Whether a private owner or property developer considering refitting or extensively altering and refurbishing an apartment in London, we understand the challenges and can help you through the process.
Whilst many apartments internal alterations do not require planning consent, a Licence to Alter usually must be applied for and formalised with the building Freeholder. In addition, the Party Wall Act and Building Regulations may apply to your proposals. We will help you apply for and meet all statutory requirements as part of our service. Our team can also carry out the construction work, design the interiors, order and manage the furniture, fixtures and fittings procured using our competitive trade accounts and dress your apartment ready to move in.
For listed apartments and works requiring air conditioning, we can also seek planning and listed building consent on your behalf.
Fulfilling any objective, our professional team offer turnkey home renovations in prime areas of London. With us, we bring a wealth of experience in high-end design and build projects, particularly in Central London. Our ability to offer the complete package makes us a dependable choice but we also welcome you to have design involvement should you wish.
If you are thinking of buying an Apartment or are considering renovating or remodelling an existing Apartment we can help you realise its potential. We can prepare and submit freeholder licence to alter applications or full planning applications where required to the Local Authority. We also have experience liaising with various London Estates, such as Grosvenor and Cadogan Estate.
Our apartment refurbishment service, available across London, will provide you with a dedicated project manager that will oversee you complete project.
This will give you a single point of contact to manage your project instead of you having to deal with multiple specialist trades and contractors. At RBD, we also offer both architecture and interior design services which will typically save you money compared to making separate designer appointments and will allow your project to be completed quicker.
Your project manager will work closely with you to make sure you are happy throughout the entire process and you are free to have as much or as little input along the way as you please. Each individual project will require its own schedule of works that needs to be followed so that the right trades are completing the right jobs at the right time. If specialist trades are required to complete custom packages such as fitted joinery and specialist finishes, then we have a trusted network of craftsmen available to get the job done. We will also deal personally with each trade and coordinate each specialist package to create your dream apartment.
If you are thinking of buying an apartment or considering renovating or extending an existing apartment, we can help you access its condition and potential, research its planning history and advise on any limitations.
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I cannot recommend Andy and the RBD team enough – absolutely fantastic. I engaged Andy on a major project for 6+ months. At all times he was super professional and knowledgeable. I was DELIGHTED with the results and will definitely use him again!
We are still early in the construction phase but we’re very pleased with the excellent design and advice we’ve received from Andy Willis so far. Our project has been complicated and unusual for various reasons and Andy has gone above and beyond in helping us. Andy has been great at steering us, drawing out what we were looking for and organising us and our priorities. Andy’s great at communicating regularly and we’ve been really pleased at his level of care and attention. We just can’t wait to see the final house, and then I’ll be back to update my review!
I employed RBD Architecture & Interiors to renovate a London townhouse into 2 apartments. Andy did a fantastic job of laying out the space in both properties resulting in both apartments achieving the full asking price in record time. His designs were clever, utilized all available space, and looked fantastic, quickly reminding me of the added value an architect can have on any property. I am currently doing another similar development in London as well as renovating a holiday home in the West Indies and using Andy for both properties was the obvious choice. I am excited to see both come to fruition. If you are looking for a smart and easy-to-work with architect who understands your brief and goes beyond that by offering intelligent solutions to any design problem, then look no further.
RBD have helped with the redesign of various parts (living areas, bedrooms, bathrooms) of our London home over recent years. We are delighted with the results – the mix of arresting vision and ‘fit for use’ practicality. We plan to continue using them in the future.
We were exceptionally pleased with the work done by RBD. They took into consideration all of our asks, came up with innovative solutions for maximizing storage, and worked extremely closely with the builders to ensure the entire process went smoothly from start to finish and that the end result was exactly what we were looking for from an aesthetic and practical perspective.
We were exceptionally pleased with the work done by RBD. They took into consideration all our asks, came up with innovative solutions for maximising storage, and worked extremely closely with the builders to ensure the entire process went smoothly from start to finish and that the end result was exactly what we were looking for from an aesthetic and practical perspective.
RBD Architecture & Interiors helped us with various works to our home including a new master suite. The service provided was excellent and their team have a real eye for detail – especially in Interior Design.
Andy and his team designed our beautiful new home combining creative design with very good ideas and the capacity to deliver on time, with great results.
We have been working with RBD for a while now during the redevelopment of our London offices. Their combined architectural and interior design capability has been particularly useful in meeting our objectives.
We used RBD Architecture & Interiors to design and manage the extensive redevelopment of our period Mews house in London. They helped us each and every step of the way including obtaining all the relevant planning consents.
