Home Extension Design for Thoughtful, Practical Homes
A well-designed home extension can transform the way you live, bringing in more light, creating better flow and giving your family the space it needs without losing the character of your existing home.
Blue Door Architecture helps homeowners across Edinburgh, the Lothians and Central Scotland design practical, thoughtful and beautifully resolved home extensions. We can guide your project from initial ideas through to sketch design, planning applications, building warrant drawings, and construction support.
Designing an extension that works with your home
Every home is different, so every extension should respond to the building, the site and the people who live there. We look at how your home currently works, where it falls short and how a carefully designed extension could improve light, space, flow and everyday use.
Planning permission for home extensions
Some home extensions need planning permission, especially where the property is in a conservation area, is listed, or where the design affects neighbours, boundaries or the street scene. We can help assess what is likely to be required and prepare the drawings and information needed for a planning application.
Building warrant drawings
In Scotland, many extension projects also require a building warrant before construction can begin. We can prepare the technical drawings and design information needed for the building warrant stage, helping your project move from design intent towards buildable detail.
Seeing the design before you commit
We use sketches, drawings and 3D visualisation where useful to help you understand the space before decisions are made. This can make it easier to compare layout options, understand lighting and scale, and feel confident about the project's direction.
Thinking about extending?
Tell us what you are hoping to achieve, and we can help you understand the next steps.
Understanding our fees
Architectural design fees vary depending on the size, complexity and stage of your project. You can read more about how we approach fees here.