Renovation and architecture blog

In this blog section, our architects sharpen their pencils and share honest advice on Victorian renovations, extensions and planning permission, along with real project lessons from across London. We write for homeowners at every stage, whether you’re still weighing up whether to move or extend, gathering quotes, or halfway through a build and wondering why nobody warned you about the damp.

Expect answers to the questions we get asked most often on site and in first meetings: what surveys you actually need, how to talk to neighbours before work starts, where costs tend to hide, and what we’d do differently if it were our own home.

All the practical advice you can use right now, whatever stage you’re at.