In our experience, the best way for us to help you with your project is to fully understand what you are looking for; this is achieved through a site visit and our initial needs and options review.
The findings from our process reduces your risk and gives you peace of mind as you move forward. If for some reason we discover that we are not an ideal “fit” for your project then you will be able to take the review to another Architect/designer to continue the process.
An assessment with our creative design director Michael Stradling BA (Hons) Dip Arch is the first step to take when considering extending, remodelling or building a new home. Michael, a Newbury based leading home design and building expert with over 20 years of experience, who will advise you on potential opportunities and risks with your project.
Our strategy is designed to precisely understand your needs and wants, give you our findings and recommendations, and produce a plan to move forward with a timeline and budget.
OUR INITIAL WORK STAGE:
Our initial work stage NEEDS & OPTIONS REVIEW includes a Site visit of up to 2 hours with a follow up review of your project plus our no obligation fee options to get your project underway.
THINGS TO DISCUSS
We have many years of experience of working with clients and home owners.
Make the best out of this opportunity to improve your home, now or in the future
For our meeting we will discuss
Your outlined brief, detailing things like rooms, sizes, orientation, etc.
The opportunities and limitations of the project site
The viability of the project and all of your ideas
The look and feel of your project
The potential solutions in an outline form
The legal requirements, planning, building regulations etc
Outline construction costs for budgeting purposes
A design and construction timeline
Our professional opinion on the feasibility of your project
A review meeting that includes a schedule of services and our fee proposal on the next stages of your project
BOOK A MEETING
We hope you would like to book the needs and options review with Michael Stradling and that following the review you will wish to continue working with us.
If so we will be happy to offset the costs of this initial stage against our further services.
The Needs and Options Review is £250+VAT *
*depending on the size of your project and the travel time required from our Newbury design studio
If you have any further questions please let us know.
Just take a look at what our past clients have to say:
Michael has been brilliant to work with. As a young developer trying to break into the industry, he has been really helpful and has a good approach to the design process.
He really grasps your vision and way of thinking to create something stunning. Along with a grounded approach in terms of costs and realistic budgets.
Would highly recommend.
Mike at Home Architecture went the extra mile to understand our unique extension requirements. His ideas were innovative and his designs modern and the finished product exceeded our expectations. I would highly recommend Home Architecture.
A wonderful, friendly and sharing process as we work towards our dream extension. Michael is always understanding, approachable and honest in his thoughts, he is totally flexible to our preferences whilst suggesting suitable alternatives.
Michael did our plans for a 2 storey extension to add a new kitchen and bedroom on to our 200 year old house.
We were very pleased with the overall result, which came in on budget and has improved our living space immensely.
I needed, a two story side extension, single story extension to the rear of property, Loft conversion and a single story Garden Room.
Quite a lot of work and a tricky project to complete but from the drawings, through planning and guiding the builders Mike steered it all through hassle free, great to deal with, very professional and just a really good guy.
I would thoroughly recommend. Look no further than Home Architecture,
We approach Michael at Home Arcitecture after having spent a significant amount of time trying to find solutions ourselves to the issues we had at home (poor layout, significant unused space, a dark dinging room, lack of storage space) without coming up with a solution that seemed satisfactory. Michael listened to our brief and general ideas, but eventually submitted a project that was different from anything we had considered before but seemed to resolve our problems well.
The process from the moment we settled on a general design to getting the final technical drawings took about a year, but this included the lockdown period between March and June 2020, and felt reasonable. Michael recomm...
Highly professional service. We wanted an extension to or kitchen to meet the needs of our growing family. We are very pleased with the end result and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend!
Micheal and his team helped us to create our forever home with their foresight. We had a vague idea of what we required and his team created it. Taking our project from a vision to a reality.
Thanks Michael
Working with Michael was an absolute pleasure. He listened to our brief in detail and created something way beyond our expectations and within our budget!
I would recommend anyone who is considering a project to contact Michael to explore possibilities.
We decided to award Home Architecture the design contract for a large rear extension we had planned for our 1930s house. The designed drawing by Mike had some design options that at the time we had not considered. With this open advice and forward thinking vision we approved modification for the final drawing sign off. Its now some eight years since we had the extension done and still very much appreciated the input we had from the architects. The rear extension in brief consisted of a approx 6m x 4m single story extension, with
tiled roof , velux windows and Bi-fold doors across the rear to open up onto hard wood decking. I would recommend Home Architecture if you are considering build...
