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DMS Architects work across Hampshire and Surrey, from Four Marks, Farnborough and Aldershot, to Farnham, Guildford, Fleet, Weybridge and beyond. We specialise as residential Architects with over 25 years experience in designing the perfect home.
We provide full Architect led design services from the initial feasibility sketch, through the Planning Approval process to the Building Regulations Approval with the option to provide further services through to Practical Completion. We work for individual homeowners through to bespoke developers, working on a variety of schemes from domestic extensions, one-off new build houses to large multi-number housing developments.
We believe that design is on more than one level. Whether it be extending your home or building your dream house, the key objective is making the space flow and function in the simplest form.
We take your initial ideas and generate a design that meets your requirements, both in terms of space created and with an eye on your budget. With a firm understanding of how buildings work and need to be detailed, we will ensure that your designs can be successfully seen through to completion.
We pride ourselves on the level of personal service we offer—if we say we will do something, we will do it! With numerous satisfied clients, our business has grown through personal recommendations and word of mouth.
The founder of DMS Architects is David Synge, who has over 25 years of experience as a qualified Architect. Having worked for private architectural practices and developers, he has an excellent understanding of how to maximise the potential of your home.
DMS Architects is a full-service practice, offering comprehensive support at every stage of your project. From concept design and planning applications to construction management, we guide you seamlessly through the process.
Whether building a new home, remodelling, or adding an extension, our team delivers tailored solutions that meet your aesthetic, functional, and budgetary needs, ensuring quality and innovation throughout.
From our first meeting and your brief, we will draw up sketch proposals to enable us all to understand what you are looking for. Often seeing something in a drawing brings things to life and helps you understand where you might want to make alterations to your original brief.
We take the concept design and work it up into drawings suitable to be submitted for the Planning Application. We deal with the form filling and, if required as part of the application, we will prepare the Design and Access Statement.
Once we have gained the planning permission, you are required to submit a Building Regulations application before you start building. We can prepare these drawings and liaise with Building Control to obtain the relevant approval. We have close working relationships with Structural Engineers and Energy Consultants, with whom we may need to work with to cover all the aspects of the Building Regulations requirements.
For larger projects, you or your builder may require more detailed working drawings of how the building and its elements are put together. We can provide the necessary drawings and coordinate with your builder as necessary.
We can work with you to prepare tender drawings and documentation in order for you to obtain competitive prices for your project. Once the Contractor has been appointed, we can administer a standard building contract, have monthly site meetings with you and the builder, monitor the build quality and ensure things are being done as the drawings and specifications intended, certify the Contractors monthly invoices and issue the relevant Certificates that your mortgage lender often requires.
Explore our portfolio to see how we bring visionary designs to life. From stunning new builds and thoughtful renovations to seamless extensions and creative reconfigurations, our work reflects our commitment to quality, innovation, and attention to detail.
David came highly recommended by a builder we’d approached for a quotation, and on meeting him we felt he was the perfect architect for our build. He listened to our ideas and what we were looking to achieve, and suggested how we might get there. He put so many ideas forward, some of which we hadn’t even considered, many of which were incorporated in the plans submitted.
We started our project with no clue as to how the whole planning and building control process works and hiring David made the entire process completely painless.
David made the whole process very straightforward. He is so friendly and helpful, came up with an excellent plan for our project and used the space in a way we hadn’t even considered.. really elevating what we were hoping to achieve.
David provided an excellent service for us. What we particularly enjoyed was his focus on helping us explore options for our family needs and getting the right balance with design and budget. Beyond that, he provided fantastic support during what became a protracted planning application process. The timing and quality of his design work was excellent. Highly recommended.
Let’s explore the possibilities for your dream home and begin the exciting journey of making your vision a reality
