4305 Design

About

Based in South East Queensland, we work on renovations and extensions on housing from the 1880s to the 2020s, deep energy retrofits as well as off-grid/hybrid new home designs.

My goal is to design homes that you are proud to live in, with features that are livable rather than visual, that future generations can respect.

Esther James is 4305 Design’s Building Designer.

Her job is to guide you through the process of finding out what you can achieve with the available construction budget, designing the best possible scenario for your scope of work, delivering a comprehensive set of detailed construction drawings, identifying the legal requirements for your project, and whose services you need to engage to move from concept idea to approved plans.

Esther’s extracurricular activities include researching emerging approaches to sustainability in residential construction. She is an advocate of the building design profession, mentors building design students and is a member and volunteer with the Building Designers Association of Australia, working towards using the built environment as a solution to climate change.

The Process

Testimonials

I am renovating a 1905 workers cottage and Esther from 4305design helped me greatly with all aspects of the design. I work in the construction industry and Esther's drawing detail is first class as is her suggestions during the design phase. I cannot recommend Esther or her brother David from Thirdson Constructions highly enough. Great people to work with who made a difficult design turn into a pleasurable build with no hassles.

Gary Bukowski

Esther provides a wonderful service that caters to your specific needs. She is honest and open when working with you to design your dream. Her experience brings another level to the design, by knowing practical design solutions to make your area liveable and easy to access.....and pretty and stylish too!!

Hannah Gallon-Kelly

Esther at 4305design is great at listening to the client brief and translating it into quality designs. She helped me work through my ideas and made practical suggestions to give me the designs I was after. I would highly recommend Esther at 4305design.

Samantha Smith

My husband and I worked with Esther on designing our renovation for our home. She did a great job of drawing our vision for our home and she brought lots of great ideas to the plans, improving the end result. She was also very patient and accomodating with making all of the changes to the plans. She is a very talented and creative designer! Thanks Esther! Looking forward to seeing it unfold.

Erin Pearl

Dealing with Ester was very easy and enjoyable experience. Esther was passionate about our project and was able to come up with a design that was unique and exactly what we had envisaged. Would highly recommend Esther for any building design and projects you may have

Christine Turner

At ArchiPro we recognise and acknowledge the existing, original and ancient connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have to the lands and waterways across the Australian continent. We pay our respects to the elders past and present. We commit to working together to build a prosperous and inclusive Australia.