Our Story
July 2000 saw the birth of a relatively small, but progressive design company named Impact Design Consultants. The inspiration in the mind of the creator was to fill a niche in the market that was, and largely still is, being ignored by other design/drafting organisations …”listening to a client, exploring their design ideas and creating a design that fulfills their needs. At the same time as staying true to the original brief we concluded we also need to commit to delivering relevant, smart designs which were in line with the client budget limitations.
Darren Whelan, a registered Building Designer, and owner/director of Impact Design Consultants, is well and truly qualified to lead his organisation with over 25 years working within the residential design industry.
Before starting Impact Design Consultants, Darren had stints as an employee at a couple of well known giant’s of the housing/design industry. Although extremely grateful for the experience and learning, it was soon evident to Darren that “bigger definitely isn’t always better”, and it was from here he decided to create a better model by incorporating the systems used by the giants but with a flexible, common sense approach. In other words "give the clients what they dream of, and do it consistently every time."
We look to create a design service that involves your participation from start to completion, we rely on honest feedback and open communication to ensure your design process delivers the outcome you desire.
The team that supports Darren is enthusiastic and willing to learn new and creative approaches to design, along with the commitment to provide an exceptional customer service to the clients of Impact Design Consultants.
About Darren
Darren Whelan, a registered Building Designer and owner/director of Impact Design Consultants, is well and truly qualified to lead his organisation with over 25 years working within the residential design industry.
Before starting Impact Design Consultants Darren was actively involved with his father's building company and was very hands on assisting his father with residential construction. This hands on experience has been nothing but beneficial to Darren which has instilled some valuable construction knowledge in the design field.
With stints in the larger residential building companies in his early career, Darren's training as a building designer was tested and opportunities to become the Design Manager, Workflow Manager and eventually the Operations Manager has enabled him to be a better business owner.
Darren is passionate about design, meeting his clients expectations to eventually fulfil their dreams.
Impact Design Consultants are a team of friendly and experienced professionals. They are very approachable and always reply to questions. Darren's experience in design is invaluable when one is trying to decide the seemingly endless list of design options. This usually begins with a conversation about how you live, everyone lives differently with different priorities. Darren incorporated the elements that we preferred and provided valuable and practical advice that resulted in a home that we love living in. Building a new house is a complicated and costly undertaking. Working with IDC provided us with a level of comfort that the process would be smooth and informed. Katrina is an administrative dream! paperwork (and there's lots of it!) is completed and submitted efficiently and all questions are answered cheerfully.
We are happy past clients of IDC and we are confident that they would help you achieve the result you are looking for.
- R & K Nakleh