01 · YOUR HOME ARCHITECTS
Residential architects in Hammersmith and Fulham.
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
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
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
Hammersmith and Fulham
Fixed-fee architectural services for London homeowners, in Hammersmith and Fulham and every other borough, from a RIBA Chartered practice. This is a borough of long Victorian and Edwardian terraces, where filling in the side return and digging down are the two moves that transform a house. Both are more involved than they look. We establish exactly what your address allows first, then price each stage before it starts.
Most of our work here is side returns and rear extensions on terraced houses, and the structural and neighbour coordination that comes with building hard against the boundary on a narrow plot. Each stage priced before it begins.
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?
Around 45 conservation areas including Hammersmith Grove, Brackenbury Village, Parsons Green, Bishops Park, Ravenscourt Park, St Peter's Square and the Peterborough Estate. Where one applies, the council controls anything that changes how the street looks.
WHAT EXTRA RULES APPLY HERE?
Since 2018 nobody in the borough can dig a basement without permission. Other rules cover converting offices and shops into homes, which does not affect ordinary householders.
WHAT KIND OF HOUSE IS IT?
Victorian and Edwardian terraces, the Peterborough Estate lion houses, Edwardian mansion blocks and newer riverside flats. The terraces are long and narrow, which is why the side return matters so much here.
WHAT PEOPLE USUALLY BUILD HERE
Side return infills, rear extensions, basements and loft conversions. On these long terraces the side return is where most of the useful space is found.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT AFFECTS YOUR SITE
Basements need a method statement from the builder and are assessed for their effect on neighbouring houses. Parts of the borough beside the Thames sit in a flood zone, which adds a flood report to the application. Reference: Policy DC11 and the Planning Guidance SPD.
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.
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08 · COMMON QUESTIONS
Do I need planning permission to extend in Hammersmith and Fulham?
It depends on the street. The borough has around 45 conservation areas, so a good share of homes are covered, but plenty are not and the usual allowances still apply there. Basements are the exception: every one needs permission, wherever you are.
Can I dig a basement here?
Only with permission. Since 2018 the council has required an application for every basement in the borough, along with a builder's method statement showing how the work will be done without damaging your house or your neighbours'. That applies to flats as well as houses.
What is the most common project here?
The side return infill. Taking out the flank wall means holding up two storeys on a steel frame, and the drains usually run through exactly the strip you want to build on. Both are worth resolving before the design is fixed, not after.
07 · CONSULTATION
Book a consultation.
Thirty minutes with a registered architect. Free, and nothing is committed.