Last week, we were delighted to participate in a community engagement day hosted by the Chichester Community Development Trust. The event provided a valuable opportunity to share and discuss our initial concept designs for the much-loved Red Brick Pavilion in Priory Park.

Our bold proposals aim to conserve and restore this important local landmark by sensitively adapting the existing building and introducing a contemporary addition. This approach will allow the Pavilion to better serve the needs of the community by offering enhanced, modern facilities designed to meet the local needs.

The engagement day sparked insightful conversations and meaningful feedback on our early ideas. When working on community-focused projects, we understand the importance of truly listening to those who use the space. Their voices shape our understanding and help us craft richer, more responsive design solutions.

It has been a pleasure working with the Chichester Community Development Trust. Their vision – to foster connection, opportunity, and cohesion by creating inspiring to bring the community together – resonates deeply with our own ethos. Our design practice is grounded in six core principles: To Imagine, To Listen, To Reflect, To Understand, To Act, and To Realise.

 

Looking at starting a community focused project? Get in touch with team to discuss how we can help.

Collaborating with an architect has the potential of adding value to your home, land or property. Whether you’re reimagining an existing space or planning a new development, thoughtful design can significantly boost both your personal comfort and the market value of the asset. Even if you’re settled in your “forever home,” it’s reassuring to know that well-planned alterations enhance not just how you live, but also the financial value of your property.

At Studio BAD, we’ve worked on a wide variety of projects that have helped our clients transform their spaces, enhancing the functionality, aesthetics and sustainability. Here, we explore a few ways architecture can add measurable value to your property.

Increase Value Through Smart Design

Working with our clients we are able to help them make their houses work better for their lifestyle. By extending or reconfiguring existing spaces, we help homeowners create layouts that better suit their everyday needs, whilst also increasing the property’s market appeal.

At Holly Cottage we helped the clients to adapt their listed house to better suit their lifestyle. Since starting a family, the owners found the historic characteristics of the ground floor layout just didn’t really suit how they now lived; the kitchen felt small, there wasn’t a natural place for the family to gather together, the garden felt disconnected from the home and the main entrance didn’t suit life with a buggy and a dog.

Through a carefully designed contemporary extension, we restructured the layout to flow more naturally and better suit their needs. The home now supports their lifestyle to make their life easier, it also has added elements of future proofing and improved the properties sustainability to secured their long-term future in the home. Since completing this work, the property value has increased by an impressive 25%.

Looking to make your home work harder for you? Get in touch, we would love to explore the possibilities.

Reimagined Spaces

Maximising internal floor space is often the easiest way to increase the value of a property, but it isn’t the only way and in tougher markets, design quality, material choices and sustainability, can often tip the scales. By working with a professional architect, they are able to cleverly unlock the hidden potential of an existing property.

At The Granary, we have sympathetically reconfigure the existing property, positively adding value by changing the use of space available. The design has increased the internal space of the house by infilling part of an existing car port, allowed for additional floor space to be added without having to physically extend the property. The result of this work has delivered a larger kitchen and an additional bedroom, perfectly crafted for the needs of the young homeowners. A report by Aro Finance has estimated an additional bedroom increases the value of the property by at least 15%.

At our Brockenhurst House project, sustainability was at the core of the redesign. The design has created a low-energy, high-comfort home that enhances the living experience by improving the thermal efficiency and reworking the internal layout, delivering a fourth bedroom and a garden studio. According to a recent study by ThisisMoney sustainable improvements to your home can add up to 15% to your property value.

Thinking about reconfiguring your home? Get in touch to start the conversation.

Maximising the Potential of Your Site

An architect is able to look at the full potential of a site, not just what it built but often seeing an overlooked opportunity, especially when it comes to underused land or tricky plots. Additionally, architects are able to help navigate the often-tricky local planning permission system when it comes to these imaginative schemes.

At Hill Lane, in central Southampton, we were able to carefully analyse the plot of the existing house and design a contemporary two-bedroom house within the underused garden plot, without compromising the original property. This reimagined space has created asset now valued at around £300,000.

We are currently working on a project in Whitchurch, looking to redevelop an existing pottery studio within an urban setting, to create a modern, compact home. The current structure has a very weak thermal performance making the building no longer fit for purpose, our design looks to create a well-considered, spatially efficient and thermally high performing home that is fitting within its historic surroundings. Once completed, the new home is projected to be worth upwards of £250,000.

Wondering what your land could become? Contact us to start the design journey.

Let’s Create Value Together

At Studio BAD, we believe great architecture does more than look good—it enhances daily living and increases long-term value. Whether you’re updating your home, reconfiguring a layout, or developing land, we’re here to help.

Get in touch to discover how we can unlock the full potential of your property.