eco, off-grid, low energy house

Look at that view – and the sun isn’t even shining! What an incredible location for a new off-grid, low-energy, eco house. With Planning permission recently granted, we hope to have the Building Warrant in place shortly to allow kick-off on site. We’ll be posting pictures as the work progresses, so watch this space!

the fun stuff!

The fun stuff! Love that our clients love these as much as we do. They go so well with the veined black marble worktops and slatted oak kitchen units. This house remodeling is now complete and looking beautiful. Internal alterations to future-proof this home and garden in terms of accessibility for our clients. Sensor-operated pocket… Read more »

We’re in Scottish Field magazine!

It’s always exciting to see one of our projects in print! February issue of Scottish Field Mag for our underground wedding venue

Come back sun!

Not the best picture to show off the newly installed glazed gable on this work-in-progress, but worth a look all the same. That first-floor room is going to be flooded with light every morning – once the sun comes back……

and then the (glass) roof went on…..

Ahead of the Big Reveal, a few more progress pics for you. And things are really starting to take shape – despite having had 3 storms to contend with…… Glass roof and walls✅ Whinstone walling ✅ Dry lining and plastering ✅ Blue sky and sunshine ✅ Big truck in the way of a decent photo… Read more »

‘Subterranean’ Wedding Venue – Scottish Borders

Before we upload pics of the completed project, here are some work-in-progress shots taken a wee while ago – the building frame developing, after the retaining walls had been formed. Realising this partially subterranean wedding venue involved moving a hell of a lot of earth, in a very remote location in the Scottish Borders……..

We’re on the telly!

It’s been a while since we posted about this one…. but things had to be kept under wraps until the restart of Grand Designs last night. In a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ moment, if you look carefully you’ll see our drawings about 10 minutes in! Such an interesting project to be involved with, as… Read more »

Making the most of the sea view….

Still early days, but we are very excited about the end results of the transformation of this simple bungalow in Padstow, Cornwall. With that view, we just had to take the whole rear wall out!…and this is possibly one of the tidiest sites we’ve ever experienced – thanks to https://bazeleyconstructionltd.com

New Build House in Hale -Progress on site

It might be a hugely complicated steel frame structure for this new build house, but the partitions are still good old timber frame. Services are now being installed and the underground car park is formed. Meanwhile, the curved structural glass walls are being manufactured in Italy, as progress continues apace!