01 · YOUR HOME ARCHITECTS
Residential architects in Greenwich.
Fixed fees, clear process.
Design, planning, building regulations and the contract on site, from a RIBA Chartered practice. Every service priced before you commit.
PLANNING AUTHORITY
Royal Borough of Greenwich
02 · THE PRACTICE
Design to completion, from a RIBA Chartered practice.
Your Home Architects is a service offered by Vision and Design, RIBA Chartered architects based in London. We set it up so London homeowners can see the whole job in advance, with the price for each service agreed before that service begins.
Architects Registration Board
Architect is a title protected by law in the United Kingdom. Only someone on the ARB register may use it. Registration requires seven years of education and examination, is renewed annually, and can be removed for professional misconduct.
ARB REGISTERED ARCHITECTS
RIBA Chartered practice
Registration is held by the practice, not just an individual. It requires a registered architect in charge, professional indemnity cover, a written complaints procedure and continuing professional development.
VISION + DESIGN LTD
Why the title matters to you
An architectural technologist or designer may be excellent, but is not accountable to a regulator. V+D are Chartered Architects, giving you a complaints route, a disciplinary body and mandatory professional indemnity cover.
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03 · THE SERVICE
How we help homeowners in
Greenwich
Fixed-fee architectural services for London homeowners, in Greenwich and every other borough, from a RIBA Chartered practice. Greenwich covers two quite different worlds: the protected Georgian and Victorian streets around the town centre and Blackheath, and the interwar suburbs further out where plots are generous and rules are lighter. What is possible depends heavily on which you are in. We establish exactly what your address allows first, then price each stage before it starts.
We work on both halves of the borough: rear extensions and side returns on the older terraces, and larger rear extensions, loft conversions and garden rooms on the suburban plots further out.
04 · PUBLISHED FEES
Fixed fee, stage by stage.
Start with a free report. Instruct the next service only when you want to. Priced on how constrained the site is, not on how ambitious you are.
Straightforward work, straightforward pricing
01 · PLANS
Simple plans from only £1,450
• Permitted development only
• Plans and certificate application
• One design revision included
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02 · PLANS + REGS
Plans + building regulations from £2,950
• Everything in Simple plans
• Building regulations application
• Builder-ready technical drawings
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Not sure whether your project needs planning permission? The free report answers that first, at no cost.
Everything else, priced by band
BAND A
Unrestricted property · from £2,500
• Householder Application
• No listing or conservation designation
• From £2,500 for design and planning
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BAND B · MOST COMMON
Constrained property · from £4,000
• Conservation area
• More detailed planning coordination
• From £4,000 for design and planning
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BAND C
Complex property · from £5,500
• Listed, complex, or highly constrained
• Specialist consent and coordination
• From £5,500 for design and planning
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A short conversation about your house fixes the figure for each stage before anything starts.
*Every service is separately instructed and separately priced. Most projects begin with the free report.
**Structural engineers, party wall surveyors, Building Control and builders are appointed directly by you and are not included.
05 · START WITH YOUR ADDRESS
A free property report for London homeowners.
Enter your address and we will tell you whether your home is listed, sits in a conservation area or falls under an Article 4 direction, what you are allowed to build without planning permission, and what your neighbours have already been allowed to build.
Free · Within 48 hours · No obligation
What your report covers
• Listed status, conservation area and Article 4 direction
• What you can build without planning permission, specific to your house
• Your likely planning route
• Existing footprint, plot outline and planning history
• Flood zone, tree preservation orders and decided applications nearby
Download a sample report.
See the address check before you ask us to prepare one for your home.
06 · YOUR ADDRESS, NOT THE AVERAGE
What we check before anything is drawn.
IS YOUR STREET PROTECTED?
23 conservation areas including Ashburnham Triangle, West Greenwich, East Greenwich, Blackheath, Westcombe Park and the Progress Estate. Coverage is concentrated around the town centre and Blackheath rather than borough-wide.
WHAT EXTRA RULES APPLY HERE?
Extra rules apply in several conservation areas including Ashburnham Triangle, West Greenwich, East Greenwich, Rectory Field, Shrewsbury Park Estate and the Progress Estate, mostly covering windows, doors and roofing. The borough-wide rules on shared houses and shops do not affect extensions.
WHAT KIND OF HOUSE IS IT?
Georgian and Victorian terraces near the centre, interwar suburbs at Eltham, Charlton and Plumstead, the Arts and Crafts Progress Estate, and newer housing at Kidbrooke Village and the Peninsula.
WHAT PEOPLE USUALLY BUILD HERE
Rear extensions, side returns and loft conversions, with garden rooms on the more generous suburban plots at Eltham and Plumstead.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT AFFECTS YOUR SITE
The Thames frontage brings flood risk, with the Thames Barrier at the northern edge. Reference: Residential Extensions, Basements and Conversions Guidance SPD 2016, Core Strategy 2014, with a new Local Plan in progress.
07 · CHECK IT YOURSELF
Estimate your London extension cost.
Estimate your full project cost — build, interior fit-out, regulatory and professional fees, contingency and VAT — calibrated for Inner and Outer London.
London extension cost calculator
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08 · COMMON QUESTIONS
Do I need planning permission to extend in Greenwich?
It depends where you are. Greenwich has 23 conservation areas and several carry extra rules on windows, doors and roofing. Outside them, in the interwar suburbs at Eltham, Charlton and Plumstead, the usual allowances generally apply.
I am on the Progress Estate. Is that different?
Yes. The Progress Estate is a conservation area with extra rules, because its Arts and Crafts character depends on consistent windows, doors and roofing. Replacements need to match, and changes visible from the street need permission.
Does the river affect building here?
Near the river, yes. The Thames frontage sits in a flood zone, which means a flood report with the application and closer attention to floor levels. Further inland it is rarely an issue.
07 · CONSULTATION
Book a consultation.
Thirty minutes with a registered architect. Free, and nothing is committed.