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Every scheme carries its stage: consented, at tender, on site or complete.

Feasibility StudiesCompleted Projects
All 25Commercial to Residential 3HMO 12Co-Living & Large HMO 2High-End Residential 8
1930s House, Extended And Remade
High-End ResidentialComplete

1930s House, Extended And Remade

Winchester, Hampshire

Existing
1930s detached
Extensions
Single and two storey
Change of use
None

A tired 1930s detached house in Winchester, reworked with new extensions and a full fenestration change.

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Family Home Remade, With A Wraparound Extension
High-End ResidentialComplete

Family Home Remade, With A Wraparound Extension

Winchester, Hampshire

Existing
Detached family house
Extension
Single-storey wraparound
Change of use
None

A Winchester family home reconfigured inside and out: the front elevation rebuilt, the roof replaced and a brick-detailed single-storey wraparound extension to the rear.

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Commercial To Ten-Bed Co-Living
Co-LivingOn site

Commercial To Ten-Bed Co-Living

Cosham, Portsmouth

Bedrooms
10, all en suite
Existing
Commercial and storage
Thistle role
Feasibility, planning, Stage 4, interiors

The end of a 1930s terrace, converted from commercial and storage space into ten en-suite co-living rooms with shared amenity on every floor.

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Office To Residential Or HMO
Mixed UseIn planning

Office To Residential Or HMO

King's Lynn, Norfolk

Routes compared
2
HMO option
17 en suite
Both options
With extension

One building, two viable futures. We drew a residential conversion and a seventeen-room co-living HMO for the same envelope so the client could compare income, build scope and planning risk directly.

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Office Building To Eight Apartments, With A Mansard
Office to FlatsAt tender

Office Building To Eight Apartments, With A Mansard

Winchester, Hampshire

Apartments
8
Roof
New mansard
Windows
Sash, reinstated

A former office building at the top of Winchester High Street, beside a Grade I listed neighbour, converted into eight apartments with a new mansard roof extension.

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Office To High-End Houses
Commercial to ResidentialIn planning

Office To High-End Houses

Compton, Newbury

Sketch proposals tested
2
Homes identified
5
Three-bed units
83 sqm

A rural office building tested against two sketch schemes, landing on a terrace of four three-bed houses and one two-bed unit.

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Family House To En-Suite HMO
HMOComplete

Family House To En-Suite HMO

Eastleigh, Hampshire

Bedrooms, all en suite
7
Communal
Kitchen and dining
En suites
Marble tiled

A house converted to an HMO in Eastleigh, built around a full-length navy kitchen that runs the depth of the plan into a rooflit dining room.

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Eight-Bed Ultra Luxury HMO
HMOComplete

Eight-Bed Ultra Luxury HMO

Portsmouth, Hampshire

Bedrooms
8
Specification
Ultra luxury
Communal space
Living and dining

An eight-bedroom ultra luxury HMO on the south coast, built around a rooflit living and dining space at the back of the house.

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Vacant Corner Plot To New Home
New BuildComplete

Vacant Corner Plot To New Home

Hackney, London

Plot
Previously vacant
Facade
Green glazed brick
Thistle role
Feasibility to construction

A new home on a vacant corner plot, bookending an existing Hackney terrace behind a curved wall of green glazed brick.

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New Home In The New Forest
New BuildComplete

New Home In The New Forest

Lymington, Hampshire

Setting
New Forest
Material
Terracotta clay tile
Thistle role
Feasibility to construction

A new family home on a private plot inside the New Forest, tiled in terracotta across both roof and walls to sit inside a protected landscape.

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Class Q Barn To Dwelling
Class QComplete

Class Q Barn To Dwelling

Exmoor National Park

Route
Class Q prior approval
Approved
2024
Thistle role
Approval to construction

An agricultural barn on a working farm in Somerset, converted to a house under Class Q and delivered through to completion.

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One House To Four Homes
Residential DevelopmentConsented

One House To Four Homes

Crawley, West Sussex

Homes
Four
Strategy
Phased planning
Outcome
Full permission

A single large plot assessed for capacity, then masterplanned and consented as four new homes through a phased planning strategy.

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An Accessible Family Home
ResidentialConsented

An Accessible Family Home

South Downs

Brief
Level access throughout
Setting
South Downs
Constraint
Protected dark skies

A family home reconfigured and extended around a daughter's mobility needs, in a landscape where even the external lighting was a planning matter.

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Regency Offices To Four Flats
Office to FlatsOn site

Regency Offices To Four Flats

Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

Flats
4
Flat sizes
73.4 to 80.3 sqm
Status
On site

A Regency building on Kenilworth Road being converted from offices into four flats, from the basement up into the roof.

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Methodist Church To Offices
Commercial ConversionAt tender

Methodist Church To Offices

Leigh, Greater Manchester

Offices
10
Conference rooms
2
Office sizes
12.7 to 19.9 sqm

A Gothic Methodist church on Wigan Road, converted into offices without losing the stained glass or the vaulted roof.

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Offices To Six Flats, Plus An Eleven-Bed HMO
HMOOn site

Offices To Six Flats, Plus An Eleven-Bed HMO

Southampton, Hampshire

HMO Rooms
11
Apartments
6

A former freight office and the six-bed HMO beside it, redeveloped as six apartments and an eleven-bedroom co-living scheme for professionals.

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Six-Bed En-Suite HMO For Professionals
HMOComplete

Six-Bed En-Suite HMO For Professionals

Eastleigh, Hampshire

Bedrooms, all en suite
6
Tenant type
Professionals
Finish
High specification

An all en suite 6 bedroom HMO, finished to a high specification, located in Eastleigh.

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Seven-Bed Luxury HMO, Design To Build
HMOComplete

Seven-Bed Luxury HMO, Design To Build

Eastleigh, Hampshire

Bedrooms, all en suite
7
Thistle role
Design to construction
Market
Professional lets

A seven-bedroom luxury HMO for professionals in the centre of Eastleigh, taken from first design through to finished build.

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Three-Bed Family House To Seven-Bed HMO
HMOComplete

Three-Bed Family House To Seven-Bed HMO

Portsmouth, Hampshire

Bedrooms
7
Before
3 bed family house
En suite
Every room

A three-bedroom city centre family house turned into a seven-bedroom high-end HMO, every room en suite.

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Seven-Bed HMO, Feasibility To Approvals
HMOComplete

Seven-Bed HMO, Feasibility To Approvals

Portsmouth, Hampshire

Bedrooms
7
Completed
2023
Thistle role
Feasibility to approvals

A seven-bedroom HMO in Portsmouth, taken from a feasibility study of the existing property through to planning and building regulations approval.

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Seven-Bed HMO, En Suites Under New Rooflights
HMOComplete

Seven-Bed HMO, En Suites Under New Rooflights

Southampton, Hampshire

Bedrooms
7
Completed
2023
Specification
Essential

A seven-bedroom HMO in Southampton delivered to an essential specification, with en suite rooms worked into the roof under new rooflights.

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Seven-Bed High-End HMO, Southend-on-Sea
HMOComplete

Seven-Bed High-End HMO, Southend-on-Sea

Southend-on-Sea, Essex

Bedrooms
7
Let
Individually
Amenities
En suite plus shared

A high-end seven-bedroom HMO in Southend-on-Sea, with seven individually let en suite rooms and shared amenities.

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Victorian Terrace To Eight-Bed Co-Living
Co-LivingConsented

Victorian Terrace To Eight-Bed Co-Living

Southsea, Portsmouth

Bedrooms
8
Format
Luxury co-living
Building
Victorian terrace

An eight-bedroom luxury co-living conversion inside a bay-fronted Victorian terrace in Southsea.

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Bungalow To Contemporary Family Home
High-End ResidentialOn site

Bungalow To Contemporary Family Home

Kings Worthy, Winchester

Existing
Bungalow
Roof
New gable-ended form
Thistle role
Feasibility to construction

A bungalow on a corner plot, reworked internally and extended into a gable-ended house with vaulted ceilings over the open-plan heart.

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A 22-Bed HMO, Rebuilt
HMOComplete

A 22-Bed HMO, Rebuilt

Croydon, South London

Existing
22-bed local authority HMO
Proposed
Fewer, larger en-suite rooms
Thistle role
Stage 4 and delivery

An existing 22-bedroom local authority HMO reconfigured into fewer but far larger en-suite rooms, with Thistle running the technical package and the build.

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Some of these were delivered by HMO Designers, our sister practice within the Thistle Group. Each one says so on its own page.