New Build Design and Consultancy
At Carters, we can make it possible, our new build design and consultancy service can help you create your dream home.
We have an unrivalled reputation for building magnificent, one-of-a-kind custom new build design that combines classic elegance with the finest contemporary materials.
From concept to delivery, our discreet, bespoke new build design service provides expert advice, support, and ingenuity to leave you with a truly stunning residence that will exceed all expectations.
For the more environmentally conscious, we can also advise on how to create that perfect eco-friendly property development. Going over and above the minimum requirements that must be achieved for on space heating and cooling, airtightness, thermal comfort, and primary energy sources which although initially costs more to achieve in the construction phase, over time it can save up to 85% on energy bills making it a worthwhile investment. They also allow for heating and cooling-related energy savings of up to 90% compared with typical buildings and over 75% compared to carbon-neutral houses.
Whether you have already secured a piece of land, or you wish to replace an existing property with your very own bespoke-built apartment development, you can trust us to turn your vision into a reality.
We can offer a full turnkey service from concept through to completion or tailor a service offering to suit your specific needs.
What we can provide at a Glance:
- Stage 1 – Technical due diligence.
- Stage 2 - Feasibility designs and development appraisals;
- Stage 3 - detailed design and submission of planning applications;
- Stage 4 – Develop technical design, provide construction drawings, and submit building regulations applications. (RIBA Stages 4‐3);
- Stage 5 - Tendering works using a detailed schedule of works or cost plan with like-for-like quotations from contractors (RIBA Stages 4‐5);
- Stage 6 – Onsite contract administration/project management/ principal designer role (RIBA Stages 5‐6). Undertake on-site contract administration including issuing suitable forms of contracts and warranties, and;.
- Stage 7 – CGI and visualizations.
Carter’s have experience of many speculative schemes with partners and are happy to provide advice on the risks and rewards.
Maximising site potential and negotiating the planning maze
The keys to success are creative thinking, flexibility and careful research of available planning intelligence.
This applies equally to single houses, housing development or blocks of apartments. Strategies must be robust to maximise the site potential and understand the social, market and regulatory landscape.
Planning policies and the planning system are constantly evolving and this creates confusion and uncertainty. Carter’s help navigate a route through all this and use their reputation and network of relationships to great effect.
The advice package
There is not a one size fits all service, situations are infinitely variable - so we adapt to clients’ particular circumstances.
Clients in the speculative arena are usually nonprofessional developers (for example a home-owner looking to develop part of their existing garden or having purchased land or buildings to develop) or professional developers (including house builders, small builders and housing associations etc).
Some clients simply need our help-seeking planning approval, so they can sell the land on and benefit from an upturn in the market. Others use Carter’s and our partners to take them through the construction stage to sell complete properties.
The issues and processes for single dwellings are similar to those for self-build homes and there is a specific section of this website that deals with that. Carter’s has a strong history with self-build and we can walk you through some typical journeys.
For larger schemes, such as homes or apartments, we help clients understand the market for likely occupiers and market forces generally. We then support strategy development that trackback to required returns on investment whilst also satisfying stakeholder needs with a sense of place, and quality integration into the existing context.
