How we work

A considered
process.

Five stages. Each one ends with something you can hold, read or walk around — never just an invoice.

01 — The programme

14 to 20 months

Typical for a one-off house, from first meeting to the keys.

Adaptive reuse usually adds three to six months at the start, because the survey and the structural strategy have to happen before anything can be drawn.

  1. 01 Listen 2–4 weeks
  2. 02 Test 4–8 weeks
  3. 03 Resolve 3–6 months
  4. 04 Build Through to completion
  5. 05 Return Year one, and year five

  1. Listen

    We begin with the way you live, the qualities of your site, and the possibilities you want to explore.

    Typical duration

    2–4 weeks

    What you get

    • Site and fabric survey
    • Brief, written down
    • Feasibility and budget range

    What we need

    Access to the site, any existing drawings, and an honest number.

  2. Test

    Sketches, models and material studies give shape to a shared vision, with room to question and refine.

    Typical duration

    4–8 weeks

    What you get

    • Two or three distinct options
    • Physical models
    • A first material palette

    What we need

    Your reactions, including the negative ones. They are the useful ones.

  3. Resolve

    We bring spaces, structure and surfaces into focus, working through every junction and everyday detail.

    Typical duration

    3–6 months

    What you get

    • Coordinated drawings
    • Junction details
    • Specification and consultant set

    What we need

    Decisions held for long enough to draw them.

  4. Build

    Through close collaboration with makers and builders, the design becomes a place ready for life.

    Typical duration

    Through to completion

    What you get

    • Tender support
    • Site inspections
    • A snag list we actually close

    What we need

    A contractor willing to talk to us early.

  5. Return

    We visit finished projects at one year and at five. Buildings teach you things that drawings cannot, and the only way to learn them is to go back.

    Typical duration

    Year one, and year five

    What you get

    • A post-occupancy visit
    • A written note on what moved
    • Any snags still open, closed

    What we need

    An afternoon, twice, years after everyone has moved in.

03 — Fees

Stage by stage,
agreed up front.

Each stage is quoted before it starts, so you can stop after any one of them. The figures are published rather than sent on request.

What each stage costs What we do

04 — Start a conversation

Stage one begins with a conversation.

An hour on your site, or in the studio. It costs nothing, it commits you to nothing, and it is how every project here has started.

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