For Discerning Homeowners
Statement Residential.
New builds, bold extensions and listed building work — for clients who want a home that doesn't look like everybody else's.
For Discerning Homeowners
New builds, bold extensions and listed building work — for clients who want a home that doesn't look like everybody else's.
Our Position
There are plenty of architects who'll take any residential job that comes in. We're not one of them.
We work with homeowners who want a house that's deliberate. Beautiful proportions, considered materials, distinctive details. Architecture that earns the term — not a tray of reheated UPVC and rendered MDF.
If you want the cheapest extension on your street: we're not for you. If you want one that's quietly the best: we are.
Most of our residential clients are second-time renovators — people who've done a project before, knew it was a fight, and want to do it properly this time with someone they can rely on.
Discuss Your ProjectWhat We Take On
We deliberately keep our residential book narrow. These are the four types of work we love and do best.
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The best residential commission an architect can take. Houses designed entirely around their site, brief and occupants. AONB sites, coastal plots, infill replacement dwellings, paragraph 80 exceptional design. Our clients are typically self-builders and people who've found a plot they want to do justice to.
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Side returns, rear extensions, wraparounds, above-garage. But not the standard suburban ones. We design extensions that are clearly contemporary — confidently modern, not dressed up as something they're not. Typical project value £150k–£500k construction.
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Grade II and II* listed buildings. Conservation areas. Sensitive interventions to historic fabric, working with skilled specialist contractors. Listed Building Consent applications. The hardest residential work — and often the most rewarding.
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Reconfiguring a tired house into a calm, well-considered home. Architecture and interior architecture together — kitchen, joinery, lighting, materials all designed in the practice as part of the same exercise.
What We Don't Do
We're not the right architect for every project — and saying so up front saves everybody time. Here's what we don't take on:
Volume builders' houses or template extensions. If your brief is "just like next door but slightly bigger" — there are firms who'll do that for less. We're not one of them.
Lowest-bidder projects. A residential project takes a year of our time. We work with clients who care about how it gets there, not just the cheapest fee.
Fight-the-planners-at-all-costs work. If your idea is fundamentally outside what your local authority will approve, we'll tell you. We don't take on planning gambles for clients who won't accept a refusal.
Internal redecoration. Wallpaper and soft furnishings need an interior designer, not an architect.
Featured Residential Work
New Build · Ventnor AONB
A new coastal dwelling on a steep AONB site above Ventnor — every room designed to capture a different aspect of the Channel.
View project →Extension · Shanklin
Comprehensive extension and reconfiguration of a detached family home — opening up the ground floor to garden, light and family life.
View project →Renovation · London Borough of Bromley
Whole-house transformation of a Victorian end-of-terrace — every room reimagined with a coherent contemporary palette.
View project →How We Work
A residential project takes 12–36 months from first conversation to moving in. The relationship matters as much as the design.
Every commission is led by Lewis Wood from start to finish. You deal with one architect, who has authority to make decisions, who's on site, who answers your emails. No team rotations, no unfamiliar faces at every meeting.
Read Our Full ProcessFees
Residential fees typically range from 8–14% of construction cost for a full service — smaller and more complex projects sit at the higher end, larger and simpler ones at the lower end.
All fees are staged across the RIBA Plan of Work and quoted in writing before any work begins.
View Full Fee StructureThinking About a Project?
Whether you have a site, a half-formed idea or just a curious question — an initial chat is always free and without obligation.
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