Permission granted… for the second time

Just over a year ago we received planning permission to renovate and extend a 1960s bungalow with the aim of creating a higher thermally performing building and improved living spaces to better suit the needs of a young family. To be…

Maggie’s

This coming Thursday 8th November at 7.30pm, Charlie will be giving a talk at Maggie’s Centre in Oxford. Maggie’s offers free practical, emotional and social support to people with cancer, and their families and friends. All tickets include a glass of wine and…

Graven Hill Showcase

The successful self-build development at Graven Hill is hosting a Showcase on Saturday 17th November. It will be an opportunity for potential homeowners to tour the site and see what products Graven Hill have to offer. Charlie will be speaking at…

Layering Up

The layers that go in to making up the walls of a building. Starting with a brick outer layer and concrete block inner layer sandwiching the most important component of all, the insulation – and lots of it! In this…

Starting on Site

It’s exciting for the architect and the client when a project starts on site; to finally begin to see the building take shape in three dimensions. Here the original cottage is shrouded in scaffolding to protect it from the elements…

Masterplan Completed

We are thrilled that the final two phases of this project in Buckinghamshire have been completed. The home-office and garden-room that nestle in the wooded landscape around the main house are now in use by the very happy client. Click…

Impossible Builds

In this eight-part series Charlie and co-presenter Aidan Keane meet ambitious families who are building innovative bespoke homes in some of the UK’s most challenging and remote locations. Starts this Thursday 27th September at 9pm on More4.

Taste Maker!

Charlie is interviewed for this week’s Tastemaker column in Friday 21st September’s The Times Bricks & Mortar supplement. Find out what inspired him to work in architecture and his interior design hints and tips.

Homebuilding & Renovating

The Homebuilding & Renovating Show is back at Excel London this weekend, 21st – 23rd September. Charlie will be speaking on Saturday in the Self-Build Theatre offering design inspiration for your home and a guide to building a low energy…

Planning Permission Granted!

We’re delighted to have received planning permission to modernise and renovate a 1960s house in North Oxfordshire. The aim is to remodel the internal spaces to better suit the client’s needs as well as improve the external aesthetic of the…

Completed project

We are very pleased to have finished a major restoration project of an eighteenth century Grade II listed farmhouse in Oxfordshire. The farmhouse and associated buildings including a cheese-room had sat unoccupied for fifteen years and were in need of…

Bricks and mortar

At our first project on the Graven Hill site in Bicester, the bricks are being laid revealing the interesting shape of the building.

Harnessing Solar Energy

As Charlie’s own self-build project progresses, he is posting blogs on the Homebuilding & Renovating website. This month is topically, all about the solar panels. Solar thermal panels have been mounted on to the roof to use the sun’s energy…

Country House

We have just received planning permission to build our take on a contemporary country house. Using traditional materials and incorporating classical themes, the design provides unique contemporary living accommodation in an idyllic Cotswold setting.

Happy Clients

Our work at this new build project in West Oxfordshire is nearly done. Close involvement with an engaged and enlightened client has produced a project that we’re very proud of. The new family home sits on the site of an…

First Graven Hill Project on site

Following a large amount of steel co-ordination work and some jiggery pokery with the substructure which was missing some pads, finally our first house at Graven Hill is on site. The footing and block and beam structural ground floor are…

Stone Work

The external forms are taking shape at our farm cottage project in Oxfordshire. The Cotswold limestone work has harmonised the old cottage forms with the contemporary extension design using traditional rubble stone.

Sunday Times

Charlie was interviewed for an article in today’s Sunday Times Homes supplement about renovating barns. Our project, Manor Farm Barn was featured as an example of re-using original materials within the building.

Build It Live

Charlie will be appearing at Build It Live in Bicester this coming Saturday 9th June. Build It Live is a home building and self-build exhibition with expert guidance and lots of exhibitors all under one roof.