Author Archives: Space & Style

Burridge extension now complete

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Space & Style

We are pleased that the extensions and alterations that we designed last year on a 1980s house in Burridge, Southampton are now complete. Our proposal has extended the house to the front and rear and in doing so has transformed … Continue reading →

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Planning granted in Alverstoke

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Space & Style

We have just gained planning permission for a multiple level contemporary extension on a detached house in Gosport. Continue reading →

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What happens when the builder goes off-piste?

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Space & Style

There is no defence for changing structural elements without the approval of the homeowner, the designer and the Building Control body. Continue reading →

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Planning granted for Coppershades

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Space & Style

Sited within designated countryside, a strategic gap and bordering the Netley Abbey Conservation Area and part of the former grounds to the abbey, planning permission for such a contemporary design could have been tricky. Continue reading →

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Conflicts in regulatory requirements

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Space & Style

Even though B1 is concerned with saving people’s lives in the case of the fire it will not trump the planning requirements for protecting the privacy of neighbours. If your design relies on this solution it is time to come up with another design. Continue reading →

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England v Germany – The Property Game

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Space & Style

In Germany the local authority buys the land, builds the road and infrastructure and waits for people and families wanting a new house to buy individual plots from them Continue reading →

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