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Mick Ramsey – single story extension – Stourbridge, West Midlands – Update
Mick Ramsey asked us to design a single story extension on his home to create a larger dining and kitchen area for his family. This design was made with the unique characteristics of the house in mind. We also specified bi-fold doors in the extension to capitalise on the stunning views of the property.
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Peter Morris – Rear & Side Extension Planning Application – Honeybourne, Worcestershire – Review
Barnaby, from The Design Social, worked with us to design and plan the side and rear extensions to our property. Barnaby took the time to understand what we were looking to achieve, and developed plans to suit our needs. He was responsive and happy to make adjustments as we moved through the process. Once we…
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Josef Keeling – Honeybourne, Worcestershire – Side & Rear Extension Planning Application – Review
Barnaby, from The Design Social, worked with us to design and plan the side and rear extensions to our property. Barnaby took the time to understand what we were looking to achieve, and developed plans to suit our needs. He was responsive and happy to make adjustments as we moved through the process. Once we…
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Luke Morris – Planning Application for rear extension – Glenfield, Leicester
Luke Morris approached us to design and get planning approval for a large rear extension. This was a creatively challenging project, one reason being that the extension stretched along a large portion of the rear of the property, combining a snug area, utility room, kitchen and dining area into a larger area. This area was…
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Brett Naylor – Old barn conversion to hobby farm – Wigston Parva, Blaby – Review
Amazing, creative, professional practice. A complete package of professionalism / creativity / experience and great value. This is the second time we have used the Design Social and we would thoroughly recommend to others. Our passion for the building projects were matched by this company and we could not be more pleased with the service…
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Optical People – Interior Design of new opticians – Hinckley, Leicestershire
Ravi Saigal approached us with an ambitious project to transform a massive empty retail unit into two units, a large opticians with several sections for maximum efficiency and a secondary unit that will soon be leased out. We agreed to help with the drawing up of this project and despite some challenges met along the…
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Declan Nicholas – Planning Application for rear extension – Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Declan Nicholas approached us to help design a rear extension that would combine his kitchen and dining area into a larger living space for the family. This extension also had to provide a partial first floor extension to provide a new third bedroom. The site had unique constraints for this project as the extension’s potential…
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Adam Withers – House and Salon extension – Earl Shilton – Review
We have had a couple of guys previously to come and chat with us about drawings, but Barnaby stood out as he really took time to go over what we wanted and gave us some great ideas. Communication was key with him in the fact he listened to us and made us feel entirely comfortable…
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Chris Marley – Planning Application for rear extension – Hinckley, Leicestershire
Chris Marley approached us to help design a rear extension that would combine his kitchen and dining area into a larger living space for the family. We also had unique constraints for this project as the extension’s potential size was restricted due to respect for the neighbours privacy. Despite this, The Design Social worked hard…
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Leawood Trails – Rural Business Planning Application – Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Liz Burman has worked with us in the past, and as such approached us with a new project relating to her dog day care business. She owns a field used for training and exercise of the dogs they look after, and so wanted planning approval for an insulated timber cabin, usable for housing and training…
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Jay Robbo – Book cover design – London
We recently branched out our graphic design options when we were asked to design a book cover for self publisher Jay Robbo. We were given a brief of a few key elements of the book’s story from the author, work-shopped a few drafts & based on these, produced a few options which we worked into…
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Josef Keeling – Rear & Side Extension Planning Application – Honeybourne, Worcestershire
Josef Keeling and Peter Morris wanted a new extension to the rear of their property after experiencing many common problems with their existing conservatory, such as heating and lighting issues during the summer and winter months. As such, they approached us to help redesign and expand it to allow a larger kitchen area, as well…
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Lavina Trehan – Planning app for stair installation – Northampton
Lavina contacted us through Checkatrade to get help with providing a drawing for planning and building control, which detailed how a lightwell for a basement conversion could be constructed. We liaised with Lavina’s structural engineer to coordinate the architectural appearance with the structural requirements for building regs. We provided these drawings and the project is…
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Marie Fox – expansion and extension of annexe building – Peatling Magna, Leicestershire
Marie Fox owns an annexe building connected to her existing property, that due to time and the materials of the building, had fallen into disrepair due to damp seeping into it. Because of this, she approached us to help redesign, expand and extend it into a comfortable and usable building once again. We suggested several…
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Andy Manning – Extension of kitchen area – Wolvey, Leicestershire
Andy Manning had wanted to build an extension to his kitchen area for a while to allow greater living space to his home, and approached us to get planning approval for it. This was actually quite a technically challenging project, partly as the extension needed to be built off the back of the house, in…
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Andy Bromwich – Rear extension planning app – Barwell, Leicestershire
Andy Bromwich approached The Design Social, looking for an imaginative solution to convert a quirky one up, one down dormer bungalow into a 3 bedroom family home with an open plan lounge and kitchen extension In spite of the space constraints on site, we delivered a proposal that fulfilled the brief to the clients satisfaction
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Brett Naylor – Old barn conversion to hobby farm – Wigston Parva, Blaby
Brett & Aimee Naylor got in touch to ask for help in getting a unique development idea through to planning approval. The property is on the edge of a heritage conservation area and consisted of a derelict barn from the 50’s and an overgrown and unloved half an acre of scrubland. The Naylors wanted to…
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Swan Theatre, The Play’s The Thing – Detailed design to install – Stratford upon Avon
We worked along with The Hub to develop a concept design for the new permanent exhibition at the Swan Theatre, The Play’s The Thing. This was a technically challenging project due to the building being listed & required us to work closely & communicate clearly between the client, manufacturing companies & on-site installation.
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CVS Charity Ball – Branding & promotional material – Darby
Along with web design & hosting, we’ve created a raft of promotional marketing to support the annual charity ball, a core part of the charity’s fundraising.
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Paul Maguire – holiday let planning application – Wigston Parva, Blaby
Paul & Nicky Maguire from Wigston Parva approached The Design Social with a fascinating idea to convert an existing garage with a loft conversion into a short term, AirBNB style holiday let. The difficulty was that the property borders a designated heritage area, which meant that heritage reports & Highways Agency liaising were required. When…
