Years ago, if you were looking for an architect, you had a couple of options: choose local consultancy or go with a large fancy company. You could take your building project to an architect in your area, or you could splash out and go to one of the big firms located in the UK’s top cities. But, paying more for your design is not always a guarantee of results. A local company will already have a great relationship with your local authority which is essential should you need to

The expansion of Permitted Development rights which came into force on 1st August 2020, should make it easier for renovators and extenders to build upwards, allowing growing families to expand their homes without having to move. At the moment new Permitted Development rights allowing two-storey upwards extensions to blocks of flats came into force on 1 August. It has been allocated first to purpose-built blocks of flats, before eventually being rolled out to all detached prop