can concentrate on your primary strengths, expand your businesses, and increase revenue. In the competitive industry of townhouse architecture, a virtual assistant can be the key to locating prospective clients for townhouse development and accomplishing long-term growth.
If you are an architect wanting to grow your firm through the development of townhouse floor plans, hire a virtual assistant for cost efficiency, full support, and highly qualified skillsets. Architects, come meet your candidates for your projects!
