Company name: Edwards Rensen Architects

Jo Edwards is a director of Edwards Rensen Architects (ERA) in Islington, north London. ERA specialise in design led private residential work, mostly in North London. Between them they have more than five decades of experience of designing and leading residential projects.

ERA’s projects have featured in several national and international design magazines including Grand Designs, Wallpaper, RIBA Journal and in The Times RIBA Journal. They have been selected for New London Architecture’s Don’t Move Improve exhibition a number of times and London Open House invited them to open one of their projects to the public on Open House weekend and they have been on Channel 4’s Extraordinary Extensions.

Company description:

Edwards Rensen Architects (ERA) lead extension, renovation and new build house projects from first ideas to construction completion, with teams of trusted consultants and builders. Most of ERA's projects have budgets of between £300,000 to £800,000, but size is much less important than the potential to make unique, ecological, and elegant buildings.

ERA are a small practice by choice. Each of their projects gets the two director’s full attention and each client gets a bespoke service.
Here’s what some of their clients say:

Ms H, client of Cerulean House:
“Jo and Adrie helped us do a FULL renovation of a really run down property that is now a beautiful home that we love living in. We were doing the project remotely, while living in another country and they were very patient and accommodating of our restricted schedules without which the project would have been logistically impossible for us to pull off. They were also very good at taking our needs, wants and suggestions on board while gently guiding us in our design choices, something that was invaluable to a particular client like myself. They live locally to us and were also lovely about taking care of our house while we were away and have always been ready to help whenever needed! I couldn’t recommend them highly enough!”

Mr D, client of Thor House:
“We have worked with Adrie and Jo on three projects over the past 10 years, our biggest was after we had a fire in our kitchen over new year. I called Jo on new years day, and from that moment, they were a huge help in our rebuilding process. they found the builders and redesigned our kitchen and dining room into a wonderful living space, that we have loved ever since. They were always on hand to chat, pop over and assist with anything we needed. More recently, they helped redesign one of our bedrooms into a granny flat, coming up with amazing space saving designs to get a great shower room into a space you would not believe. They would always be my first call or recommend to others for any design needs.”

Website: edwards-rensen-architects.co.uk