We will often use photo manipulation to demonstrate how the building will look on completion to add realism to CAD 3D drawings, but often starting from pencil sketches. With this in mind we offer a free and unique Value for Money check for your proposal to determine how you can best add value to your home. Our advice is based on extensive experience of the property market and is always tailored to suit your needs. An architect in Cornwall will often charge according to the old fee scale used as a guide by many members of the Royal Institution of British Architects.
John Chapman, Principal of Truro-based Architectural Solutions, offers a Cornwall-wide service to meet property and planning needs large and small. With a design career spanning 30 years, he began his working life in an chartered architects practice and later qualified as a surveyor in property development. Before returning to residential design twelve years ago, he had specialized in the tourism field, establishing Phoenix Design in Cornwall and creating tourist attractions and museums throughout the country.
Architectural Solutions can help you streamline or extend your business premises, or design new premises, whether it is a shop, office, restaurant or factory. We have experience and expertise in designing barn conversions for holiday lets, hotels, museums and restaurants ranging from cafes to Michelin-starred establishments. John Chapman's experience of property development has involved the creation of business parks, shopping developments and offices up to 3,000 sq m, instructing architects and consulting on designs for many projects for several major developers.
The Building Regulations have been governing how we construct buildings for more than 40 years and are subject to frequent change as building materials and standards improve. Nearly all changes you might want to make to a house are governed by the regulations, with the exception of garden walls and sheds and internal non-structural alterations. Even installing a log burner can require permission. Applying for building regulations usually follows planning approval and the process normally takes a few weeks, depending on the complexity of the scheme.
Our services range from outline sketches to planning applications, listed building consents, building regulations approvals, development advice, interior design and cabinet work, 3D CAD artwork, CAD drawings and artist's impressions. We can take you from initial concept through to the completed development based on over thirty years of experience. Check out the individual services for your particular project under Architectural Solutions.
We bring a creative approach to the challenge of finding new uses for old buildings, whether it is converting large houses to flats and apartments, cafes to homes, stables and workshops to holiday accommodation, or offices to residential. If you have a building that needs re-thinking, give us a call. We may be able to help you convert it to your advantage. Obtaining change of use will be necessary and it may well be that we suggest a Pre-Application enquiry to identify just what the Planning Authority will allow.
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