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From first ideas to finished home, we’ll guide you through a clear, supportive roadmap

So you know what to expect and feel confident at every stage.

Your Roadmap – Quick links

● Free Strategy Session

● Initial Design Consultation

● Feasibility Study Service

● Full Architectural Services

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Test the waters

Free Strategy Session

For those unsure about how to start their project journey or wanting to sense-check thoughts and ideas, we offer a FREE Strategy Session.

It's a one-hour video call with our principal architect, Lucie Tinsdale and an opportunity to test the waters safely and get professional guidance.

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Explore Ideas

Initial Design Consultation

Meet Lucie in person and on location to dive into your needs, explore opportunities, and discuss your home or site. Walk, talk, and throw ideas around — ask any questions until you have clarity on what to do next.

What you’ll get:

  • 2-hour, in-person, onsite visit

  • Review of your information

  • Ideas sketched and discussed on the spot

  • Answers to your questions about the project, process, and options

  • Summary report with next steps

  • Discount applied if you proceed to a Feasibility Study.

*Travel expenses for remote locations may apply.

Arrange a consultation with us
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Clarity before you commit

Feasibility Study Service

Our Fixed Price Feasibility Study Service helps you test the viability of your ideas, explore design possibilities, and understand potential challenges.

You’ll come away with a clear picture of costs, timescales, and risks, giving you the confidence to move forward with your project.

In just four weeks, you’ll have a strong foundation for your project and a roadmap to bring it to life, all collated in a beautifully presented report.

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What you’ll get

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    1. Site Visit & Review

    We visit your home or site to get a real sense of its character, potential, and any constraints.

    ✓ Site and building analysis
    ✓ Illustration of constraints and opportunities
    ✓ Cross-check of key dimensions

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    2. Brief & Vision Mapping

    We translate your goals into a structured brief that reflects how you want to live

    ✓ Space to discuss what works — and what doesn’t
    ✓ Clarity on the life your home should support
    ✓ Needs distilled into a clear spatial brief

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    3. Early Design Concepts & Options

    You’ll receive visual concepts that help shape your project.

    ✓ Hand-drawn sketches and diagrams
    ✓ Precedent images showing design direction
    ✓ Cross-check of key dimensions

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    4. Planning Checks

    We review designations and planning policy so you know what’s viable.

    ✓ Clarity on permissions required
    ✓ Explanation of constraints and designations
    ✓ Estimate of planning risk (low–medium–high)

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    5. Cost Guidance

    We provide indicative costs or bring in specialists for high-level advice.

    ✓ Indicative construction costs
    ✓ Project costs, including design team fees
    ✓ Links to property value estimates

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    6. Project Roadmap & Next Steps

    You’ll receive a roadmap outlining what’s needed at each stage.

    ✓ Project and design options laid out
    ✓ Stages explained step by step
    ✓ Clear next steps defined

Share your project details and schedule a Discovery Call to confirm your quote.

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Full Architectural Services

Suppose you have undertaken a feasibility study or are clear about wanting to work with us on your project. In that case, we provide full architectural services from the initial meeting for a cuppa at your finished home.

For this, we follow a clear road map and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Plan of Work.

  • Clarify your priorities, define what's possible, and take the first confident steps.

    • Listening and understanding your needs, visioning and briefing

    • Spatial assessment and mapping

    • Assessing constraints and opportunities

    • Defining possibilities and agreeing on a direction of travel

  • Turn ideas into exciting, three-dimensional, viable designs for your home.

    • Undertaking surveys as necessary to gather the necessary information and de-risk your project (this might involve topography, flood risk, ground surveys, etc)

    • Composing your design team so that you have the right expertise to hand

    • Exploring concepts and adjusting outline designs based on your feedback and Passive House energy modelling

    • Testing sustainability and local sourcing; developing design for submission.

  • We don't just draw plans and model your home — we stay with you to make it real so that you can live life the way you want.

    • Preparing information for building warrant; engaging with the relevant Local Authority.

    • Construction drawings and specifications

    • Preparing for Passive House or EnerPhit certification

    • Tender, contract advice, on-site support, and after-care.

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Flexible service options

Whilst we offer full architectural services, you can also speak to us about providing a partial service.

Up to Planning (and Listed Building) • Up to Building Warrant • Up to Tender

We are happy to tailor services to your needs and budget.
Please arrange an Introductory call with Lucie to discuss your needs.

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our approach

We approach every project as a partnership, with honesty and integrity.

We’ll only move forward together if we’re confident it’s the right fit – for you, and for the project.

  • When you decide to work with us after the feasibility study, you will have your own Client Portal to monitor project progress, access project information easily, give feedback on the design, and track payments and invoices.

  • We request feedback at the end of each stage to ensure you have every opportunity to share how the process is going for you and whether any adjustments to our approach or level of engagement would be beneficial.

  • Our service continues beyond the project delivery. We conduct post-occupancy evaluations, check in with you to confirm everything is functioning properly, and offer support if any issues arise. 

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Our pledge to you and the planet

Regenerative sustainability

We begin each project with a broad, holistic perspective, grounded in systems thinking.

This allows us to maximise opportunities to design and build better, healthier, more local and more efficient buildings in a way that improves your health and impacts the planet as lightly as possible.

Additionally, we identify opportunities to give back and support nature, even in the smallest of projects.

Where we work

Our studio is based in Edinburgh, and we regularly collaborate with clients throughout East Lothian, Ayrshire, Perthshire, Fife, the Scottish Borders, and across the Highlands and Islands. We undertake projects across central and southern Scotland, ranging from rural homes and community initiatives to urban developments.

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    "Our experience with Tinsdale Architects has been exceptional. The team delivered a creative and highly functional design for our lower ground floor flat, making brilliant use of space while reflecting our needs perfectly."

    Martin and Fiona Smith, Edinburgh

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    "From the outset, they listened attentively and welcomed our input, creating a truly collaborative process that gave us confidence at every stage."

    Martin and Fiona Smith, Edinburgh

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    "Their fully costed design options made decision-making simple and transparent, and their professionalism ensured the journey was smooth and stress-free. Thanks to their expertise, we now live in the home we had always envisioned."

    Martin and Fiona Smith, Edinburgh