A feasibility study or options appraisal is a fantastic opportunity to explore the potential of your property.  Perhaps you have in mind what your building needs to deliver and you just need to sense check whether what you have in mind works financially, structurally or is likely to gain consent from the local authority.

Or maybe you have a great asset, but want to understand what the options are for optimising its potential.  Whatever your needs we are experienced in undertaking both feasibility studies and options appraisals to ensure that you can get the best out of your asset.  We can provide a structured report with outline options drawings, liaise with local authorities and other specialists and draw up cost estimates for implementation and future maintenance.  We will ensure that we work with you to create a report that works for you, if you have an internal approval process we can contribute to business planning and investment appraisals in order to help ensure that the figures stack up.

From new builds to conversions, we have in-house expertise to develop plans, elevations or 3D visuals for your schemes.  We understand that a successful final scheme is a result of a strong collaborative approach with the client and any other consultants.  We know that behind a client is very often a team of other interested parties and we will work with them and undertake consultations with end users in order to ensure that the final designs tick all of the boxes.  Within our team we have experience in renewables and sustainability and can ensure that final proposals consider the future operational costs of the building.

You can take our services as far as you wish; feasibility, to planning or all the way through to completion.  From a single dwelling to an apartment building or a small commercial unit to a mixed-use development, we can work with your brief to develop an innovative scheme that works with your budget.

At Evans and James we understand that every historic building is unique and requires a tailored approach to the building whether being repaired, refurbished or its use changed.  With a wealth of experience in working within the historic environment we understand how they should be conserved and repaired and how to sensitively adapt them in order to ensure they can continue to be fit-for-purpose and meet the needs of today in an economically and environmentally sustainable way.  We offer services relating to all matters of building conservation including:

• Building Condition Surveys
• Façade Mapping
• Specification of repairs
• Feasibility studies and option appraisals for adaptive re-use
• Listed Building Consent applications

We are experienced in working with existing buildings and adapting them to meet your current needs.  This could be simply adding in an ensuite bathroom, converting a garage into an annex or intensive reconfigurations and extensions.  Whether in a housing or commercial context, we have the skills to ensure that you will get the best use out of your asset.

At Evans and James we can work with you from inception, developing options designs all the way through to completion and management of the works on site.  We can prepare simple drawings or detailed specifications and manage the tender process to ensure that you get the best contractor for the job.

We understand that any alterations will be a big investment for you and we will ensure that we work with you developing a scheme that meets your budget requirements but to the best quality that can be achieved.

With an eye for design we can offer a service of developing schemes for your asset.  Whether it needs to be ‘on trend’ or ‘on brand’ we can work with you to create a bespoke scheme that meets your needs.