01 · YOUR HOME ARCHITECTS
Residential architects in Kingston upon Thames.
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 Kingston upon Thames
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
Kingston upon Thames
Fixed-fee architectural services for London homeowners, in Kingston upon Thames and every other borough, from a RIBA Chartered practice. Kingston is unusual in that its extra restrictions are aimed at town centres and workspaces rather than houses, so householder allowances survive on a great many streets. The river and the sloping ground at Coombe are what shape things instead. We establish exactly what your address allows first, then price each stage before it starts.
We work on the Victorian and Edwardian villas and the interwar semis here: rear extensions, side returns and loft conversions, and larger schemes on the Coombe plots. 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 22 conservation areas including Kingston Old Town, Surbiton, Coombe, Norbiton, Old Malden and the Thames frontage.
WHAT EXTRA RULES APPLY HERE?
Extra restrictions here mainly protect town centres and workspaces, alongside rules on shared houses. Householder rights are narrowed by conservation area status and listing rather than by a borough-wide rule.
WHAT KIND OF HOUSE IS IT?
Victorian and Edwardian terraces and villas at Surbiton, Kingston and Norbiton, interwar semis at New Malden, Old Malden, Chessington and Worcester Park, larger detached houses at Coombe, and riverside flats.
WHAT PEOPLE USUALLY BUILD HERE
Rear extensions, side returns and loft conversions. Plots at Coombe and around Surbiton take considerably larger schemes.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT AFFECTS YOUR SITE
The Thames frontage at Kingston and Surbiton and the Hogsmill bring flood risk, and the sloping ground at Coombe raises groundwater questions for basements. Reference: Core Strategy 2012 with a new Local Plan in progress, and the Residential Design 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 Kingston?
Often not. Kingston has around 22 conservation areas, but its extra restrictions target town centres and workspaces rather than homes, so what limits householder work here is usually conservation area status or listing rather than a blanket rule.
Does the river affect what I can build?
Near the Thames and the Hogsmill, yes. Kingston and Surbiton riverside sit in a flood zone, which means a flood report with the application and closer attention to floor levels and anything below ground.
Are basements possible here?
They are possible, but the ground makes them harder than in flatter boroughs. Coombe sits on sloping ground where groundwater is a real consideration, so any basement needs proper ground investigation before the design is fixed.
07 · CONSULTATION
Book a consultation.
Thirty minutes with a registered architect. Free, and nothing is committed.