The Design Social - Leicester

Jonathan Rowe

We recently worked with Barnaby from The Design Social on an extension for our home, and we’re very happy with the result. Barnaby took the time to understand our needs and offered practical suggestions that improved the design while staying within our budget. The plans he created made excellent use of space and light.

Throughout the project, Barnaby was professional, approachable, and responsive, which made the process run smoothly. He worked well with the builders and contractors, ensuring the project stayed on track. We’re delighted with the final outcome and now have a space that works well for our family.

We would recommend Barnaby and The Design Social to anyone looking for a reliable and thoughtful architect.

Paul O'Neill

Barnaby and his team were extremely attentive, understanding and responsive to our needs and wishes. They were able to incorporate our ideas and make improvements and better suggestions for our plans. We have ended up with a design we are very happy with. Barnaby's understanding and assistance with the planning process was excellent and approval was given on time, first time.
Great to deal with, would use again and highly recommend.

R “ich” C

We have been so pleased the high standard that Barnaby and the team at The Design Social have brought to all aspects of the design and planning process so far. Barnaby is extremely professional yet approachable, inspiring confidence and trust. He really listened, paying close attention to our wishes, and demonstrated a true understanding of what we are trying to achieve, incorporating everything we wanted where possible. Where it was not, Barnaby would find alternative approaches which were sensitive to our intentions. The planning permission application was tricky and frustrating, fraught with contradictions, unrealistic objections and delays from the council. Barnaby addressed all issues with skill, diplomacy and infinite patience, ultimately securing us a favourable outcome. The team communicated with us regularly, keeping us updated and reassuring us throughout. We would like to offer our sincere appreciation to the entire team and are excited to move forward with them onto the next stage of the building process.

Natalie Goodwin

Barnaby has been absolutely amazing. Very informative and helpful through every step of the process. He listened to everything we wanted and made suggestions which we have used. Everything was on the timescale he said and was not late with anything. Very friendly and made the process feel easy taking away any worries or stress with the process.

I would definitely recommend!!

David Bailey

Used The Design Social for some drawings for a listed building consent application. Barnaby was very knowledgeable and made the whole process easy. Drawings completed in a timely manner and the application went through without a hitch. Reasonable price and efficient service. Thank you

Steph Davies

Barnaby and his team were very friendly and helpful. Gave lots of suggestions on how to design the space to fit our needs.
He kept us informed of the progress with regards to planning being granted.
Would recommend again.

Catherine Myers

We were very happy with the service provided from Barnaby and colleagues at design social, he was very happy to answer any questions we had and also delt with the communication with building control. Any updates that building control requested to the architectural plans were dealt with promptly and efficiently. We would recommend the design social to our friends and family.

James Boulden

Extremely professional yet friendly service provided. Good clear communication for fees and site visits. Full of ideas which we would never have thought of. Understandable clear plans provided along with calculations for supporting wall removal. The visual walk through of what the room could look like was extremely helpful and the ability to move things around helped us choose which option we want to go for. Would highly recommend them.