A'Bear & Ball Architects

We talked to 3-4 different architects looking for someone who could bring fresh ideas to the table for our desire to extend our kitchen/dining/family living area into something contemporary and open plan, but at the same time something that would be architecturally striking versus a 'standard' formulaic rectangular extension + bi-folds. After speaking to Rob from A'Bear & Ball Architects, he brought some completely fresh ideas to the table meeting the brief we gave and then worked with us to develop and refine a favoured scheme into the option we moved forward with. Throughout this design process Rob took on board our suggestions and then provided recommendations from experience, not only on architectural design but also on practicalities and choice of materials etc. We used their services throughout the build, helping us in the tendering process with a thorough specification which enabled us to assess quotes from a number of building contractors and then acting as contract administrator through to build completion assessing quality of work and authorising stage payments, adjudicating fairly on any cost variations. Very personable and easy to work with, we liked the intimacy of it being a new partnership at the time and the way they engaged - we even visited one of their houses to see first-hand the glazing system they were recommending!

We are building a new family home next to our current house. I had no hesitation in asking Damon Ball to design us a house. Its a small.plot and I knew Damon would maximise the space and design us a fantastic 3 bed house. Damon designed two stunning individual 4 bed houses for us 3yrs ago. We will be be using A'Bear &Ball again in the near future because we like thier knowledgeable honest approach to design and planning , and they have designed us individual stunning houses.