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Specialty Doctor’s Office Designs and Construction

If you’re a medical specialist looking to have a new office built for your practice, Heidan Construction is here to help. A specialty doctor’s office may come with unique challenges or design needs. Our skilled designers and builders at Heidan are accustomed to crafting the ideal medical offices. We can bring that expertise directly to you and make something that surpasses industry standards as well as meets all of your own expectations. Here’s how we can help with specialty doctor’s office designs and construction.

Spacious Design

Some parts of a medical office do need to be separate from the rest for privacy. However, we’ve found that an open concept office is actually preferred by patients. That’s because open concept designs:

  • Are more accessible to people with mobility aids
  • Give more breathing room to those with anxiety about visiting a doctor
  • Have less wall surfaces for spreading bacteria
  • Constrict movement less
  • Are easier to navigate

Open concept medical offices minimize dividing walls between waiting areas, hallways, and built-in pharmacies. The overall experience of an open concept medical office is one of ease. Entering the office, you can find where you need to go just by looking around. There’s no need to follow a bunch of signs down various hallways or get directions from a receptionist. Patients being able to find their own way is always going to set them at ease and make them feel more comfortable in their environment. This spacious design focus will make your specialty office a hit.

Welcoming Interior

Interior doctor’s office designs that set people at ease are another staple of a successful medical office. This is especially true of the waiting room. Across the board, if a patient has to wait in a waiting area that’s designed well and offers comfortable seating, they are much less bothered by a wait.

Specialists have full schedules and a lot of patients. It’s not uncommon for one to get behind schedule. That just means they’re spending the time necessary to give quality care to each person they see. Make the wait a pleasant one with Heidan Construction’s beautiful medical office designs. We favor large windows and lots of space, so patients don’t feel cramped while they wait.

Custom Features

Specialist offices often have custom features to showcase their specialty. If you’re a cardiologist, you may want a built-in display case for models of the human heart and framed infographics. Or, if you’re a pediatrician, somewhere to install a built-in fish tank may be the right move. We can help with whatever sets your practice apart from general practice.

You Deserve the Best

No matter what you need, Heidan Construction is here to help. Not only does our history of medical office design lean in your favor, our crew is also friendly and professional. Nobody wants to work with a construction crew with no manners. You can count on us to deliver a great design and construction experience from start to finish. Call us if you have any questions about getting started.

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Build a Spacious Doctor’s Office for Partners

It’s not uncommon for two people to go through medical school together and come out the other side wanting to work together. However, beginning your own practice can be expensive. Plus, working alone is altogether inefficient. That’s why so many people work in hospitals or medical groups. By banding together with a professional partner, you can cut out some of that inefficiency and share expenses. However, to get started, you’ll need an office. Heidan Construction can help you begin your journey as joint practitioners by designing and building a spacious doctor’s office for partners.

Shared Reception

If you want to cut down on costs, one of the best ways to do that is to merge your practices wherever possible. One such place is in reception. A waiting room is rarely ever full unless you’re looking at the hospital. That means a regular-sized waiting room is plenty enough space in a doctor’s office for partners to share. This includes the check-in desk and the person manning it.

When a new patient comes in, they’re presented with a united front. There’s no need to figure out which side is the right one. Instead, they can check in at the reception desk, take a seat in the waiting room, and follow whoever calls their name when their appointment time arrives.

Separate Practice Space

While you may want to share things where convenient, if you and your partner are only partners in name and not on paper, you’ll want your own practice space. This is easy to accomplish, design wise, by creating two wings to the building – one practice to the left, and one to the right.

This separation of practices means you’re less likely to step on each other’s toes if you both enjoy working alone. Plus, it’s better for liability reasons that practices that are legally separate don’t mash together where patients and privacy are concerned. 

Shared Facilities and Storage

Have you ever heard that it’s cheaper to live with many people because of things like sharing condiments? You wouldn’t think it makes much of a difference until you imagine a fridge door full of condiments and how every person in the house would have to buy those separately if they lived alone.

Just like a fridge full of condiments, two newly solo doctors can cut costs by sharing facilities and supplies. Those plastic bins we love so much for holding mysterious fluids or dumping trash from all of the things unwrapped for an IV are one thing. A few of those can be shared and sterilized between practices. The same goes for metal tools, gowns, blankets, sheets, and so on.

All of this means a shared storage space is ideal. It can even be built to have opposing doors on either end, joining the two separate wings together.

Custom Design Build

No matter what you need for your doctor’s office for partners, you can get it from Heidan Construction. We specialize in custom design build and would love to take your vision and bring it to life. Take the first step in starting your joint practice and call today.

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Make a Space Feel Larger with Design Psychology

Is your office feeling a little cramped? Looking to have an office built but don’t have the budget for something massive? If so, Heidan Construction has some great news for you. There are a lot of neat tricks we can use to make a space feel larger than it really is. That means remodeling a small space or building an office on the small side doesn’t have to mean feeling like sardines with your employees. Let’s take a look at some of these design psychology tricks.

Big windows

The first must-have in any office space is some big windows. This really can’t be overstated; windows make such a massive difference in perceived space. When you work in an office with 4 solid walls and no windows, it can feel like you’re underground. The cramped feeling of the space is 4 times stronger. Introduce some big windows on 2 or more walls and you let in a lot of natural light and the ability to see outside. Being able to see out past the walls of the building can trick the brain into believing you’re in a bigger space than you are.

Floating Stairs

If your office has stairs, make sure they’re floating. Whether the stairs lead up to a break room on another floor, or even a loft, they should be floating. 

Floating stairs come in two general flavors. There are those where the side of each step is mounted to the wall, and there are those where each step is attached to a long, center beam so that it looks kind of like a spine. Both of these styles mean being able to see through the stairs, between the steps. Plus, because of their more minimal design, having floating stairs means removing any surrounding walls.

Standard stairs are often boxed in with walls, even on the outer side. This makes the entire office space feel smaller because that area is no longer visibly accessible. Removing walls and simply letting your floating stairs exist out in the open means expanding the actual visible space in the office.

Glass Dividers & Dynamic Layout

Next up, if you have divided offices, use glass dividers. These are often called frameless systems, as they’re made of frameless glass. By taking down any walls between offices and leaving only the necessary supporting columns, you increase visibility by a lot. Plus, frameless systems are usually quite soundproof, meaning you no longer have to hear your coworker’s phone calls while you’re trying to write a report.

Additionally, you can get opaque panels to limit visibility where desired. If you would prefer not to see your nextdoor office neighbor, you can put opaque panels between the offices. This maintains privacy while still allowing a lot of light flow and visibility to other parts of the office.

Office Remodeling and Construction

If you’re looking to improve your current office or start again from the beginning, Heidan Construction is here to help. Give us a call with your office design and construction needs and we’ll make the process easy.

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High End Luxury Custom Homes for Professionals in Toronto

Whether you’ve made it big while you’re young or have worked your way up the corporate ladder with years of commitment, you need a home that reflects your needs as a professional in Toronto. A luxury custom home design is something everyone can get behind, but not every luxury custom home is made for you. Let’s talk about how you can get high end luxury custom homes made just for you and your needs as a professional.

Walk-In Closet

Put the days of sliding closet doors behind you. Any luxury custom home design worth its salt is outfitted with a walk-in closet. A walk-in closet, attached to the master suite, is big enough to comfortably walk into, display a large collection of clothes, get dressed in, and feel great doing so. 

There are some smaller walk-in closets in your everyday homes. Don’t get the two mixed up. While some master bedrooms have a few feet of space to step into your closet and look around, the kind of walk-in we consider luxury is one that feels like an actual room of its own. You should feel completely at ease storing your hamper, moving around, and dressing within the closet, with plenty of room to spare. If you want your closet to feel like a personal getaway, we recommend putting down a throw rug or even introducing an armchair for optimum comfort.

A walk-in closet is a must-have for a professional. Working in a classy office building means keeping a collection of suits, dresses, or other professional clothing available. A true walk-in closet provides plenty of space for variety in work clothes as well as space for the everyday clothes you change into when you’re off the clock.

Luxurious Kitchen

A big kitchen is a big kitchen, but we want to kick it up a notch. Instead of big, think luxurious. Space isn’t all there is to a successful kitchen. State of the art appliances, spacious, comfortable, bar seating, and tons of counter space is just the beginning. We can’t discount the profound effect of things like bay windows, high quality lighting, and even a mounted flatscreen where you can follow along with The Cooking Network.

After a long day at work, it’s easy to avoid the temptation of fast food on the way home when you can come home to a gorgeous kitchen that feels like eating out.

High End Office Space

For most people, it’s discouraged to bring work home with them. However, a lot of professionals work from home all the time – and not just because of COVID-19. Lawyers, editors, and agents are just some of the professionals who can work without an outside office space.

To make working from home a real success, high end luxury custom homes bring with them a high end office space. Here are just some of the things you can have in your luxury office space:

  • Plenty of room to move around
  • Large windows for plenty of sunlight
  • Smart home controls
  • Sliding lights, for comfortable computer use during any hour
  • Sturdy, built-in shelving for storing work texts, binders, files, and more

Sprawling Master Bath

And, last but not least, we can’t forget the sprawling master bath that you’ve wanted since your first apartment. The average person’s idea of a spacious master bath might include a double sink and a separate shower and tub. We can take it further. When you get done at the office, taking a shower should feel like a spa treatment. Have your soaker tub and a spa quality shower as well. Make taking a shower feel as lavish as a bath. 

Bay windows can let the morning sunshine in as you bathe. A tub frame will give you space to store candles, incense, and all the fancy soaps your heart desires. A luxury custom home is about more than getting what you need; It’s about getting what you want. Give us a call at Heidan Construction if you want to talk high end, luxury custom homes in Toronto.

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Remodel Instead of Moving Away from Your Empty Nest

When the kids have finally moved out, couples are often left with a big house and more space than they know what to do with. One of those bedrooms could become a computer office, but what about the other three? If you’re finding yourself overwhelmed with the amount of space you now have and don’t know what to do with, you may be considering moving. However, before you take the leap to find a new house, let’s talk about the possibility of a remodel instead of moving away from your empty nest.

Make a Pros and Cons List

It may sound silly, but it’s best to start with a pros and cons list. Write down everything you feel about your current living situation. Do you like the neighborhood? How’s the commute to work? Is there something missing from your current home that’s been driving you crazy? Put down all of the things that have been nagging you for the last 20 years so you can compare. If most of the cons are related to the house, rather than the location, you might be able to knock out most of the list with a remodel.

Remodel Instead of Moving

People are often under the impression that remodeling is more expensive than moving. This can come from the belief that you have to pay for remodeling out of pocket. However, remodeling is often much cheaper than moving. Here’s why:

  • Remodels can be funded by taking out home loans.
  • Moving out of an old home can lose you a significant amount of money if the building has aged poorly. Not getting back the same amount you paid for your home means having to take out more loans to buy a newer home anyway.
  • Moving to a new home means paying moving expenses, such as truck rentals, movers, storage fees, and more.
  • Remodeling can bring your old home more into the present, meaning that if you decide to sell later down the line, you’ll often increase the sale price by more than you spent on the remodel.

Plus, when you remodel your home, you can expand the parts that matter. Consider a expanding your kitchen or getting a second floor addition to a house that you’ve outgrown.

Rediscover Yourself as an Individual

While remodeling opens the door of opportunity for all kinds of upgrades, it also offers you a new opportunity to rediscover yourself. All of those rooms your kids grew up in aren’t entirely useless. Not only can that space be used to expand spaces like the kitchen or living room, they can also be turned into personal space for you and your spouse.

With your kids out of the house, you have the rest of your life to spend occupying yourself. You don’t have kids to haul to soccer practice anymore. What will you do with your time? It’s never too late to learn a new trade or pick up a new hobby. Having a little extra space on hand to help with that never hurts. So, consider sewing, crafting, baking, painting, filming, collecting, woodworking, and more. There are endless things to learn and having space to collect new tools and materials for those hobbies is a luxury many don’t have. Take advantage of it!

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What Is Involved in Getting a Custom Home?

Getting a custom home is something most people consider outside of their ability – even if they don’t know what’s involved. It’s one of those fancy and ambitious things that people equate with unimaginable wealth. The truth is, if you can buy a moderate-sized house, you can have a custom home built. Let’s run through the main points of what’s involved in getting a custom home.

Custom Designs

The first thing you need when you plan to get a custom home is a custom home design. It’s helpful if you already have an idea of what you want your floorplan to look like. However, you can have a design made from scratch if you’re willing to work with your designer. If they can figure out what things you need in a home, they can make a design you’re happy with.

Heidan Construction does design build for people all over Toronto. Design build means we do both the designing and the building. This is much more straightforward than having to commission a design from one company and then bring it to another to have it built. We know what needs you brought to us when you had your new home designed and we can ensure those needs are met all throughout the building process.

Getting a Plot of Land

The plot of land a house is on contributes to the cost in real estate. So, when you have a custom home built, you’ll have to buy a plot of land for it to be built on. It may feel like an additional cost when you’re buying it, but it’s not. You would have been paying for the land in the price of an already-built home as well.

Getting Home Loans

People often don’t realize it, but you can get a home loan for a custom home just like for an existing one. You don’t have to buy a custom home out of pocket. Getting loans can also help in paying for your new piece of property. This is something you’ll need to discuss with your bank, but is an important thing to know when comparing custom design prices with real estate.

Waiting for Construction

When your custom home design has been finalized, you’ll have to wait for construction. This is the biggest difference between buying an existing house and having one custom built. If you can get your current home sold and finalize the purchase of your new home quickly, moving into an existing home can be done in less than a month. Custom homes, on the other hand, can take over 6 months to build. That means sitting tight for a little while – but the extra time is worth it.

Moving into Your Beautiful Custom Home

When your custom home has been built, all that’s left is moving in. Moving in is a special feeling. Not only is it brand new – you being its first tenants – it’s made with your specific needs in mind. Nothing can beat the feeling of living somewhere made just for you.