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Extension
Gaining a room without losing the garden. We look for the graft that carries the house forward rather than sitting against it, and the orientation that brings morning light where you actually live.
Homeowner
Your project, from first sketch to planning consent
Extension, added storey, renovation or new build: we turn what you want into a project that holds, and the project into a complete application, ready to be examined. At every stage you know where you stand, what it costs and what is still ahead.
LIBER.ARCHI study sketch.
What we draw
Four starting points
Extend, raise, renovate or build: the gesture changes, the method does not. We start by reading the plot, the light and what already grows there.
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Added storey
Going up when the plot no longer allows spreading out. The existing structure sets the terms: we survey it before drawing, and the local plan says how far.
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Renovation
Taking on a house without erasing it. Insulation, openings, layout: we keep what holds and what has worth, and replace what costs in comfort and energy.
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New build
Placing a house on a plot means first choosing where it will not be. The slope, the sun’s path and the trees already standing settle the siting before the first line.
What we handle
- 01Feasibility study and reading of the local plan
- 02Prior declaration of works (DP)
- 03Planning permission (PC) and development consent
- 04Architectural design and landscape integration
- 05Contractor tendering and site supervision
Our commitment
You always know where you stand.
A house project runs over two years, sometimes three. Our job: to tell you, at each stage, what is settled, what it costs and what is still to decide.
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We read the ground before drawing
The slope, the neighbour’s shadow, the tree we keep, the rules that apply. This survey saves the projects that otherwise get redrawn three times.
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Constraints, named early
A constraint named at the first meeting costs less than a refusal six months into the process.
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One contact, from first sketch to handover
You never explain your project twice. Whoever drew it is whoever follows the site.
A few views
Projects drawn, at various stages
These are study sketches and visualisations produced for applications. They show how we work, not what is already built.
Terrace and pergola
Carrying the house out towards the garden through a covered space, usable from May to October.
Visualisation for a prior declaration
The document that shows the case officer the project in its real setting.
Acacia terrace and planted facade
Local timber and a facade that greens over: two decisions taken while drawing, not at the end.
Let’s talk
A project for your home?
A first conversation is enough to say what your plot allows, in what time frame and at what cost.