{"id":36,"date":"2026-10-13T14:44:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T14:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/busy-bardeen.194-164-22-222.plesk.page\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2026-10-14T14:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:06:15","slug":"process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dialabuilder.co.uk\/?page_id=36","title":{"rendered":"Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From first sketch to final key<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One continuous hand.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

From the first conversation through design, procurement, construction and handover, the same team stays responsible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Birmingham & the West Midlands<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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The process & the craft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five stages. One continuous hand.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A house is decided long before the first brick is laid \u2014 in the survey, the structure and the joinery details. We keep all five stages inside the same team so nothing important is handed to someone who was not in the room.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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01<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conversation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We start with the plot, the brief and the budget in the same room. No drawings before we understand what the house is actually for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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02<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feasibility & survey<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Measured survey, constraints, planning risk and a realistic cost range \u2014 before you commit to a single line on paper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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03<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design & consent<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Design developed with our own architects, then submitted and negotiated through planning and building regulations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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04<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engineering & procurement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Structural design, sequencing and long-lead procurement. Prices fixed where they can be, transparent where they cannot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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05<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Build & handover<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Our own trades on site, inspected at every stage, snagging closed out before we hand you the keys.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Materials chosen for how they age, not how they photograph.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hand-fluted limestone, charred cedar, solid oak and unlacquered bronze. We specify finishes that improve with weather and use \u2014 the ones that will still look considered in thirty years, when the house has genuinely become yours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Solid oak \u2014 one flight, one detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stone, oak and a shadow gap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bifold doors, opened to the garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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Your own commission<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a plot, we would like to see it.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Call 07888 555 333<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Send an enquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From first sketch to final key One continuous hand. From the first conversation through design, procurement, construction and handover, the same team stays responsible. Birmingham & the West Midlands The process & the craft Five stages. One continuous hand. A house is decided long before the first brick is laid \u2014 in the survey, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialabuilder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialabuilder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialabuilder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialabuilder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialabuilder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dialabuilder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84,"href":"https:\/\/dialabuilder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialabuilder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}