A new start and a new regime. Unless on-site, office hours are strictly 8-12, 1-5 making time to consider the great outdoors which has been neglected for the last 3 months. Stepping up our online…
Two approvals have made this Christmas a very happy one indeed, it has taken one year to the day that they purchased the property. Not bad in my experience. The work will start on site…
This week is the real count down to Christmas with ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ playing in cinemas and mulled wine being served everywhere after dusk. Real fires and the smell of pine cones, homemade mince…
Another successful outcome, approval for the change of use of a carport to a home office, the internal alterations to a Grade II listed building in Dunkeswell Conservation Area, to create a larger bathroom where…
The farmhouse at Cathole is a fascinating new commission, an early C18 farmhouse with attached byre, it ceased to be a working farm in the 1970’s and since 1992 has become the home of our…
Dana Assinder, friend and accomplished landscape designer was commended this week in the RIBA Off Grid 2030 Competition featured in the RIBA Journal October 2021 with (Exeter based) Hilton Barnfield Architect for their Naturehaus project,…
On my travels to East Sussex I noted a technique we don’t see much in the west country – galletting. This is a method of filing wide joints with pebbles of shells, pushed into the…
As my second summer working at AAL comes to an end, my departure for university feels bittersweet as I am deeply grateful to start the final year of my Part 1 qualification with valuable experience,…
Tackling multiple projects simultaneously can prove quite difficult, but fortunately, we have a team of reliable colleagues who are managing their own areas of expertise. We are part way through a survey of a house…
After a week in Yorkshire, no traffic, no stress and no IT, we are back at work with renewed energy, eager to overcome new and existing challenges. We have had our own share of COVID…