Eaves & Acre Eaves&Acre Land · Property · Conversions
Phil on a site visit with a landowner, looking across a field towards a mature oak.
A recent site visit with a landowner keen to realise the potential of a field on the edge of their estate, while keeping access to an oak of sentimental value.
Our Approach

We start with the site.

Every site has constraints: policy, context, neighbours, character, history. We don't force templates; we look at what the land can genuinely support, and shape a scheme around that. It starts with a straightforward conversation about your land and what might be possible. We focus on small, complex plots, generally one to three acres, across London & the commuter belt.

Getting permission

The hard part of a small site isn't building it. It's getting permission for the right scheme.

Small sites stall all the time, often because the scheme that was proposed wasn't suited to the site. No two are the same; each has its own constraints, whether that's green belt, flood risk or a conservation area, and each needs treating differently.

And getting permission often comes down to the political stage of planning: neighbours, local institutions, elected members. We engage them directly and early, so a decision is made on fact and merit, not speculation.

The council chamber at Hackney Town Hall, where planning committee decisions are made.
Hackney Town Hall, where our current scheme won consent at committee, March 2026.
Phil and Jen in a working design meeting with plans on the table
The team behind us

Small in number, serious in capability.

We may be a partnership of two, but we never work alone. On every project we bring together an experienced group of independent professionals, chosen to suit the site in hand: architects, planning consultants, structural engineers, party wall surveyors, interior designers, arboricultural consultants, daylight and sunlight analysts and energy specialists, to name a few. It's the same team approach we're using on our current London project.

It means every site we take on has real professional expertise behind it.

Think your site might fit?

That's exactly the conversation we'd like to have. Tell us a little about your land or building, and we'll take an honest look at what's possible.

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