Hampshire Architect

Hampshire Architect’s Carolyn Lowe (Carrie) is an ARB Registered and RIBA Chartered Architect and mum of two, based near Southampton, specialising in home improvement including extensions, internal and external remodelling projects and loft conversions, with an emphasis on light and flow. Explore ideas, costs, planning and building regulations requirements with a commitment-free initial design and budget consultation. Advance your project with her pay-as-you-go service, including collaborative sketch design at your table, budget costings and colour artist’s impressions. Contact Carrie for your free home improvement guide.

Alastair Rutt
5 Star
We contacted Carrie having read the online reviews and looked at her website. We are considering having our 20 year old conservatory(built by former owners) demolished and a relatively large extension built in its place. Along with some internal remodelling the aim is to give ourselves a large kitchen/dining room/family area with separate utility room and addition snug. Communication was prompt and courteous advising there would be a fair wait before she could visit should we wish to proceed due to the busy home improvement sector at the moment. We decided to wait as she clearly specialised in the kind of project we had in mind and said as much. When Carrie visited she was easy to talk to and genuinely seemed to want us to make our home better. She quickly understood our ideas around the work we were considering undertaking and whilst taking this into account wasn’t shy in suggesting changes for budgetary, practical or aesthetic reasons. At the time of writing this review we have had our initial sketches and budget costings through. These have captured perfectly what was discussed and agreed whilst offering a plethora of options and professional advice. Carrie’s experience and expertise was clear from the outset and, perhaps most importantly we felt like she was listening and understanding us whilst using her skills to guide the eventual design. We’re just deciding whether to proceed with the build as the estimate is more than our initial budget but are very happy with the service provided and will, if we go ahead be sticking closely to the design.
Monday 16th May 2022

John Stagg
5 Star
Carrie is very experienced and really helpful. Listened to what we had to say and helped us with thinking about plans for our home. Excellent advice but more importantly great ideas and discussion to help us think through what we want to do. We could not have been more pleased.
Friday 1st July 2022

Christopher Taylor
5 Star
Carrie was a true professional. She came to us well prepared and provided sound advice and information that we needed to make our decisions easy. I would highly recommend her services.
Saturday 23rd April 2022

Rebekah Keeler
5 Star
Carrie at Hampshire Architect has been extremely helpful in taking us through the process for our kitchen redesign. The process has been informative, friendly and professional. I am confident we will have support all the way through to final project delivery. We would recommend Carrie for home improvements large or small.
Saturday 24th April 2021

Hilary Platt
5 Star
A loft conversion of our bungalow a few years ago left us with an awkward lounge layout and we needed some help to explore what could be done. We booked an initial consultation with Carrie. Carrie helped us to explore exactly what wasn't working for us now and options to consider for alternatives. Carrie was professional, approachable, a good listener and her drawings and advice have given us the springboard to move forward with our plans.
Tuesday 20th April 2021