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P-300 · Process

From first walk to keys.

Four stages, one team, and a fee that is fixed before the detailed drawings start. Scroll to move through the scales.

Stages

Fee

Fixed at stage 2

Site visits

Weekly

Site visits

Weekly

P-300 · How a project runs

1:

500

1:500

Stage 1 · weeks 1 to 4

Site and brief

We walk the land with you, measure the sun and the neighbours, and agree a budget before any drawing starts.

Open sketchbook with a house drawing and a white card model on concrete

1:100

Stage 2 · weeks 5 to 12

Plans you can walk

Three layouts at 1:100, a card model, and one fixed fee for everything that follows.

Layout drawings on a desk with a wooden ruler and pencil

1:20

Stage 3 · weeks 13 to 26

Every joint drawn

Planning consent, then details at 1:20 so the builder prices what we drew, not what they guess.

Fan of material samples and stone blocks on a concrete surface

1:1

Stage 4 · on site

Built at full size

We are on site every week until you hold the keys, and again one year later.

Finished living space with an oak stair and a pale sofa

S-400 · Schedule of work

What we draw.

Four kinds of commission. One team from the first sketch to the last snag.

Code

Commission

What you get

Typical time

Fee

N-01

New homes

A house designed from the plot up, with consent, details and site visits.

14 to 20 months

From 9%

Stone house with a lit terrace and pool at blue hour

E-02

Extensions and reuse

More room and more light in the house or the old building you already own.

8 to 12 months

From 11%

Stripped interior of an old brick building during works

I-03

Interiors

Joinery, lighting and finishes drawn with the building, not after it.

4 to 7 months

Fixed fee

Living room with black steel doors, pendant lights and oak furniture

P-04

Small public buildings

Libraries, pavilions and clinics for clients who answer to a community.

18 to 30 months

By tender

Clinic lobby with oak joinery, plants and a blue wall hanging

P-310 · Before you ask

Plain answers.

When is the fee fixed?

At the end of stage 2, when the layout is agreed. Before that you pay a set sum for the site study and the first plans.

Do you handle planning consent?

Yes. We prepare and submit the application, speak to the planners, and attend the committee if there is one.

Can we use our own builder?

Yes. We tender to three builders, and yours can be one of them. Everyone prices the same drawings.

How small is too small?

We take extensions from about 40 square metres. Below that we will point you to someone good.

C-800 · New commission

Start with a plan.

Tell us about the plot or the building. We reply within two working days with a first read of what is possible.

studio@quarrow.co · +44 20 5550 0188

What are you planning?

New home

Extension

Interior

Public building

Practice

Quarrow Architects designs private homes and small public buildings from studios in Lisbon, London and Austin.

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