H-B Designs Services
We understand the challenges you face as you try to bring all your ideas together. We will enable you to focus on your final vision from the outset with our simplified design services.
It may be that you require a reconfiguration and design refresh of your home, a comprehensive renovation of your workplace building, a sympathetic shelter design for a country club, or a new bandstand for a park. We carefully consider the site constraints and convert them into possibilities, endeavouring to maximise the space's potential.
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Regardless of project size, the processes involved in achieving a successful outcome remain broadly the same. Social, physical, mandatory and budgetary aspects must be addressed and acted upon to reach your objectives. ​The reality today is that we face shrinking budgets, increasing bureaucracy, and lengthy stakeholder consultations. Some projects never get started, while others take years to launch, and a few are last-minute efforts. We are adept at concluding projects for homeowners and businesses alike.
Getting in touch early in the process will enable you to make more informed decisions and take the necessary action to progress your project. We will enable you to maximise the use of available funds and ensure that sustainable products and designs are at the heart of your project.
Residential Design Services
We work with each client on varying levels of collaboration for the design and specification of individual house extensions, home remodels, interior home renovations, building conversions and new exceptional homes.
We design and supply new kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms, working regularly with large companies, including Handmade Kitchens of Christchurch, Omega Plc for Mackintosh kitchens, deVOL and Ultima, so that we can offer a wide spectrum of styles and costs, and local carpenters for bespoke pieces.
Our design and specification services support clients' missions to create unique and functional rooms. Kitchens, dining rooms, boot rooms and bathrooms, we will design yours perfectly to suit your household.
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We start with an Introduction Meeting where we thoroughly review your project scope to determine the best way we can assist you. The benefit for our clients is a detailed design with a specification suitable for installation, accompanied by the option of a materials report and an itemised, organised, and hyperlinked shopping list. This allows you to make direct purchases that match the design and specifications we have created.
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Depending on your available time, we can provide you with project management. We will make your purchases, arrange deliveries and coordinate trades. We undertake regular site checks and send progress reports back to you if you are not based on the site, and is the ideal choice if you are time-poor.
Commercial Design Services
We design offices, showrooms, retail stores, and co-working spaces with an aesthetic that aligns with the firm's ethos and service levels for local and regional clients.
We work with each client on varying levels of collaboration for the design and specification of offices, showrooms, retail stores and co-working spaces. Working both Cat A and Cat B, our designs and specifications for commercial offices and retail spaces fulfil the needs of clients, including Saatchi & Saatchi London, The AA, ARC West London, and many private companies. Our speciality is unique configurations and material choices that present the provenance, values and objectives of the company to staff and visitors alike.
Estates & Parks Design Services
Our designs for safeguarding people and possessions within bespoke parkland buildings, sports structures and spaces are stylish, long-lasting, and tailored to suit each specific location. Our designs for estates and parks meet the needs of clients, including Leisure & Culture Dundee, the National Trust, London Boroughs, and sports and golf resorts nationwide.
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We are adept at creating designs of architectural merit within private properties, parks, estates and sports fields. Our designs establish the right relationships between buildings and the landscaped realm that surrounds and links them. Our speciality is collaboration with multiple stakeholders and unique configurations and material choices that represent the provenance, values and objectives of each location.
All our structures are designed to be sympathetic to their surroundings and exceed client expectations. We offer a comprehensive package of services, including preliminary design concepts, high-level cost plans, developed technical and structural designs, project cost analysis, planning control drawings and applications, and on-site project management services, tailored to each client's desired level of project management.
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The H-B Designs distinctive small sports grandstand is an ideal solution for 3G pitches in schools, clubs, and public spaces. Larger bespoke stadia are also within our remit, using the same design principles to create opportunities for scope beyond match day.
We design distinctive, bespoke structures for clubs that wish to offer superb weather protection for PGA Professionals committed to players' golf development, club members working on improving their swing, new golfers who will become future members, and groups of technology-focused game players.
Our golf driving range shelters and structures are individually expertly engineered to be adaptable for various configurations and business requirements, such as breakout areas, ball dispensing spaces, or adjoining ancillary café and pro shops, all within a spacious, curving cantilever roof.
Whatever the location, we will provide a solution that meets the needs and budget, utilising a collaborative design process between the design team, specialist consultants, authorities, and clients to ensure the design outcome is personalised and connected to its surroundings.
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For more information about licensed design use of our developed sports structures, please
Industrial Design Services
Our decades of expertise allow us to offer unique design solutions for cycle-centric, urban realm and commercial placemaking products. Working with start-up firms, we have considerable experience taking concept ideas through a rigorous design development process to produce working prototypes, technical production drawings, IP detailing and final production and marketing material.
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​Previous works include UK Innovation-funded home cycle parking, SSSI way markers, modular microstructures, security enclosures, co-working desks, and corporate identity building signage. The designs we develop all encompass the associated design, prototype, development, and final production phases.
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​We appreciate that good visualisation ensures that the project maintains momentum and engages with all shareholders. We create stunning computer models, photorealistic imagery, and 'walk-through' animations for clients using the latest technologies.
H-B Designs Stages
• Existing spaces assessment – as-built existing, part-built or an architect's plan. It's often a combination of all three. Upon instruction, an accurate full survey will be undertaken. This starting point will provide the details for us to produce accurate room plans and plot your project, allowing for the correct calculations to build up costs and timelines.
• On Site Consultation – getting a clear idea of your style, ViP components, features, textures, and a better understanding of the space. Using a combination of questions and answers, images from magazine articles, and inspiration from hotel stays and away days, for example, there are many sources to collate loved styles for the melting pot.
• Design Brief – a further consultation will enable us to finetune the components, confirm how you would prefer to purchase things to achieve your requirements, and gather any new thoughts since our last meeting. We will summarise everything in a design brief. This will be sent to you for any last additions or subtractions. You will respond to our written interpretation of your needs before we start the design work.
• Design Proposal – we provide detailed scaled designs supplied as a pdf for print—both plan and elevation drawings. The design detailing will incorporate fixtures, fittings, soft furnishings and finishes and be suitable for a builder/fitter to complete the works. We will sit together and review the proposals and sample boards and tie up any details and specifics before it is finalised. Options for specific designs, such as lighting or desk designs, can be commissioned.
• Project Reports – A complete package including the project specification, an itemised product listing with details, costs, product sources, and special notes you should know about, like special offers or long lead times. This report is organised to prioritise current product lead times, simplifying ordering. It will be based on costs that can be readily sourced at the time of compilation. Some elements may be in-house H-B Designs and supplied, while others are sourced from known, reliable suppliers. Hyperlinks are included for your easy future project purchases and cost management.
• Project Management - coordinating trades and logistics for you. This relieves you of the juggling act of sourcing, deliveries, and labour management, and is the better choice if you are not based on-site or have other priorities.
Following the initial Introduction Meeting, we will often provide a design and specification fee proposal for your consideration based on the services listed above and also aim to provide a rough ballpark project cost at that early stage to assist with your budgeting.