Conservation and Restoration

We will provide early guidance on the likelihood of securing listed building consent for your desired scheme, including while you are considering purchasing a property. We will conduct research into the history of the property, including any recent listed building or planning applications, both for it and any of its relevant neighbours. We will use the conclusion of this exercise to refine the project brief, should you choose to move forward.

We will prepare a range of sketch design options in response to the brief. Where appropriate we will do this in collaboration with other specialist design disciplines such as structural and services engineers. We will submit a request for pre-application advice with the local conservation department. If necessary we will engage a heritage specialist to draft a heritage report.

We will carry out a full 3D measured survey of the existing. The survey will include panoramic photographs and will stand as a permanent historical record of the property. From the survey we will build a 3D BIM model of the property.

We will develop the existing 3D BIM model into a full proposed model of the selected concept and, after further design development, we will prepare and submit the listed building application.

With listed building consent in place, we will prepare detailed technical drawings and specifications for the scheme, all fully coordinated with structure and services. The project is now ready to be tendered.

We will carefully assemble a shortlist of appropriate contractors with heritage experience and oversee a tender process with them in order to identify the most suitable contractor for your project.

We will act as Contract Administrator, ensuring the work is constructed in accordance with the design and the terms of the building contract.

We will undertake a thorough inspection of the works at completion, identifying any snags to be remedied. We will certify practical completion when the project is completed in accordance with the contract and to your satisfaction.

We will remain in touch with you in the early months once you have moved in, including a return visit after 12 months for the final contractual defects inspections.