This article goes through the process of obtaining building control approval. If you haven’t read our article on the recent changes to building control processes in the UK, you may wish to have a read here: https://mb-architecture.uk/building-safety-act-2022/ The Building
We often get asked how long it takes to complete a project, from the initial idea to the project being completed on site. There are some elements that can be done quickly, some that can be run in parallel
Today the Bank of England held the base rate of interest at 4.5% and indicated that any rate cuts may not happen until August. For some this was seen as a cautionary approach, but the UK economy is still
This article goes through the process of obtaining building control approval for private client projects. If you haven’t read our article on the recent changes to building control processes in the UK, you may wish to have a read
At MB Architecture project safety is key. We hope our article below on The Building Safety Act 2022 is of interest.As of the 1st October 2023, part 3 of the Building Safety Act 2022 came into force bringing with
MB Architecture are based in Woking, Surrey. We cover a wide area including Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, London and further afield. We have carried worked on projects as far afield as Oxfordshire and Bristol. In Surrey we cover Woking, Horsell,
As the average age for a first-time buyer in the UK stays stubbornly high at between 33 and 34 years of age (as a UK average including London for 2021-2023, source ‘gov.uk’), a lot of our clients (past and
We often get asked “We have a plot of land, what can we build on it?”. As always in property, there are some common principles which will apply to all plots which we will go through here, and when
Case study: how to convert a multi-storey commercial office building into residential apartments Our developer client identified a commercial building in a town centre that was partially occupied by multiple commercial tenants. The area was ripe for development and
Do I need planning permission or can I build under permitted development rules (PDR)? This is one of the most popular questions that we get asked so I thought it about time we wrote an article about it! Permitted