01 · YOUR HOME ARCHITECTS
Residential architects in Redbridge.
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 Redbridge
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
Redbridge
Fixed-fee architectural services for London homeowners, in Redbridge and every other borough, from a RIBA Chartered practice. Redbridge is interwar suburbia at Ilford, Gants Hill and Barkingside, with leafier Edwardian streets around Wanstead and Snaresbrook. In its conservation areas the extra rules go further than most boroughs, covering extensions themselves. We establish exactly what your address allows first, then price each stage before it starts.
We work on the interwar semis here, rear extensions and loft conversions, and on the Edwardian and detached houses around Wanstead where the plots take more. 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 16 conservation areas including Wanstead, Snaresbrook, Woodford Green, the Bungalow Estate at Seven Kings, Valentines and Cranbrook.
WHAT EXTRA RULES APPLY HERE?
Conservation area rules here restrict extensions, windows, roofs and porches, which goes further than in many boroughs. The Bungalow Estate at Seven Kings has its own specific rules. The borough-wide rule on shared houses does not affect extensions.
WHAT KIND OF HOUSE IS IT?
Interwar suburbs dominate at Ilford, Gants Hill, Barkingside and Woodford, with leafier Edwardian and detached housing at Wanstead and Snaresbrook, and some Victorian stock near Ilford.
WHAT PEOPLE USUALLY BUILD HERE
Rear extensions and loft conversions on the interwar semis, and larger schemes on the Edwardian and detached houses around Wanstead and Snaresbrook.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT AFFECTS YOUR SITE
The River Roding brings flood risk at Ilford and Wanstead. Reference: Local Plan 2015 to 2030, adopted March 2018, and the Bungalow Estate Conservation Area Design Guide, January 2019.
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 Redbridge?
In the conservation areas, yes, and Redbridge applies these rules more tightly than most: they cover extensions themselves, not just windows and roofs. Outside those areas, on the interwar semis, the usual allowances generally apply.
I live on the Bungalow Estate. What applies?
It has its own conservation area rules and a published design guide, because the estate's character depends on the bungalows staying bungalows. Extensions, roof alterations and porches are all controlled, so the design conversation starts with what the guide allows.
Is flood risk an issue here?
In parts, yes. The River Roding runs through Ilford and Wanstead and properties near it sit in a flood zone, which adds a flood report to any application and affects what you can do at ground level.
07 · CONSULTATION
Book a consultation.
Thirty minutes with a registered architect. Free, and nothing is committed.