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.
This was our second experience in engaging Impact Design. Our first was a major renovation to a family home in a heritage overlay. Due to the success of that collaboration we did not hesitate to work with Darren and the team again to build our brand new family home. They are brilliant. Darren helped us create a new unique and modern home within a traditional footprint. A gorgeous light-filled home with functional and interesting spaces. Nothing was ever too difficult a challenge and his flexibility to push ideas and help us understand the regulations in response to that was so appreciated and added to us enjoying the whole design process. Darren and Katrina’s guidance in navigating the planning process was invaluable and professional. Building a family home is an emotional process and we would not hesitate is recommending Impact Design as a trusted and professional team.
- Melissa & Rohan McDonnell