Services for homeowners
Do you want to develop your listed building into your dream home? Indeed, you love your listed home but feel there is room for improvement. Then, I am your heritage architect. Together, we’ll find the best way to enable those changes.
My expertise and passion for historic buildings will support you in achieving your goals. Discuss with a professional your ideas, besides learning more about your building. Or get clarity on the possibilities before buying that listed building. See below the dedicated services for homeowners.
Adapt your listed building to create your dream home with your heritage consultant Historic Building Studio
“It was a real pleasure to work with Eva. We learnt so much about our own house that Eva’s report is now a family heirloom!
Her research has helped us fashion our own project and given us confidence that the planning officer will see things like we do. All of that with the utmost professionalism.“
Sebastien Bourgeois, Grade II* listed homeowner in Putney (Wandsworth)
1 hour consultation
Get clarity on your concerns over an online meeting.
- Not sure if your building is listed?
- Your building is listed, and you don’t know what can be changed?
- Not sure what you are allowed to do in a conservation area?
- Are you concerned about particular decay?
- You want to discuss extension possibilities.
Cost £50
Home visit consultation
Get clarity with a conversation in your own home.
- Show me the changes you want to make, and we’ll discuss their feasibility
- Show me the areas of your home that are not working. We’ll discuss possibilities
- We can look at the decay you are concerned about
Cost from £150
Buying a listed building
Understand the state of your building and the future possibilities for change.
- Site visit
- Photography
- Illustrated report
- Includes the services of a structural engineer
Cost from £2,000
Heritage support for planning
All you need to support your listed building consent
- Site visit
- Photography
- Archive research
- Planning history research
- Advice during the design process
- Communications with the conservation officer
- Comment on documents issued for planning
- Heritage Impact Statement
Cost from £2,000
Historic research of your property
Learn about the architectural history of your building, its specific peculiarities and how it relates to the area.
- A site and desk-based research
- Archive research
- Photography
- Illustrated report
Cost £1,500
Alterations to your listed building
You want to apply for planning permission or listed building consent but don’t want to suffer the bureaucratic process.
- Site visit
- Sketches for initial ideas
- Historic Planning Research
- Heritage Statement and Design and Access Statement
- A pre-application meeting with your local authority
- Production of planning documents, including drawings
- Issue of the planning application to the planning portal
Cost from £3,500
“Eva was fantastic. In addition to successfully getting the approval for works on our replacement roof, she advised us on the most efficient and economical way to obtain the necessary permissions. I recommend Historic Building Studio and look forward to working with them again in the future!”
Jeremy Same, Grade II listed building owner in Hackney
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