Back to Front Exterior Design Consultancy

Easter a year ago we downsized to a 1960s chalet bungalow in a stunning location. Living in the house for a while we discovered the design of the house wasn't making the best of the stunning location or the sun. Alex listened carefully to our views, our individual dreams and also wanted to see where we were on the 'home' journey. After quite a few hours on zoom calls and a whole days visit she came up with a profoundly beautiful idea, to create a classical, colonial look with balconies and big sliding doors. This meant a total remodel of the bungalow including a new roof and windows. I thought this a very bold move but made so much sense. We were thrilled with the end design result both inside and outside. Inviting the countryside in, and low maintenance (having come from a very 'high maintenance' home) were priorities. She had listened carefully then tied it all together to put her own imaginatively crafted stamp on it and we begin building soon once the 'bats' have been sorted.

Fantastic service - highly recommend to anyone completing house extension or remodelling. Alex spent over an hour with me discussing all aspects of design from roof, windows and doors to the externals to the house. She clearly has a great eye and years of experience and I would highly recommend her services to others.

Alex and Jo, have a wonderful eye for design and detail and they have their own niche design style. Expect always outstanding service and design from Jo and Alex.

We worked closely with Alex for several months while redesigning our home - to - be in Rustington. We were extremely impressed with her professionalism, creativity and empathy. Alex spent a considerable time getting to know us and understanding our lifestyle and needs while injecting imagination and creativity. We are absolutely delighted with the finished plans and colour schemes and are very much looking forward to the project coming to fruition. We would have no hesitation in recommending Back to Front.

We initially saw inspirational from the Back to Front website but thought the services were really out of our price range; however, after contacting Alex, who I have to say before I parted with a single penny gave me well over an hour of her time complimentary. This was decided that Alex & Jo were the people for our project. Alex is very much a straight talker; so if you ask for her honest opinion, expect it. That’s what your paying for right? Equally, Alex has a wealth of experience and knowledge that excites and energises the process. Her passion for sustainability, classic and elegant designs is exemplary in her portfolio. We also gave Alex our initial architect’s design and here, she identified a plethora of errors and corrected these before we started our build. Alex’s attention to detail, care, integrity and creativity is really second to none. You are in extremely safe hands with Back to Front and Jo is a delight to liaise with, who sails the ship beautifully. We feel that we got value for our money and so glad we found Back to Front, who has changed our home from a cliché ‘ugly duckling’ into a beautiful individual family home that really does have the ‘wow’ factor. Don't procrastinate, go for it! Thank you ladies!

We have a 1900 Edwardian property that needed some remodelling to the exterior. Alex and Jo were able to come up with a fantastic plan in just one design consultation. Really appreciated the honest opinions and wealth of knowledge. A pleasure to work with and we would highly recommend. Alex (Bucks)

From the outset it was a pleasure dealing with Alex and Jo. The two hours we spent at the studio helped set the ideas for the entire renovation, with invaluable advice about space and materials. We ended up working though a process to achieve the exterior visuals and materials recommendation which was both easy and enjoyable. Alex is adept at being both the friendly professional and the unfalteringly honest if-you-are-asking-my-opinion-then-here-it-is which makes her advice something you want to seek out for all decisions. I cannot recommend them highly enough and am grateful to them for helping us for over a year on and off, and mediating throughout! Everything is done slickly and on time and delivered beyond expectations in a very friendly way. Thank you.

Back to Front advised on a general representation of the exterior of our house including specification of new windows throughout, advice on replacement rooftiles and suppliers, colour scheme and replacement guttering. We are delighted with the results which have transformed our house. Alex is passionate about her work and has a meticulous approach to detail.

We cannot rate Back to Front highly enough - one session has proved how much the devil is in the detail. No matter how many pictures we save from Houzz the knowledge & detail gained from our session will take our potentially good project to being the very best it can be. Our session has left us confident with the finishes and materials that need selecting to finish our project. With a wide range of samples you can see your final product choices alongside each other. Thoroughly worthwhile!

Inspirational process. We wanted design ideas to improve the external appearance appeal of our bland 1960s home. Alexandra and Jo were a delight to deal with and we came away from the initial consultation very inspired by the ideas presented. We are now going ahead with the first stage of the improvements and are very pleased with the results to date.

I cannot rate Back to Front Exterior Design Consultancy highly enough. They are entirely unique in what they do and offer expert design advise at all stages along with full visualization. Their house transformations are created with sensitivity and style and they are a joy to work with.

I highly recommend using Back To Front Exterior consultancy to help you transform your home. Alex packed so much information and detail into our 2 hour meeting and made making decisions so much easier. Fantastic service, wouldn't hesitate to use Back to Front again!