Bespoke single dwellings and modern restorations.
Shaped by landscape topology, material permanence, and exact structural execution. Every project starts with the site survey and the client brief.
Strategic Definition
Our process
Strategic Definition
We set the brief, the budget, and the programme. Priorities are agreed and the core constraints of site and use are established before any drawing begins.
- Initial project brief document
- Site and feasibility assessment
- Budget and programme expectations
- Identification of key stakeholders
- Initial risk register
We carry out the surveys and studies the project needs. Site information, feasibility, and the project programme are confirmed against the brief.
- Feasibility studies completed
- Site survey and topographic information
- Initial project brief agreed
- Planning pre-application advice sought
- Project programme confirmed
We produce the concept design with an outline structural and services strategy. The spatial arrangement is fixed and tested against the cost plan.
- Concept design drawings and models
- Outline structural and services strategy
- Preliminary cost plan
- Planning strategy agreed
- Design programme confirmed
We coordinate the architectural, structural, and services design and submit the planning application. This is the stage that secures statutory consent.
- Planning application submitted
- Coordinated design drawings
- Structural and services coordination
- Updated cost plan
- Planning determination received
We produce the technical drawings and specifications for tender and construction. Every material, junction, and dimension is documented.
- Full technical drawing package
- Specifications and schedules
- Tender documents prepared
- Contractor selection and appointment
- Pre-construction information pack
We administer the building contract, inspect the works on site, and resolve technical queries as the contractor builds to the agreed standard.
- Contract administration throughout
- Regular site inspections
- Technical queries answered
- Valuation and payment certificates
- Practical completion certificate issued
We manage handover, collate the warranties and as built records, and run the defects period after you move in.
- Building completion and handover
- As-built documentation
- Warranties and guarantees collated
- Defects period management
- Post-occupancy review
Our process
Strategic Definition
We set the brief, the budget, and the programme. Priorities are agreed and the core constraints of site and use are established before any drawing begins.
- Initial project brief document
- Site and feasibility assessment
- Budget and programme expectations
- Identification of key stakeholders
- Initial risk register
Begin with a consultation.
A refundable deposit secures the first design consultation and a written fee proposal. It is credited in full against our fees if the project proceeds.
- 60 minute design consultation
- Site or property appraisal
- Written fee proposal and programme
- Preliminary sketch concepts
- Credited in full against fees if you proceed
Refundable if the project does not proceed.