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10 Innovative Kitchen Improvement Ideas for Modern Homes
The heart of any home, the kitchen, is not just a place for culinary creations but also a central hub for family gatherings and social interactions. This year, homeowners are embracing innovative kitchen improvement ideas that blend style, functionality, and...
Do the school holidays fill you with dread?
School holidays can feel chaotic and suffocating, even if you're looking forward to it. The school break means having kids underfoot day and night, making a mess, asking for food - and wanting their friends over too. With your space already feeling cramped at the best...
Ways to Beat the Heat in a Heatwave
The heatwave is coming! There’s a scorcher of one coming over the next week or so, which means homes without air conditioning installed will become oven-like during the day and at night. No matter how many windows you open, there’s typically very little airflow to...
5 Design Tips for Multi-generational Living
Britain is facing a housing crisis with UK government targets to build 300,000 homes a year still to be met. With adult children back home with their parents as they try to get on the housing ladder, elderly relatives in need of support and the rising cost of living,...
Energy-efficient home extensions
The volatile state of utility prices has made us more aware of our energy consumption and household bills. When it comes to a home extension, incorporating energy-efficient features is more important than ever. An architectural design expert takes these important...
The best of both worlds
Modern extensions to enhance old houses What do you love most about your period property? The original features - the high ceilings, the stained-glass windows, the large open fireplaces? It has charm and it has soul, which is why many older homes command higher prices...
5 Ways to Save Costs on Home Improvements
You may well have read how the surge in construction projects and renovations in the past year has led to rising material costs and shortages of items ranging from timber and concrete to taps and roof tiles. This has meant increased lead times for builders and...
6 Home Renovation Mistakes to Avoid
TV home improvement shows can be the source for great ideas, but they can also leave you with the impression that all renovations can be done in a week. What you don’t see are the months of essential planning beforehand. A successful renovation relies on detailed...
5 Reasons To Use An Architectural Design Expert
Whether you’re thinking about redesigning your bathroom, considering a loft conversion or even dreaming of a new build, it always helps to have the expertise of an architectural designer. From initial designs to recommendations for tradesmen, a design expert has a...
Boost Your Back Garden – Garden Rooms
Now that spring is just around the corner, the days are warming up a little and your garden is starting to bud, how good does your own little sanctuary away from the main house sound? Would having some extra space outside make day-to-day life a little easier for you and your family?
Reset your home ready for 2021
As we all reflect on the challenges 2020 has brought us, it’s a good opportunity to take some time over the festive period to review how your house works for you and your family, especially if members of your family will continue to work from home into the new...
Space planning – why it’s important
As architectural designers, we create and transform spaces to meet the needs of the occupiers. This might be a residential home, retail shopping units, mixed use building developments, or industrial buildings.To achieve the optimum layout for your project and...
Business continuity statement in relation to 4-week lockdown period
With England’s second national lockdown now in force, we wanted to reassure our clients that all our services are continuing as usual in accordance with the Government’s ‘Working safely during coronavirus (Covid-19)’ guidelines. We can continue to carry out...
Hidden treasure: Cash in the attic space!
If you have unused space in the roof cavity of your home, you literally could have cash in the attic! Converting your attic into liveable space can increase the value of your home and give you that extra room in your house. A survey conducted by Zoopla last year,...
Could Coronavirus impact how homes are designed in the future?
The short answer to this is yes, and it already has. Life as we know it has been changed this year. In a survey conducted by the Institute of Directors in September, it showed that 74% of firms planned on maintaining the increase in home working. This, coupled with...
Think green when extending or building
We have had many enquiries over the last few months for home extensions in particular! It has been really interesting to hear the thought processes that have led our clients to the decision to extend. The most common, and relatable, is that when clients were used to...
Use your stamp duty savings to develop and extend!
We have taken many calls in the last month from people who are planning to take advantage of the stamp duty holiday that was introduced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak on 8 July 2020. The stamp duty announcement (which was from immediate effect) states that anyone who...
Room with a view – improve your wellbeing with biophilic design
When you think about getting away from it all, where does you mind wander? Are you envisaging relaxing by the sea, having a walk in the countryside, or taking a bike ride through a forest? It’s probably not an indoor activity. Yet, a survey by renowned bicycle...