Hurley Porte & Duell

By sharing your phone screen with us you can show us your home and we can demonstrate similar projects by sharing our ideas and designs on our computer screens. We have local planning knowledge, listed building expertise and offer site and building surveys for our commercial clients, providing a complete service for your project, from inception to completion. We offer a wide range of services to help you with your residential project including design consultancy, feasibility studies and planning and building regulation approvals.

Hurley Porte and Duell was established by W.C de la Porte in London in 1945 and in the early years specialised in war damage work. He received an OBE for his services to the YMCA movement. The Colchester office was opened in 1975 and is now our sole office. Hurley Porte and Duell has designed and administered the construction of most building types. Our practice portfolio is diverse, covering small scale refurbishment projects to multi-million pound new buildings. Please look at our case studies for details of our many projects.

Need extra space in your home? An extension is a great way of achieving this without having to move, taking the form of a rear or side extension, either single or two-storey, a loft conversion or even multiple extensions. Whatever your vision, there are many considerations needed when extending your home, including the size of the extension, neighbours and highways. From the initial design concept to full project management, HPD Architects are here to help. The cost of an extension will depend largely on the size of the extension, but you will also need to factor in the professional costs, including builders and architects, planning permission and building regulations, as well as interior fit costs such as windows, doors and floors.

We provide a wide range of services to help you with your project, starting with design ideas and a free consultation leading onto a feasibility study with building cost estimates, and through to obtaining the necessary planning and building regulation approvals. We have local planning knowledge and 'listed building' expertise to tackle even the most challenging projects. We can even procure and manage the building work for you with an option to use our project management services and builders from our approved list.