I have a breadth of experience resulting from many years in private practice. This ranges between buildings as diverse as an outdoor recreation centre in the Scottish Highlands and an indoor shopping complex in the Home Counties; an artist's garret and an industrialist's factory; a new house on Mendip and a converted Georgian house in the city; a restored coach house and stables for a playwright in Buckinghamshire and self-catering holiday units for a farmer in Somerset; reordering in a Grade I church; a visitor centre for a private railway and a bus shelter in Canada!

I have worked in practically every area of the residential sector including new private flats, sheltered accommodation for the elderly, 'one-off' houses, the conversion of farm buildings and domestic alterations and improvements.

MY EXPERTISE

I have been trained to look for exciting opportunities to solve difficult problems and to produce high quality design solutions.

I would seek to help you to cultivate your own ideas and to provide inspiration to help achieve the best solution from the outset.

Early consultation avoids costly and inefficient changes of direction during the later stages of a project.

Apart from designing and initiating the construction of a building, I am able to help you with the wider aspects of the building process including:

• sketch proposals

• grant assistance applications

• planning negotiations

• presentation drawings

• appeals and enquiries

• statutory approvals and negotiations

• project management

• self-build and sub contract building

• conservation and repair techniques

• buildings defects and maintenance

• specifications and schedules

• accessibility advice

My own skills and expertise can embrace a part only of the wide range of specialist advice that may be required when you embark on a building project. However, I can guide you towards specialist services and liase with related professional disciplines to ensure that your requirements are best served. In this way your particular project will be provided with the most appropriate input of information and expert knowledge from specialists including:

• building and structural surveyors

• building contractors

• civil engineers

• energy consultants

• estate agents and valuers

• graphic designers

• interior designers

• landscape architects and designers

• land and building surveyors

• perspective artists

• planning law experts

• planning supervisors

• professional photographers

• quantity surveyors/cost advisers

• services consultants/engineers

• structural engineers

• town planning consultants