How we operate
Pennington Phillips offers a range of off-the-shelf and full turnkey contract administration services – from design and planning right through to handover of your beautiful home.
We’ll represent your interests in your dealings with the contractor, saving you time, stress and money by working to keep your project in line with expectations, budgets and agreed timeframes.
We’ll also help preserve the integrity of your design and ensure full compliance with regulations, providing our architectural knowledge and experience whenever unexpected eventualities arise during construction.
What we do
Architectural administration
We’ll manage your applications for planning permission, building consent and building regulations approval on your behalf. We’ll also find and appoint a suitable contractor and, where required, procure materials, fixtures and fittings from the most suitable suppliers.
Depending on the nature of your project, you can use our complete architecture package or pick and choose the individual services you need.
Pre-contract meeting
We’ll meet the main contractor to agree a budget and schedule, setting out a project document comprising a certificate for payment, periodic valuations and programme of formal site meetings. We’ll also make sure the contractor has all health and safety measures, insurances and statutory permits in place before work can proceed.
Regular site inspections
As part of our regular inspection regime, we’ll make both formal and informal site visits to monitor work and ensure it meets the requirements set out in the tender documentation.
We’ll also check the contractor is working in accordance with building regulations, planning permission and all other statutory conditions.
Monthly progress reviews
We’ll make monthly evaluations of the work to date, monitoring costs, budgets and timescales.
As part of this process, we’ll arrange meetings with contractors and consultants involved in your project, update you on progress and certify payments to the main contractor.
Where necessary, we’ll also adapt the design process in response to changes on site, logging any unforeseen circumstances and reporting their impact on the project programme and budget.
Project handover
On completion of your project, we’ll carefully inspect the property and draw up a snagging list of defects that the contractor must rectify within a suitable timeframe.
Next you’ll be ready to move into your majestic home. So we’ll be on hand to ensure the handover runs smoothly, providing you with a full operations and maintenance manual and arranging tutorials for any complex systems such as heating, audio-visual and home integration.
Post-completion
Once we’ve issued a certificate of practical completion, you’re then covered by our Defect Liability Period, during which the contractor remains responsible for any defects that may arise within the property.
Client testimonial
Kevin Baxter – Brunswick Street
“Matt did an extremely thorough and professional job and went above and beyond his remit several times. I highly recommend.”
Chris Barker – Malden Road
“Pennington Phillips did a superb job for us, involving an extensive renovation of our property. They were really adept at design – both the overall layout and the attention to detail. Highly recommended!”
Saul & Melanie Nurtman – Lindale
“Pennington Phillips designed the house from scratch and submitted the plans to the local authority. Once approved, they helped choose the builder and liaised with them until completion. We wouldn’t hesitate recommending them for future projects.”
Lawrence Stolzenburg – South Hill Park
“Matthew, Stanley and the team were always courteous, friendly and very creative with their ideas. From the very beginning of our building project they showed a clear understanding of what we wanted to achieve.”
Alex Garton – Cambridge Street
“Matt was a safe pair of hands and was able to take me calmly through the process – even when, at times, all I wanted to do was punch somebody!”
Sophie Hug – Gladys Road
“The service we received from Matthew Brumby and his team has been second to none. They took the time to listen to our plans and concerns and have really gone above and beyond to make the project run smoothly.”
Richard Hershman – Bentley Hyde
“Pennington Phillips proved to be straightforward, honest and honourable throughout the project. First and foremost, they put their loyalty squarely with us – essential as many consultants and contractors were involved throughout the construction phase.”
Conor Gearty – Lady Somerset Road
“Great drawings, impressive attention to detail, a sense of aesthetics but also flexibility. The result: a fab extension, beautiful, as fresh now as when it was done five years ago.”