Extend & renovate your home with confidence.

Strategic online architectural services on a budget.

Online Pay As You Meet consultancy delivered by George & Ewald, directors of the multi-award winning architectural practice Bradley Van Der Straeten.

Design Studio services, distilled into a simple, efficient and affordable online process.

 

Wait no longer to book your first meeting, subject to availability.

Why The Two Architects is the right choice for your project.

  • Design Inspiration for Any Scale: Unlike many architect studios, which may not cater to projects below a certain budget threshold, our process is designed to assist with projects of any scale, ensuring that no project is deemed too small or insignificant.

  • Transparent Budget Advice: We offer transparent and immediate feedback on your budget, drawing on our years of experience to provide honest advice, helping you make informed decisions without any hidden surprises.

  • Access to Our Network: Benefit from our extensive network of contacts, providing you with valuable connections and resources to enhance your project's success.

  • Cost-Effective Solutions: Working with an architect on smaller projects can be costly. We empower you by providing tools and contacts to handle some of the work and coordination yourself, effectively reducing fees while maintaining quality.

  • Efficient and Collaborative Meetings: Our extensive experience enables us to conduct efficient meetings where we listen attentively to your needs and swiftly develop design solutions in real-time, collaborating with you on-screen to ensure your input shapes the outcome.

  • Immediate Feedback and Empowerment: With live sketches on screen, you can provide immediate feedback and actively participate in steering the design process, empowering you to play a central role in crafting your project's vision.

  • Effective Exploration of Alternatives: Online meetings provide a highly effective platform for exploring alternative solutions and embracing unexpected design possibilities. This ensures thorough exploration of all avenues, leaving you reassured in your decision-making process.

  • Flexible Meeting Schedule: You're in control of your spending with the freedom to schedule meetings according to your convenience and preference, ensuring that you're fully engaged and informed throughout the process.

  • Access to Additional Design Services: We can facilitate connections with designers for drawing up planning applications or building control drawings, providing comprehensive support throughout your project's lifecycle.

How it works.

Our meetings are online using Zoom, you don’t need any software. Meetings are booked automatically through our booking system and you are sent a link. We divide projects into six key stages. Our service is entirely flexible, and you don’t have to use us for all of them. Click on a stage name below to find out how we can help you through each one…

We are there to help you, every step along the way, for your home extension and renovation.

  • Our process is based around online, one-to-one meetings with one of the Two Architects.

  • You can choose to have an experienced, award-winning architect by your side for as much or as little of your project as you need.

  • You will save money on design fees as the process is all online, making the most of our time and saving on travel fees.

  • We help you optimise the layout of your extension or renovation, to get the most out of your home in a matter of hours.

  • In between meetings we provide you with tasks to complete.

  • To assist you with these tasks, we share with you tools and processes that we have been using for over 10 years in our studio.

  • We will link you with consultants to produce all the documents and drawings required to submit a planning application, based on the design we produce with you and for wherever you are in the UK.

  • Our step by step process and our advice during meetings will help you hire the right consultants at the right time, and brief them to produce exactly what you need for your project.

  • You will learn how to find the right builder for your project, what information to provide them with to price the job, benefit from support to analyse their cost estimate and get assistance setting up a contract with them.

Concept Design.

The aim of this stage is for you to have a design that answers your brief. We will do this by sketching live on screen with you during our meeting(s) to get to the best solution for your home. Find out more…

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Planning application.

Many projects won’t require planning permission, but if yours does, we can assist you with applying for it, provide you with the advice you need to secure first time approval and set you up with someone to produce all the documents you will need. Find out more…

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Layout Design.

Once designs have been agreed and permissions secured, the project can start getting more technical and at this stage we will be working with you to procure a set of drawings that can ultimately be used by your builder to price and build the job. Find out more…

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Interior Design.

Getting the finishes right is essential. We will share our interiors expertise with you and advise on what needs to be selected, where to find them and how to document, to enable your builder to accurately price the job. Find out more…

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Getting Quotes.

Possibly the most daunting and most exciting part of the process. We will assist you with everything you need to get prices from builders, review them with you and ultimately help you select your builder. Find out more…

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Construction.

Setting up a good contract with your builder and managing it through the build is essential. We will assist you with doing this yourself and provide you with the on-hand support you will need throughout the build. Find out more…

What People Are Saying

‘Thank you Ewald for your time this afternoon. The session was  extremely positive in that you had already seen the pictures i sent and what I was hoping to achieve and had done some preliminary thinking. You were able to tell be what was feasible in terms of extending the space in my loft apartment and advise me of both the Planning Restrictions and Building Control issues to think about. Additionally you also looked at the space and offered your ‘eye’ on what else I could do which I had not thought about which gave even more food for thought! finally you also sent potential suppliers websites that I could look at and also similar work done by you and 'ball park' pricing…what more could I ask for!’

— David, Kent

‘It can be difficult to know what you need to do in order to plan changes to your home, from drawings to working with builders and what budget to consider. Having a two-hour meeting with George assisted in getting an understanding of the steps involved. George’s expertise in discussing potential feasible ideas and what’s possible within our budget has helped immensely to start planning our next steps to our home improvements’

— Yasmin and John, London

"I spoke with Ewald about the new house we were moving into. I had a couple of projects I was interested to discuss. Ewald gave me a couple of interesting and different options for the both projects which I hadn't thought of before, and was able to talk through pros and cons of them. It was great to talk through my vision with someone who knows how that could apply practically and with a strong design aesthetic."

— Kristen, London

"George and I spoke on Zoom about a potential project for my home in London. I am based in the US and wanted to discuss managing a project remotely. George was transparent and reassuring, sharing examples of processes that might be suitable for my situation. He was clear about budgeting, timings and offered a great deal of information about the stages involved. Bradley Van Der Straeten's designs are very impressive of course, but their attention to client needs and circumstances was even more so."

— Min Pullman, US

“Excellent, inspiring service and completely lovely people. What more could you ask for in an architect?!”

— Katie, E17

Your investment.

 

Pay Per Meeting

£210

Online - 60min.

Our process is simple, book your first meeting with us and you will be prompted with a set of questions about your project and given the opportunity to upload any information you have on your house (pictures/plans). In our first meeting we will discuss your brief and share our screen with you to sketch ideas live. We will follow up the meeting with sketches produced during the session, tasks for you to complete and useful contacts for next steps.

For every meeting booked, we donate £5 to our charity of choice, SHELTER.

Thank you!

Your investment is fully backed by our money back guarantee.

We want you to be a happy customer and gain the confidence you need on your project. If you are not satisfied, simply send an email to hello@thetwoarchitects.com requesting a full, immediate refund.

 

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