Snug Architects

A thoroughbred modernist house

We won planning permission for this beautiful modern house in the Hampshire countryside. The single storey pavilion sits sleekly in its landscape setting. The dark metal frame sits discretely within the landscape and makes reference to Philip Johnson...

Land with planning permission for sale, Hampshire

A great opportunity to build a one-off house designed by Snug Architects has now come to the market. The site on Hambledon Road, Denmead is on the market with Pearsons and goes to auction on 6th August. The guide price is £450,000. For more details s...

Good news for Self-builders

Good news for all our self-build clients. Self-builders will now be exempt from paying a community infrastructure levy in a bid to get 3,000 stalled homes underway. Communities secretary, Eric Pickles, announced the changes to the levy, which will sa...

AJ publish the Snug House

We were pleased to see the Snug House got published in this weeks Architects Journal. Our design was shortlisted in the Sunday Times Britain's Future Home competition and featured alongside the winning scheme by Dwelle and the other shortlisted ent...

WOW, The Hermitage is looking great

It was great to revisit our recently completed 'Hermitage House'. The house is located in Conservation Countryside, in the South Downs National Park and in the grounds of a Listed Building. Getting planning permission for this uber contemporary home ...

The Snug House shortlisted for ‘Britain’s Future Home’

Winchester based Snug Architects are one of six finalists in The Sunday Times British Homes Awards 2013 design competition for ‘Britain’s Future Home’. The shortlisted contenders for this prestigious award will be published in the Sunday Times ‘Home’...

Desyllas House gets planning

Snug Projects has won planning permission for this one-off house in north London. The £600,000, 275sqm project develops the practices approach to ‘shrink wrapped function’. The facetted facade is a direct response to the site, opening up views of Epp...

great clients = great projects

It is hard to believe that under the surface this is the same run down 1970's bungalow that I visited all those months ago. It has been transformed. It was great to visit our recently completed modernisation of a typical 1970's dormer bungalow in the...

VAT madness

In a moment of madness the EU has sought to quietly scrap the UK's zero VAT rating on new homes in a move to standardise tax rates across Europe. They really know how to create a purfect storm. A consultation document has been issued that propo...

The ultimate Snug Project goes to planning

After several months of positive pre-planning negotiations with the LPA our revised proposal for a 2 bedroom house on a small site in the Winchester Conservation Area has been submitted to planning. This is probably the best Snug Project yet. The hou...

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