Initially intended as a speculative development, the two partners liked the houses so much they decided to keep them. Only completed at the back end of 2008, this pair of houses are our first to be designed to meet Level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes and include high levels of insulation, solar panels, rainwater harvesting and other measures too numerous to list here. Approx project value approx £220k

A very modern open plan interior housed within a traditional form with a contemporary twist. Currently on site now and scheduled for completion in the Summer 2009, call back every few weeks to view progress. A very difficult planning application for what will become the last building plot in this very desirable Derbyshire village. We overcame a barrage of local objections to obtain an approval through a great deal of very positive negotiations with the Local Planning Authority. A difficult site too, very steeply sloping, the house will appear as a bungalow on the rear, but a full two storeys at the front. We’re rather proud of this one and can’t wait to see it finished. Approx project value approx £200k

Queens Drive, Belper

A 4 bedroom house with a beautiful double height entrance gallery overlooking a dining hall. Looks like a bungalow from front and rear, but it’s a full two storey house built into the hillside of a steeply sloping site. Approx project value approx £150k

Quarndon View, Allestree

A very traditional styled 5 bed roomed home built on the rear half of the clients former home. He moved in and sold his old place for more than the cost of building this new one. Approx project value approx £120k at 2002 prices.

One of our favourite designs. This ultra modern design was granted planning permission but unfortunately never got further than the plans and models shown here. Our client moved abroad to sunnier climates to be with her family.

St David’s Close, Ironville

One of the biggest houses we’ve designed, at 5 bedrooms and over 4,000ft. It was designed for a local housing developer in very traditional forms and materials at the end of one of his own cul-de-sacs. Approx project value approx £170k.