Who we are
Four Counties Architecture is a practical, design-led residential architecture studio specialising in extensions, renovations, conversions and planning approval for homeowners across the United Kingdom.
Our services
Houses & New Builds
We design bespoke new build homes that are tailored to your lifestyle, combining thoughtful design, practicality and compliance to maximise your site’s potential.
Renovations
We redesign and transform existing homes into practical, modern spaces that improve layout, flow and natural light while enhancing how you live.
Extensions
We design home extensions that add space, light and value, creating seamless additions that improve your home’s layout and everyday living.
Loft Conversions
Our Process
We guide you from initial consultation through design, planning and technical drawings, with support right through to construction.
Meeting & Free Quotation
Once you’ve made contact, we will schedule a date to conduct a site visit and discuss your brief.
Following the initial site visit, we prepare a detailed written quotation tailored to your brief. This includes a clear breakdown of our services and highlights any additional anticipated costs, such as planning and building regulation fees, so you have a transparent understanding of the full process from the outset.
Site Survey
Once we are appointed, we will arrange a time convenient with our client to carry out measurements of the building. This will enable us to prepare drawings containing the existing building and site layout in plan and elevation format.
We use laser measurement and Lidar scanners to get an accurate survey of the site, which will contain all of the information we need, such as levels, heights, co-ordinates, etc., which is what we need in order to progress the drawings to the next stage.
Initial Concept
Once we have received the survey drawings, we will prepare some initial 3D proposals in plan and elevation format for our client’s consideration. Then, when the customer has had an opportunity to examine these drawings, we may need to have a further discussion or perhaps a meeting to make any changes to the design.
If planning permission is required, we will prepare and submit the planning application, together with all supporting documentation, plans, and drawings.
Production Drawings & Specifications
If Planning Permission is successful, we will prepare detailed construction drawings accompanied by a written specification and submit them either to a Private Building Inspector or to the Local Authority Building Control department to seek Building Regulations Plan Approval, before work commences.
It is often necessary to engage other parties, such as a Structural Engineer or Party Wall Surveyor, at this stage as well. We will notify the client in any such instance of these requirements, and we also have local contacts for these services that we would recommend.
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“Every project begins with questions and expectations. Our role is to listen, explore possibilities, and shape a built solution that responds with clarity and purpose.”
