my village architect
Architectural design that
brings homes to life
A guiding hand to designing and transforming your home
Architecture is about more than floor plans and layouts. It’s about having someone to listen to and interpret your aspirations for your space, who can help you find the right way to bring out its potential as well as making sense of all the paperwork.
With a decade of experience in architectural design, MVA can help with projects from extensions and conversions to new builds and development projects, including navigating planning permission and building regulations, and even extra touches such as visualising your concept with 3D models and walkthroughs.
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Realise the ambition you have for your home
When you love where you live, you want to be sure that your forever home is ready to adapt and grow with you. Maybe that’s a little more space downstairs, or maybe it’s a fully separate annexe or new dwelling in the garden.
MVA can help you with Single and double storey extensions , Loft conversions
Annexes and outbuildings, New builds, Greenbelt developments, Visuals and models
HOW WE CAN HELP
How My Village Architect can help
Creating something new comes with many questions. What’s possible with the space we have? What do we need to do to make it through planning? And will it all look the way we hoped in the end?
As we embark on your design journey together, MVA will be here to help you answer those questions and guide you through every step of the process
HOW WE WORK
Our Process
Initial Free Consultation
Measured Survey
Concepting & Design
Planning Permission
Building Regulations
Models & 3D Visuals
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"Esther did an amazing job with our internal remodel and was worth her weight in gold in terms of coming up with different options (many of which would have never occurred to us but made much more sense than our initial vision), all the way through to helping us find quotes and reliable builders to execute on her vision. She was friendly, easy to work with and dedicated to seeing the project through, which has successfully completed without a hiccup! Couldn't recommend more! "
Tom Lansdall-Welfare
"We chose to work with Esther on our single storey extension due to her vision and excitement to design something more architecturally pleasing. We had another couple of architects who were scared to design anything other than boring extensions. Within 2 weeks of being instructed Esther had achieved planning permission which was great. She was also there for technical support throughout the build. Highly recommend!"
Mark Keightley
"Esther is a very talent architect and was a delight to work with on our kitchen extension. She was dedicated and prompt with the plans and worked tirelessly to get them through planning. She went the extra mile to overcome obstacles professionally and with confidence. Her dedication and enthusiasm was amazing."
Harriet Brooks
"I just had to share how wonderful my experience was with My Village Architect! Esther was incredibly helpful and knowledgeable about different design options for my parents' land. She really took the time to consider all the risks and opportunities. What I appreciated most was her genuine care for my parents' best interests. Instead of just diving into a potentially expensive and risky project, Esther guided us towards a smarter approach. Couldn't be happier with the service! Thanks Esther and My Village Architect!"
Bradley Taylor
"Esther from MVA made me realise why an architect is worth employing. I was looking for a remodel and thought I had a clear idea of what I wanted, but the several options she produced led me to something very different but better than I could have imagined. She's also designed me a fantastic new garage to work on my cars. I'm really pleased with all the work and I highly recommend!"
Lee byford
"My Village Architect is patient, full of ideas, professional, reasonably priced, quick to produce work, and up to date on current regulations. We were able to email queries at any point and Esther had a good relationship with our builder too. She was also very clear and understanding when guiding us through the planning process. We would highly recommend Esther and would definitely use her services again"
Michelle Dickson
"In 2021 Esther did a fantastic job helping us to reconfigure the rear of our house. We wanted to create a large kitchen/sitting room, plus extend into a large and under utilised hallway. The end result was outstanding and we spend nearly all our time in there now. Esther was great to work with; full of ideas, patient and walked through the whole project with us calmly and confidently."
Richard Brown
"Esther worked with our ideas to design a sympathetic and practical two storey front extension to our 1970s home. She liased with planning, building control and the builders making it a swift and hassle free project. We're really happy with her design solution for the extra space the finished extension has given our family. We have already recommended MVA to several of our friends and will continue to do so."
Richard Malin
"Esther did an amazing remodel of our kitchen. She went above and beyond what I expected from an architect, providing creative design ideas and solutions to problems we encountered. Would highly recommend."
Lizzy Lawson