Ascent Architecture

"Our experience of working with Ascent Architecture is fantastic. The free Project Planning Pack on the website helped us to shape and focus our ideas for our house remodelling project and guided us about what questions to ask when we booked the Ask The Expert Call, which took place with Steve himself. Steve has a meticulous attention to detail and during the Needs & Options Review meeting he helped us to come up with creative solutions for our ideas. Steve is responsive and thoughtful, and his depth of experience is hugely reassuring."

"We appointed Ascent Architecture for our workshop extension, first-floor balcony, and lower ground floor patio project in Redland, Bristol, and worked specifically with Steve Mardall throughout the process. We truly could not be happier with the experience and outcome. Like many renovation projects, ours faced a number of hiccups and delays along the way, but Steve was exceptional throughout. His communication was always clear and prompt, and he did a fantastic job advocating for us and coordinating with Building Regulations and other contractors when challenges or queries arose. Looking back, we only wish we had used Steve for every phase of the project, including tendering and contract administration, as the work he completed for us — surveys, concept development, planning applications, and Building Regulations — was consistently excellent. Steve brought a thoughtful, creative, and incredibly thorough approach while also taking the time to genuinely listen to our needs and priorities. That balance was hugely appreciated and made us feel very supported throughout. We loved the ideas he came up with and we trusted his vision for our renovation. We were also incredibly impressed by Steve’s hand-drawn plans and sketches. They felt like more than just drawings; they captured the vision for our home so beautifully that we genuinely plan to frame them as part of its story. And the technical drawings that followed were beyond excellent in their incredible detail. Working with Steve and Ascent Architecture has been a pleasure from start to finish, and we’ve already started dreaming up future projects we can work on together."

"Steve did a fantastic job helping us through a tricky retrospective application for some listed building works. He made space in his schedule to fit us in at short notice and pulled out the stops to get it done very quickly. He offered good advice and ideas; did great work, good attention to details and had a calm, reassuring approach through a stressful time. Very responsive and helpful; a real pleasure to work with. Highly recommended (and I don’t say that very often ;)"

"Steve Mardall of Ascent Architecture responded quickly to our first call for guidance on a derelict property. In a stage by stage process Ascent Architecture guided us, curbed our impetuous decisions, put us in touch with builders, revised some plans when we, not knowing what we didn't know, went ahead with a stage we weren't ready for and encouraged us onwards. Always swift to respond to emails, Ascent sorted planning rapidly. As we come close to completion, we thank Ascent Architecture and look forward to seeing the finished project."

"Our plan was to turn a cramped mews house into a comfortable home, combining small rooms, building a rear extension and revamping the layout of the three floors. Steve advised on the design and most effective ways to achieve our aims and guided us through the dire and lengthy planning process in Bristol. He considered the structural needs, providing detailed and precise structural plans for submission to Building Control. He is easy and pleasant to work with and, importantly, responds promptly to queries and problems."