design service

Whatever stage you are with your project, we will spend time with you to fully understand your practical needs, your dreams, aspirations, and your budget. From creating a design to seeing the project right through to completion, we can help you at any of the steps on your journey to create your dream home.

Client Meeting

meet in person to spend time with you to fully understand your practical needs and aspirations

discuss your project & develop your brief together including defining project parameters & establishing whether planning permission is required

advise you if specialist services are required - such as land surveyor for topographical plans

advise if partners might need to be involved - for example landscape architect

discuss your sustainability aspirations

discuss your budget using price per metre square guidelines

provide quote for design, planning, technical drawing, on site support - whichever elements your project requires

this two-hour design meeting - online, via telephone, or at your home if you are local - is free of charge

Conceptual Design & Development

survey your existing property/site & create plans of it as it is now

commission a topographic plan if necessary - this provides accurate levels of the land for your site

create plans & drawings to show you our initial concepts

create simple digital 3D models to help you understand how the spaces will feel

if planning is required, present the design concept to the Local Planning Authority to obtain feedback. This approach encourages dialogue and feedback on the concept before planning submission. Some LPAs charge a fee for this service.

advise you on the other consultants that might be needed, e.g. engineers

in advance of a planning application being made, the National Planning Policy Framework encourages consultation with neighbours and we can visit your neighbours with you to explain your project

produce architectural design plans on your feedback and integrate with other consultants’ work - e.g. structural engineer

produce elevations, sections, and floor plans as needed
- Elevations = a drawing that shows the front back, and sides of a building, or room
- Floor plan = as if you are looking down on the room from the ceiling (gives you the chance to see everything from other viewpoints)
- A section = the view of the building as if it has been sliced in half, useful as it gives a view through the spaces

Planning application

finalise design drawings
commission additional studies where necessary and/or where required by your local planning authority - e.g. flood risk assessment

create visuals

submit planning application pack. Depending on the project details and the complexity of the work for a planning application, I will sometimes need to work in collaboration with other professionals to produce all elements of the pack

Technical design

Building Regulations drawings

technical design development incorporating specifications for materials and structural details
integrate with specialists - e.g. swimming pool company, structural engineers

create technical working drawings - example

brief project manager - yours or one that I source on your behalf if required

production of drawings for building regulations - tying in design concepts, planning advice and constraints, and technical design considerations.

produce set of building regs drawings

submit drawings to council

studio42 usually subcontracts this work and works closely with the technician to ensure accuracy

On site inspections

resolve any design queries from project manager

site inspections & progress reports to ensure the building work matches the agreed design at all stages of the building work until the end. Frequency of inspections depends on site distance from my base in Southwold

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