Kitchen renovations
The ground floor reconsidered around a new kitchen, with structural change, layout and coordination resolved together.
The ground floor reconsidered around a new kitchen, with structural change, layout and coordination resolved together.
A kitchen renovation is often a reorganisation of the ground floor: the kitchen is the starting point, but the design concerns light, movement and the relationship between rooms.
Design begins with the room rather than the cabinetry: where light enters, where the view to the garden falls, how people move between the front door, the kitchen, the table and the garden, and how the household cooks and eats. Structural changes are planned alongside the layout.
Internal alterations rarely require planning permission, although listed buildings and flats may be subject to consent or lease restrictions. Structural alterations, drainage and ventilation require Building Regulations approval.
The studio prepares the layout, structural coordination and specification, and oversees the works so that the design is delivered as intended.
Fees are fixed for each stage and confirmed in writing once the scope is agreed. Construction cost depends on the site, the specification and the procurement route, and is established through an indicative cost plan at feasibility stage.
Fees are fixed at each stage and confirmed in writing, so that cost is known before design begins.
A director leads each project from the first conversation to completion, giving continuity at every stage.
Every enquiry is answered by a director within one working day, and progress is reported at every stage.
Advice follows the evidence, including where it departs from the initial brief.
Design is resolved in detail before it reaches site, so that the quality of the idea is carried into the built work.
Services that usually sit alongside this appointment. Fixed fees, staged, with a director leading the work.
Provide the site address and a summary of the requirement. A director will respond within one working day.