Category Archives: Design

Extension and remodelling project approved

Extending and remodelling estate houses often present problems due to their low ceilings, the need to draw light into the older parts of the house and can present problems with neighbours who might not take to new designs being introduced in their locality. Continue reading

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Planning granted in Alverstoke

Our well thought through design and clearly presented drawings presented no obstacles during the course of the planning application Continue reading

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Modernist bungalows

Internally they had open plan layouts that blurred the lines between inside and outside spaces. All of which sounds very much like a wish list for today’s contemporary homes. Continue reading

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Work underway in Crofton

The remodelling project on a bungalow in Stubbington, Hampshire that we gained planning permission for at the end of May is now well under way. The project will see the bungalow extended to the rear and another storey added to … Continue reading

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Planning granted for Coppershades

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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Why you should avoid changes to the design once work is underway

OK, so you have all of your permissions, the builders are halfway through the job when you suddenly have a change of mind. Continue reading

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