Bradley Van Der Straeten Architects
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As structural engineers we regularly work with Architects in and around London and can’t recommend Bradley Van Der Straeten Architects highly enough. We have worked alongside them on several projects and have first-hand experience of the value they bring to a project, and the excellent service they provide to their Clients. They combine a knowledgeable, professional approach with a friendly, approachable attitude. A great practice to work with. Adam Atkinson, Director, Structural Design Studio
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I did the Winter Workshop with George and it was an extremely helpful process. He immediately identified our needs and provided simple and clever design solutions whilst taking into consideration our budget and personal tastes. More importantly, he identified clear practical next steps we could take to start our project - making the process feel less daunting. I highly recommend this for anyone who has been thinking of a home refurb project but isn't quite sure where to start. Get in touch with BVDS! Thanks again George!
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When it comes to knocking down walls in a perfectly sound home, we’re not the type of people to take it lightly. But by going through Bradley Van Der Straeten Architects, all our fears were allayed. Ewald not only scheduled face to face meetings (with the option of online ones) but was always at the end of the line, and there to answer and discuss any issues. His proposed plans were stylish and imaginative but he never tried to push us into accepting one or the other, but was most concerned that we had the kitchen of our dreams. And we now do! This was an incredibly painless process, and was conducted in the warmest and most professional way, and we’re so grateful. If we had to do it all over again, we would not go anywhere else!
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BVDS designed and managed 2 projects on our property - a loft conversion and then a side return extension & rebuild of the ground floor of the house. We loved the designs and options they created - they really understood what we needed and made sure it all fitted our budget. As well as loving the designs, we really enjoyed working with them! George and Ewald and their team are absolutely lovely and knowledgable and made the whole project an absolute joy. They took a lot of the stress out of it for all for us. They helped us find great builders, managed the build and the builders as well as the planning permission with ease and it all came within budget and time. We get so many complements on the finished result. Highly recommend them!
منذ 1 سنة 2 سنوات
We enlisted help from BVDS to give us advice on how to redesign the ground floor of our house and also to advise on how best we could add a loft extension. The initial work all happened in lockdown so the first meetings were on Zoom. Ewald was really enthusiastic about the project and very flexible and helpful on the zoom meetings. He was very approachable and full of ideas which he was happy to discuss with us and re-work in accordance with our ideas. We were very impressed with his initial designs as he had managed to get a really good appreciation of our house and how it could be re-worked. Ewald designed our ground floor and came up with numerous very special features which we loved. BVDS handled the tendering for builders and the work was carried out by Optimal Build. We were also very happy with the work that the builders carried out on our behalf. Throughout the process, Ewald and Stephen were approachable, helpful, innovative and always respectful of what we wanted to achieve. They were an absolute pleasure to work with. We also had advice on colour schemes which were bolder than we would have chosen on our own but we are delighted with the new colourful look of our house. We moved back in and we are discovering new new joys each day. We love the unique features that Ewald designed. All the friends who have come to see the house have been blown away by changes we have made. We feel that we have moved into a new house with space which has been completely transformed. We could not recommend BVDS highly enough.
منذ 1 سنة 2 سنوات
We worked with George and Ewald on our house over two projects, firstly building a new loft conversion, and secondly a side return. From start to finish we couldn't have hoped for a better experience. George and Ewald developed some amazing ideas and concepts that have made our home look and feel exactly how we dreamt it would. They also project managed the build for us from start to finish and ensured it was complete on time and to budget. They delivered this whilst always remaining friendly and approachable. The next time we have a project we'll definitely return to George and Ewald and would recommend them to anyone.
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BVDS have been an absolute pleasure to work with over the last year. Their enthusiasm and passion throughout the design process, and since their collaboration with C.P. Hart launched at the end of 2021, has made our work together enjoyable and stress-free. Looking forward to continuing our collaboration in the coming months!
منذ حوالي 2 سنوات
We worked with this company on our London family house project back in 2015 and despite pleasant initial engagement, contracting BVDS was the biggest mistake we have made. Be aware they don't accept any challanges to cost, plans, timing or their delivery of services. They made us feel like we are given a favour they even work with us. They failed to make correctly a simple planning application and were not only unable to admit their failure / offer a solution....but from one day to another simply dropped the project instead, leaving us with additional costs, delays and gaps we have never been able to correct. We assumed we just had a bad luck and focused on moving but having seen now other reviews with so similar experiences I decided to document ours, so those who go with BVDS (tempted by social media adds), don't say they haven't been warned.
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Poor attention to detail and poor customer care.
منذ حوالي 3 سنوات
Having had an unnecessarily stressful and costly experience we discovered BVDS are mainly interested in how the property will look in a magazine shoot, and not listening to your thoughts on the basic details about how to live in the property as a home. Our first experience with an architect and not one I would want anyone to have to go through, especially having now worked with another architect and seeing how structured, professional and enjoyable the process can be. Frustratingly we have had to reapply for planning due a lack of understanding of planning regulations, resulting in significant misses and errors in the submission – simply a lack of attention to detail from BVDS throughout the process. To top it all off, BVDS thought it was acceptable to end things with us by an email completely out of the blue, they didn’t even have the courtesy to have a conversation – still in shock about it if I’m honest. Beware!
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Everything about buying a house in London seems to cost a lot (too much) of money. Particularly when your non-London family are buying comparative castles for half the price and having building work done on them for half of that. We were buying a "project" and so the potential cost was both unknown and potentially very concerning. I'd never bought a house before. I'd certainly never bought one that needed a load of work, and I'm not my old man, so I know less than zero about DIY. So before we made the offer, we got in touch with a couple of architects to come and have a look at the house and suggest how we might do it and what potential cost might be to try and have at least a rough budget for the total cost. Enter George Bradley. From the start he was open, honest, positive and seemed genuinely interested in what we wanted. He also seemed to know what he was doing which helped convince us that, in this world of spiralling cost and questions of "do we really need to spend on that?", the architect was going to be a very worthwhile investment. I imagined an architect might be always pushing you to spend more money so the project would like nice on their instagram page but we only ever had the opposite impression with George and Ewald. They listened to us the whole way. Sure they had a couple of crazy ideas (you're suggesting we set fire to that nice expensive wood for the cladding and have it blackened ??) but which creative doesn't ! You learn the most about people in difficult times and midway through the project when we had some issues with the builders, George and Ewald really stepped up and took responsibility. Not blaming everyone else, just taking responsibility and getting it back on track. Whenever I read these reviews I wonder what the person's agenda is. How they know the person etc. Why has this guy written such a long review (it's COVID lockdown, what else am I going to do... my job ??) Yes I am helping out a couple of friends now, but they weren't friends before we bought the house. We'd never met either of them. Over the course of the project we had some pretty stressful times but that's just par for the course when you're buying a house... we also had a lot more LOLZ. So 5 stars from this reviewer. And eternal gratitude. Just get them to double check the configuration of the lights, our bathroom is a bit dark....
منذ 1 سنة 4 سنوات
Unfortunately our experience shows they are more interested in progressing their own portfolio rather than addressing what the client is looking for in a new home. Came across as friendly and engaging, but it became apparent they are happy to dismiss the wishes of the client, not listening to feedback, with an attitude that they are spending your money to do as they wish for their own aims. Also a constant lack of attention to detail was unexpected. Overall, very frustrating, disappointing and a lot of lost time meaning we had to start again - it put us back 6 months.
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BVDS are an incredibly talented set of architects! We worked with them on the renovation of our house in Hackney and we couldn’t be happier with the service, vision and attentiveness of the people there. They had a real focus and conviction in the design from the outset, which was important with our project because it was quite complicated. They really care about the relationship with the client and are extremely detailed in their design approach. As a result of their work BVDS have created for us a house that is incredibly easy to live in. Every inch of the design was well thought through and considered carefully. The end result is very impressive!! We couldn’t recommend them highly enough. Great people and cracking architects!
منذ حوالي 4 سنوات
George and Jessica at BVDS have been enthusiastic and professional throughout with great attention to practical details and really useful advice which has helped me save money. My friend Sarah recommended BVDS after they worked on her house and I am so glad I switched architect (a cheap one online turned out very costly!). Two-storey extensions are expensive nowadays so it is worth investing in a really good team and avoid costly mistakes. Also they have made it all a very pleasant process. Thank you so much. I'm delighted with the service.
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