Works started on site summer 2016 and were completed in late spring 2018.

Overlooking open rolling countryside to the south, these five bedroom 3,000sqft+ homes have been designed over two floors with a stepped ground floor taking advantage of the natural topography of the site. This provides extra high ceilings to the main reception and living spaces at the rear of the house where the large glazed southern elevation allows light to flood into the interior.

Externally, the contemporary design takes its cue from simple traditional gabled barn structures and the mix of timber cladding and render compliment the slate roofing. Cantilevered first floors to the front elevation are supported on piers with ribbon windows to the bedrooms above.

The Planning Committee at the London Borough of Bromley last night approved Planning Permission for a two large new detached dwellings for our client Tkei Homes on a site adjacent to the Sundridge Avenue Conservation Area.

A Pre-Planning Application was been submitted today to London Borough of Bromley on behalf of developer Tkei Homes Ltd for 3 new 3,250sqft detached homes with integral garages. Sited adjacent to a Conservation Area the homes have been designed to draw on some of the predominant architectural features of the surrounding area; steeply pitched roof, tall gable ends, octagonal bay windows and decorative features. A Full Planning application is expected to be submitted within the next few months.

Designed as a mirrored pair of Sussex vernacular homes, the houses take advantage of the long site and are set back substantially from the quite road, sharing a central access driveway allowing the existing mature trees to the front of the site to be retained.

Careful consideration of the local planning policies and a design that is sensitive to the local architectural style and character of the immediate area allowed for a smooth route through planning and positive feedback from the Pre-Application meeting with the planners. This scheme demonstrates that while it may be considered ‘garden-grabbing’ by some the planners can be supportive of well thought out and reasoned applications.