Design and build for a Chelsea home

Design and build appointments have become the normal route for homeowners in Chelsea. Almost every house here is listed or in a conservation area. So the approvals, the structure and the finishes all have to move together. Here is what the appointment actually gets you.

Experience on this kind of building

Our architects, interior designers and builders work in the same office. They have done renovation work across Chelsea. It ranges from whole-house projects to single-room refurbishments. That means the planning position and the construction constraints are known rather than researched.

One contract

You deal with one company from the first survey to handover. You are not coordinating an architect, a contractor and three consultants. They have never met. There is no gap between appointments for something to fall into.

A design drawn for your house

We write the brief down room by room before anything is drawn. Then we design against it. That makes the finished house functional as well as good-looking. The drawing was tested against how you actually live.

Quality that is recorded

Concealed work, waterproofing, services and setting out are inspected before finishes go over them. The inspection is recorded. We use materials and suppliers we use repeatedly. We do not tender each package to the lowest bidder.

Where the cost sits

We are not the cheapest and we do not price to be. This is explained in full here. What you get instead is a cost plan you can read. It shows what is included and what is excluded. It shows where the allowances sit. It also shows what moves if you change your mind.

Our own construction rates are published by work type. See the NU Build Cost Calculator.

Talk to us

You may be planning work on a Chelsea house. If so, tell us about it. You can also see completed work in the project portfolio.