A home that works the way you live
Whether you are adapting a home you already have or building one from the ground up, the aim is the same: a home that works the way you live. Sometimes that means opening a dark, compartmented ground floor into a single connected space, or turning an underused loft into a bedroom or study. Sometimes it means extending a house to give it room to breathe. And sometimes it means starting with an empty site and shaping something entirely new, on land that has been waiting for the right response.
Closing the gap between the home you have - or the home you can picture - and the home you want involves a great many decisions, often at points where the outcome still feels uncertain. That is the part I help with.
How I work
Most people do not undertake a building project often. It is unfamiliar ground, and wanting to avoid overspending or poor decisions is entirely reasonable.
Your project is led personally, from first conversation to finished building. What you are really trying to achieve is understood first, then tested against what is possible, so that each decision arrives with clarity at the point when it needs to be made. The process should feel considered rather than overwhelming, and your finished home should feel right long after the work is done. I listen attentively to your ideas and why they matter to you, because those reasons are what a good design has to answer.
A clear path
Every project follows the same considered process, whatever its scale.
Understand. Before any design begins, we get the brief right - understanding how you live, what is not working, and what is genuinely possible for your home and your budget. (Read about the Pre-Design Workshop.)
Design. The design develops in stages, from first concept to resolved detail. A 3D model sits at the heart of this process, allowing the design and its many details to be coordinated with precision. Where it helps, it can also become a way for you to see a space before it is built rather than reading it from plans. (Read about the design process.)
Permissions. Planning permission and building regulations are managed on your behalf, with the experience to navigate conservation areas, party walls, and the particular requirements of your London borough. (Read about planning permission.)
Build. Through construction I remain involved - overseeing the contract, visiting site, and acting as your representative until the home is complete and settled.
How much of this you need is up to you: guidance at a single stage, the full service from first sketch to completion, or architecture and interiors developed together as one continuous process.
From a single room to a whole house
Whether you are reworking a single room, extending a family home, or building new on an open site, the work is approached the same way. My projects are residential - extensions, loft conversions, refurbishments and new builds, mostly in London and North London, with selected projects elsewhere in the UK and the United States. The scale varies enormously; the care does not.
The first step
The first step is a Project Feasibility Call - a short conversation to discuss your project, understand your priorities, and explore whether we are the right fit. There is no obligation attached.
Get in touch here: https://www.pierremare.com/contact
