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James
London, Hertfordshire EN5 5LJ
United Kingdom
London, Hertfordshire EN5 5LJ
United Kingdom
Typical Job Costs:
£100,000 - £1 million
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Chartered Architectural Technologist (MCIAT) specialising in architectural Services including home extensions, loft conversions, basement extensions, internal remodelling of residential properties throughout London and in the home counties.
Services Provided
3D Rendering, Architectural Design, Architectural Drawings, Basement Conversion, Basement Design, Bathroom Design, Complete Kitchen Renovation, Decking Design, Design Consultation, Floor Plans, Garden Plans, Home Renovation, House Extensions, House Plans, House Restoration, Kitchen Design, Loft Conversion, Loft Restoration, New Home Build, Project Management, Space Planning, Staircase Design, Custom Build Homes, Kitchen Renovation
Areas Served
London, Hertfordshire, Essex, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Bedfordshire
Awards
B.Sc (Hons) Architectural Technology MSc Built Environment
21 Projects for JLArchitecture
Hertfordshire Extension
30 photos
Lakeside Crescent
20 photos
St Albans, Hertfordshire
Maslen Road
24 photos
London, Greater London
Totteridge
49 photos
Chiswick, London, Greater London
Gunnersbury Park, Ealing
51 photos
Stotfold, Central Bedfordshire
Hitchin
17 photos
Chelsea, London, Greater London
Chelsea Basement I
13 photos
Countisbury Avenue
61 photos
Kensington, London, Greater London
South Kensington Refurbishment
9 photos
Chelsea, London, Greater London
Chelsea Basement II
7 photos
Chelsea, London, Greater London
Chelsea Basement III
20 photos
London, Greater London
Belsize Park Basement
26 photos
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32 Reviews for JLArchitecture
5.0|32 reviews
Work Quality4.0
Communication4.0
Value4.0
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Well done job form start to finish. Practical and professional. Many useful recommendations along the way.
25 October, 2020
Comment from JLArchitecture:
Thank you June for your kind feedback, it is very much appreciated! Wishing you all the best for the future.
Andy Sharman
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Client
James designed a complete remodelling of our house, adding a ground-floor kitchen extension, upstairs bedroom extension / reconfiguration and ambitious basement structure. Throughout the project he has worked quickly and diligently, while showing exactly the sort of imagination we had hoped for.
James worked hard to get our project through the planning stage, liaising with the local council and even coming round to meet with our neighbour to ease his concerns and remedy any grievances.
James has a great network of local contacts – builders, suppliers, experts ETC – and is more than happy to put clients in touch with other people he’s worked for.
What’s more, he’s a lovely person and a delight to deal with.
We’re really happy with how the project is shaping up and would fully recommend James.
24 July, 2020
Comment from JLArchitecture:
Many thanks for the kind feedback Andy, really appreciate it. Has been very enjoyable working with you and your family on the ambitious design and the planning stages of the project. Very excited on the next stages - taking the designs on paper to reality onto the building site!
Speak soon and all the best!
Speak soon and all the best!
Vincent Yeung
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James took on this project after it had already received a planning permission. James was not involved in the original design but had help me to improve the initial design. He made a few suggestions to make the layout more practical and define the specifications with much better clarity. This enable me to progress with builder selections and James has many good contacts and he had facilitated the bidding process and his advice is invaluable. The building phase is still ongoing and therefore there is no project photos other than the picture of the foundation.
23 July, 2020
Comment from JLArchitecture:
Thank you Vincent! Great working with you during the design process and also meeting various builders to tender for the project. Hope the build is going well and hope to meet up soon in Cambridge! Best wishes!
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I used James to plan my total house refurbishment and extension after seeing his fantastic work on two of my family members' properties.
The project involved a full width ground and first floor extension and loft conversion in Finchley N3 (Barnet Council). James was professional and courteous throughout the planning process, and was able to secure two difficult planning permissions for us before lockdown started.
After planning was approved, James still keeps in regular contact and visits the building site every so often to check on the progress.
If you're looking for an architect who has innovative ideas and great industry contacts (particularly useful with planners), then you should definitely talk to James!
21 July, 2020
Comment from JLArchitecture:
Many thanks for you kind review Ben! It was great working with you and your family on the project and thank you for the opportunity to work on such a big renovation project! Catch up soon and all the best!
Tony Coe
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My wife and I would have no hesitation in highly recommending James Lai services. He is thoroughly professional in his work and an absolute pleasure to deal with.
20 July, 2020
Comment from JLArchitecture:
Thank you for your kind feedback Tony! Absolute pleasure and joy working with you and your wife on the design of the roof extension to your property in Kensington going through the design/planning/design/party wall and technical design stages for a very challenging (but interesting) site! Wishing you all the very best!
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James was such a pleasure to work with throughout our project. He worked fast and enthusiastically, came up with great ideas and was flexible and easy to contact throughout not only the design stages but also the build. We couldn’t be more pleased with the end result and would highly recommend working with James.
16 July, 2020
Comment from JLArchitecture:
Thank you for your kind words and compliments Katie!
It was an absolute pleasure to work with you and Sunny on your project to transform a tired looking property into a spacious family home in North London from the initial design layouts through to construction. Amazing client/builder/design team!
All the very best!
It was an absolute pleasure to work with you and Sunny on your project to transform a tired looking property into a spacious family home in North London from the initial design layouts through to construction. Amazing client/builder/design team!
All the very best!
Bogdan Mamrosh
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Can only give five stars and can only say positive !
James is very reliable and available for any projects, did a great job for our home project!
Can only say big thank you for all efforts and consistent work, your ideas are much appreciated .
As every project - there were some problem areas and questions to what we want to have and James was very professional to achieve this.
Can and will recommend.
24 November, 2019
Comment from JLArchitecture:
Hi Bogdan,
Many thanks for you kind words and warm recommendation, really appreciate it! Very much enjoyed our design discussions and collaboration from the initial stages. Looking forward to the construction stages to bring the design to reality!
Thank you once again for the complimentary feedback!
Best regards,
Jams
Many thanks for you kind words and warm recommendation, really appreciate it! Very much enjoyed our design discussions and collaboration from the initial stages. Looking forward to the construction stages to bring the design to reality!
Thank you once again for the complimentary feedback!
Best regards,
Jams
Alan Ross
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We contacted James with regard to a project we had in mind to merge 2 rooms and create a larger lounge with bifold doors at the back of our house .James produced very interesting design ideas and prepared plans both for our personal use and with respect to Building regs .James was always readily available for consultation at any point during the build and he is an extremely pleasant guy to deal with .James also has very good contacts and fortunately he introduced us to our Builder ,Richard Newman , who did an excellent job .
16 September, 2019
Comment from JLArchitecture:
Many thanks for your kind feedback Alan!
It was a pleasure working with you and Sarah on your wonderful home in Hertfordshire to remodel two rooms on the ground floor to form one large family space with new bifolding door openings to the rear garden.
Wish you and Sarah an enjoyable experience with your family and grandchildren on the reconfigured family room.
All the very best,
James
It was a pleasure working with you and Sarah on your wonderful home in Hertfordshire to remodel two rooms on the ground floor to form one large family space with new bifolding door openings to the rear garden.
Wish you and Sarah an enjoyable experience with your family and grandchildren on the reconfigured family room.
All the very best,
James
tom sheehan
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James has done an excellent job for us in in getting planning permission for our kitchen extension, sourcing a builder and structural engineer and keeping an eye on the work as it has proceeded. He was also very helpful in a tricky party wall negotiation, always available and accommodating. I fully recommend his services.
16 September, 2019
Comment from JLArchitecture:
Thank you for the kind feedback Tom!
It has been a pleasure working with you on the extension project in North London. Will keep a close follow up on the completion of the extension of what would be a great addition to your home.
All the best,
James
It has been a pleasure working with you on the extension project in North London. Will keep a close follow up on the completion of the extension of what would be a great addition to your home.
All the best,
James
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Very responsive, work very prompt.
Easy to talk to and engage with. Very flexible to your needs and lots of good advice, happy to lose with council on your behalf to get plans through and ammend plans if needed.
Also can recommend surveyors and people that would be useful to you for your project.
5 June, 2019
Comment from JLArchitecture:
Thank you for your kind feedback Laura, it is very much appreciated!
Thank you for the opportunity to work with you on your project.. Hope you and Henry and enjoying your new space in your property in West London!
All the best,
James
Thank you for the opportunity to work with you on your project.. Hope you and Henry and enjoying your new space in your property in West London!
All the best,
James
Benjamin Choo
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James Lai from JLArchicture is my architect, designer and project manager. I have my extension and remodelling of the whole house done recently. He is very professional with great communication. His management skills are astounding, He always went above and beyond the task, always encouraging and pushing the team to work the deadlines from design/ planning application stage until the completion of the project.
31 May, 2019
Toby Partridge
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We got quotes from 5 different builders when planning our extension. We picked the best of the bunch (in our price bracket of course) and he recommended we engage James as our architect.
James' character and professional ability exceeded our expectations in equal measure. As many on here will identify, you only engage in a large project on your house once (in most cases) so there's no room for poor choices in those you hire to work with you. James helped us immensely and we're very pleased with the single story extension he designed. He went out of his way to help us throughout the process, is genuinely hard working and very warm hearted - just what we wanted undergoing our first large project, unsure of what we wanted and what choices needed to be made.
I have absolutely no reservations in recommending him to others on this site.
22 May, 2019Last modified:22 May, 2019
Comment from JLArchitecture:
Hi Toby,
Many thanks for the very complimentary feedback!
It has been a joy working on the design of your extension exploring various layout plans
(and lighting designs) before coming to a final design that will suit you and your growing family.
Hope you will enjoy the newly added space to your home and the new garden patio for many years to come!
Catch up soon and all the best!
Best wishes,
James
Many thanks for the very complimentary feedback!
It has been a joy working on the design of your extension exploring various layout plans
(and lighting designs) before coming to a final design that will suit you and your growing family.
Hope you will enjoy the newly added space to your home and the new garden patio for many years to come!
Catch up soon and all the best!
Best wishes,
James
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