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Architect recommendations please (side return project)


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Can anyone recommend a local architect that you've worked with on a project such as side return or other extension? I'm looking for a few ideas to look at kitchen side return, but don't want to use a design and build company as all the prices received are just crazy so far.


Thanks!

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We used Chryssanthi Perpidou at Office 25 Architects - she is a local mum - to draw up plans for a granny annexe in our garden. For personal reasons we have decided not to go ahead but the design was great and she managed to get the council's approval.


I know she has done a lot of other work locally so she can probably give you some more relevant examples of work.


www.o25.gr

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Hi,


We used Charles from a local company called Context Architecture. He was very good. We got planning permission for a loft conversion and roof terrace in a conservation area which was not straightforward. We got exactly what we wanted and they were remarkably better priced than others too! We had an initial visit (without any obligation to proceed) which was very informative. Highly recommend! Their website is: www.context-architecture.co.uk


Good luck!

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Stephen Turvil http://www.stephenturvilarchitects.com/ - we're using him right now for a side return project. He's been great. We used an architect because our building has had various add-ons built over the years (not by us) and we have a dropped ceiling above the kitchen, and altogether our side return is not at all straight forward. Stephen has had some great ideas and we have arrived at a plan we're very excited about. If yours is a straight forward job, I'd just use the architect your builder uses for drawings for planning permission etc.


Side return extensions are usually an expensive undertaking, I think, as they involve new foundations and a lot of 'steel'. We're expecting ours to cost twice what it cost us to convert the loft, and perhaps a bit more, for example. Having said that, ours involves fixing the first floor issues as well.

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