Architectural Design, Planning and Building Regulation Drawings and Interior Design Services
It starts with your ideas for your project, shared conversations to understand your requirements and develops from here. Our step by step process helps to guide clients through the design process in easy to manage stages. We can create bespoke packages for homeowners, developers or sales agents.
Free Initial Consultation
The initial consultation is a chance for us to explore your ideas for your home. We shall visit the property to review options and to talk through in detail what you wish to achieve from the space/extension/remodel. It will be an opportunity to explore any on site constraints, your budget and the spatial requirements.
Feasibility Study
We can provide feasibility studies for your home should you want to explore your options without committing to the expense of a full survey and design drawings. You might be purchasing a property and wanting an initial appraisal on what might be achievable, or wanting to visualise how the space would work prior to commencing with a full architectural service.
We can work from estate agents plans, or existing floor plans to provide hand sketch schemes.
Survey
To begin the design process we would undertake a detailed measured survey. These drawings form the basis of the design work and are an accurate representation of your home. We would measure the house including the loft space to draw up in CAD.
Topographical and 3D laser scans by external consultants might be required depending on the complexity of the schemes.
Design Drawings/Planning Permission
Design options will be drawn up based on the initial brief, the presentation shall include floor plans, elevations, 3D drawings and example imagery.
On confirmation of the final scheme we would create a package of final drawings to be submitted to the local authority for planning approval. We act as the clients agent throughout the planning application process dealing with queries that arise from the planners or local authority consultants.
Detailed Design/Building Regulations Submission
Detailed Design drawings will be generated from the approved planning drawings/final scheme and submitted to building control for comment and conditional building regulation approval.
At this time you would need to appoint a structural engineer to provide supporting information in respect of sizing of structural elements. You may also require a SAP or area weighted calculation to meet the U-value requirements. We shall liaise with the sewer companies with regards to build over or diversion notices.
You may require party wall consent to be in place prior to commencement of the project should the works fall within certain criteria.
Interior Design Package
The internal finish of the property is on show to you during your day to day life and we are passionate about creating homes which look beautiful, but are wholly functional. The interior space and its function should be at the forefront of the design process when designing an extension, or remodel. Whether you wish to update an existing room, or an entire house we will work collaboratively to achieve your dream for your space.
We can work with you to provide interior architecture services and layout options for built-in furniture, mood boards and 3D designs, schedules for lighting, paint colour schemes and purchase lists for furniture and finishing items.