Our clients had recently purchased a bungalow that had the potential to meet the accessibility and therapy needs of their son Jordan, who has cerebral palsy. The family’s next step was to extend and adapt the property.

Having been instructed by Jordan’s Deputy to assess the suitability of the property the family selected Steven Docker Associates to design and manage the project and we quickly got to work, consulting with them and other experts to understand their plans, ambitions for Jordan and to ensure all their family needs were met. The family were great to work with and were keen to create a home they could be enabled by together, as a family, to support and inspire Jordan.

SDA’s management of the project included using a tender process to select a quality building contractor and deliver value for money. We also stayed in close contact with the family and the contractor throughout, ensuring smooth progress towards a timely completion.

The Swann family wanted a home that would both meet the needs of their daughter, who has cerebral palsy, and create a beautiful, accessible home for her to be proud of.

We were instructed to design and project-manage the adaptation of a period property of specific local interest, maintaining the period features where present, and incporportating as much, future-proof technology and sustainable assets as possible.

The project began with a consultation at the client’s previous home. Having established the suitability of the property, scheme designs were prepared and planning permission was obtained from the local authority. SDA guided the project through to completion, helping the family to obtain competitive tenders and choose a building contractor, before also supervising the works on site.

A beautiful period property in the Shropshire countryside was purchased and sympathetically adapted for our client – not your average adaptive project but we love a challenge and our team were quickly able to see how we could respectfully adapt the property to enable our client and help them realise their long-term passions.

The client, who is paraplegic, has a passion for fast cars and modern technology. The brief was to adapt the existing garages to meet his needs and incorporate assistive technology, whilst retaining the character of the building.

Jack was involved in a road accident at the age of 18 that rendered him tetraplegic and in need of specially adapted accommodation. We were initially asked to produce an accommodation report in 2010, and went on to manage the planning, design and build of a bespoke bungalow for Jack.

It was incredibly important to Jack that he was able to influence the design of the new property – which we always welcome and encourage if possible. Accessibility, open spaces and remote management of the house was key. SDA looked after all the background work, including negotiating the land purchase, obtaining planning consent and managing both the tender process and building work.

We were asked to redesign proposals created by a previous architect to help meet the specific needs of a young girl with cerebral palsy and her family.

The house had already been purchased by the time we became involved with this project but there was ample space and a great environment to work with, to provide the specialist facilities required.

One of the main objectives for our young client – alongside the need to include therapy zones and increased accessibility for the long term – was to find a property in the local area as the children in the family had settled into local schools and community life and the claimant’s grandparents, who provided a significant support network, also lived close by.

Suitable properties in Armthorpe were extremely limited so we actively canvased the area and found a vendor willing to sell their bungalow. At the time this property was not on the open market.

Our Property Finding and Acquisitions team successfully negotiated the purchase of the property along with an additional strip of land which was acquired from a neighbour. Whilst the existing bungalow was far too small the site was generous enough, with the extra land, to accommodate a bespoke new-build dwelling.

Due to the scale of accommodation required the local authority didn’t initially favour the scheme and subsequently the application went to committee.