Creating space for you to enjoy a high quality home-life of ease and pleasure, with elegant eco-home design.
"It is gorgeous, really gorgeous and has made a massive difference to our lives. Thank you so much for the design - you did a fab job."
L. Bramhall
"Design is Decisions!"
Good design comes from making the right combination of right-for-you decisions. But the amount and complexity of decision making needed for a home design project can be overwhelming.
That's where I come in.
When you work with me I help you make the right decisions for you and your home-life, so you create a home you truly love living in.
I help you consider your options and choose what best fits your requirements for finances, timescale and quality, as well as taking into account your existing home and desired lifestyle.
That's where I come in.
When you work with me I help you make the right decisions for you and your home-life, so you create a home you truly love living in.
I help you consider your options and choose what best fits your requirements for finances, timescale and quality, as well as taking into account your existing home and desired lifestyle.
Are you ready to redesign your home?
To get the best home design for you in the fastest and most cost effective way, start with the Big Picture Plan. This initial design package includes three stages:
- Vision: we get clear on what you need and want from your home. I make it easy for you to communicate this to me for your design to be based on.
- Design: I create multiple design options for you (typically 3-8) and we collaboratively explore them to arrive at a set of sketch design plans that you are happy with.
- Feasibility: I support and guide you to check that the design really is right for you and meets all your preferences and priorities.
With the Big Picture Plan package you also get included complimentary access to:
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Prep for Yes! Planning Approval Toolkit Optimise your chances of a successful planning application from the outset. Sold separately for £49 (Click the image to find out more) |
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Renovation Roadmap Make right-for-you project management decisions to get the most for your time, energy and money at each stage. Sold separately for £49 (Click the image to find out more) |
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Book Brilliant Builders Expert insights that help you find builders, get prices, then manage the construction effectively for a successful outcome. Sold separately for £49 (Click the image to find out more) |
These added resources save you a total of £147, compared to buying them separately.
"Overall working with you was excellent! The best part was that you are so personal and creative. Your approach is so different from others in that you listened to my needs and created solutions based on them.
Before working with you, I had an architect come to my home. He didn't ask me one question about what I wanted. I was struggling with challenging my thinking about how my home could be renovated. Exploring what other options are regarding moving and also comparing cost of staying and cost of moving.
The Big Picture Plan helped me to decide what I am going to do, which is move. I was surprised by the amount of different options that could be a possibility of the renovations. For anyone on the fence about working with you I would say, Do it! Jane is a genius."
Before working with you, I had an architect come to my home. He didn't ask me one question about what I wanted. I was struggling with challenging my thinking about how my home could be renovated. Exploring what other options are regarding moving and also comparing cost of staying and cost of moving.
The Big Picture Plan helped me to decide what I am going to do, which is move. I was surprised by the amount of different options that could be a possibility of the renovations. For anyone on the fence about working with you I would say, Do it! Jane is a genius."
Anna Radford, St. Helens
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Would you like a chat?Do you want to make sure that working with me is right for you and your project?
Click the button below for a complimentary House Extension Roadmap Call. It will help you kickstart your project, experience my unique approach, and get to know me, so you can decide if you'd like me to be your architect: |
"Working with Jane has been excellent. We have been especially impressed by her holistic approach, as well as her creativity and enthusiasm.
Before working with Jane at iarchitect we had worked with another architect. We were struggling to understand the range of different options, and how we could incorporate any green/eco elements.
The Big Picture Plan gave us a way to extend our house in a completely new way that we hadn't even thought about! That will give a much better outcome! Jane's eco design knowledge was particularly valuable. The previous architect we'd worked with didn't really suggest anything around energy efficiency and having someone to give advice right from the start was invaluable."
Before working with Jane at iarchitect we had worked with another architect. We were struggling to understand the range of different options, and how we could incorporate any green/eco elements.
The Big Picture Plan gave us a way to extend our house in a completely new way that we hadn't even thought about! That will give a much better outcome! Jane's eco design knowledge was particularly valuable. The previous architect we'd worked with didn't really suggest anything around energy efficiency and having someone to give advice right from the start was invaluable."
Saul & Bryony, Manchester
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When you choose iarchitect Limited to design your home, you work directly with me - award winning chartered architect and founding director, Jane Leach.
Specialised in human centred design, eco-home renovation and architectural conservation, I've redesigned well over 100 homes since setting up what is now iarchitect Ltd in 2009.
This means you get:
Specialised in human centred design, eco-home renovation and architectural conservation, I've redesigned well over 100 homes since setting up what is now iarchitect Ltd in 2009.
This means you get:
- Functional and practical design that is easy and comfortable to live with
- Eco-design embedded into your design from the outset based on Passivhaus principles
- Beautiful design that preserves and enhances the original character of your home
More kind words from my lovely clients:
"We interviewed a number of architects and builders to find the right solution for our house extension. Jane was the only one who proposed a different approach to the first floor layout, offering light, space and architectural design elements. The design offers practicality and style and has accommodated all our requirements.
Jane is very accommodating and flexible when a change is required. Her problem solving abilities more than justify the costs of employing an architect, particularly if you are looking for something more extraordinary than "design and build" has to offer. She is a great listener and communicator."
Jane is very accommodating and flexible when a change is required. Her problem solving abilities more than justify the costs of employing an architect, particularly if you are looking for something more extraordinary than "design and build" has to offer. She is a great listener and communicator."
Siobhan Duncan, Manchester
"Jane came highly recommended and I'm more than delighted to extend that recommendation. We were looking for help to pull our loose ideas about how to enlarge our kitchen, within some quite restrictive guidelines and Jane was able to come up with some fabulous ideas that ticked all our boxes and then some.
Jane was an excellent listener and translator who took our ideas and provided comprehensive sketches to help visualize our thoughts. I wouldn't hesitate to hire Jane in the future."
Jane was an excellent listener and translator who took our ideas and provided comprehensive sketches to help visualize our thoughts. I wouldn't hesitate to hire Jane in the future."
Trasie Einig Jones, Liverpool
"Conservation area planning requires an added level of professionalism, patience and knowledge. All of which ultimately led us to working with Jane on our project.
Jane was collaborative and managed to keep step in step with the planners to achieve a successful outcome."
Jane was collaborative and managed to keep step in step with the planners to achieve a successful outcome."
Tas Hirani, Manchester
"Jane has made our home redesign project so much easier and more effective. From the first contact through to obtaining planning consent, Jane listened to what we needed and wanted, suggested options but happily left final decisions to us, she understood how we want to make use of our space and our final plan will deliver this.
From an ordinary two up two down to a spacious three bed, two bath home with only a small extension, she's a near miracle worker!"
From an ordinary two up two down to a spacious three bed, two bath home with only a small extension, she's a near miracle worker!"
Katy Carmichael, East Lancs
"Jane is super committed to her work and having a design day with her was both really helpful and inspiring. She came up with lots of creative solutions to my tricky Victorian home's old fashioned layout.
She also really listened to the points I had made about how we use the house and didn't try to impose her own ideas, though I did appreciate her focus on being energy efficient. I would recommend her wholeheartedly."
She also really listened to the points I had made about how we use the house and didn't try to impose her own ideas, though I did appreciate her focus on being energy efficient. I would recommend her wholeheartedly."
A. Norwich
"We were thinking of extending to give us more light and space but Jane convinced us just to rearrange the internal space. She came up with a brilliant plan which gives us a much better flow.
She is delightful to work with and is always on hand to give advice."
She is delightful to work with and is always on hand to give advice."
Lois Macpherson, Poynton
"My partner and I are in the early stages of scoping our first house extension project. While we had some ideas of what we wanted we realised that we don't have enough architecture tools to achieve them so we invested in a sketch design package with Jane at iarchitect. I was aware of Jane's passion in working with families' existing homes and I felt more comfortable asking for help this way than walking into a local architecture firm.
This process helped us to shift the conversation away from our house quibbles and budget, and to focus more positively about how could we make the school morning exodus a smoother process for all, and how to improve the flow of toys/voices/people around the new house. Jane was very easy to chat with, listening, feeding in, offering suggestions along the way and letting my partner and I have our 'I don't think so!' moments.
At the end of the day Jane produced 3 different, hand drawn sketches - she chatted through both the why's and how's of the ideas and we all felt that two of them were more likely than the third so we focussed on two. These were follow up by tidier, electronic versions by the end of the week.
The whole process has been insightful and thought provoking. Jane's knowledge and process has really kickstarted useful conversations between my partner and I and helped us to identify key factors to incorporate into our new home. As the design ideas are firmed up, I'm really looking forward to extracting more expert ideas from Jane on how to bring our new home to life. Thanks, Jane!"
This process helped us to shift the conversation away from our house quibbles and budget, and to focus more positively about how could we make the school morning exodus a smoother process for all, and how to improve the flow of toys/voices/people around the new house. Jane was very easy to chat with, listening, feeding in, offering suggestions along the way and letting my partner and I have our 'I don't think so!' moments.
At the end of the day Jane produced 3 different, hand drawn sketches - she chatted through both the why's and how's of the ideas and we all felt that two of them were more likely than the third so we focussed on two. These were follow up by tidier, electronic versions by the end of the week.
The whole process has been insightful and thought provoking. Jane's knowledge and process has really kickstarted useful conversations between my partner and I and helped us to identify key factors to incorporate into our new home. As the design ideas are firmed up, I'm really looking forward to extracting more expert ideas from Jane on how to bring our new home to life. Thanks, Jane!"
Kimm, Farnham
"Jane designed and managed our significant extension in an exemplary fashion. She was imaginative, but also practical, and has helped us create a house that we are very proud of.
She showed great patience, built good relationships with the builder, and was always available for advice and guidance. I would recommend her services to others, unreservedly."
She showed great patience, built good relationships with the builder, and was always available for advice and guidance. I would recommend her services to others, unreservedly."
Jim Slavin, Alderley Edge
"Jane's advice and help has been invaluable. Within 30 mins she had helped us understand the planning and restrictions due to the sewage pipes running across the back of our property. She took her time to read all the information we had sent her, talked through the options on layout and design, then walked us through any concerns we had and discussed possible solutions.
Jane turned around initial sketches within days and her continued support in talking with planning and the utility company has been excellent."
Jane turned around initial sketches within days and her continued support in talking with planning and the utility company has been excellent."
Caroline Ellis, Newton Abbot
