To whom and where shall I send the guide?
Don't Extend Yet!
10 Things Every Growing Family Should Know Before Spending £50K–£150K on a Home Extension
You like the area. The school run works. The neighbours are familiar. The commute is manageable. The house has memories, routines, birthdays, Christmas mornings, first steps, family dinners and all the little moments that make it feel like yours, but...
...something has changed. The house that once felt big enough now feels tight and you don't want to move!
Download this 31-page guide was written to share my 25 years experience working with local families who need more space AND love their house.
Does this sounds familiar?
You love your home. Your family life has just outgrown it.
The kitchen that felt perfect five years ago now feels like a bottleneck. Mornings are chaotic. There's nowhere quiet to work, nowhere for the kids to play that isn't underfoot, nowhere for guests to stay. You're not ready to move — you're ready to make this home work properly.
Clarity comes before commitment.
Most families we meet have spent months scrolling Pinterest, getting conflicting advice, and quietly worrying they'll spend £80,000 and still hate the layout. We wrote this guide because the biggest mistakes families make aren't about budget or builders — they're about decisions made before the first drawing is ever sketched.
Read it before you talk to anyone — including me.
It might save you a great deal of money. It will definitely save you stress.
Read it before you spend a penny.
Twenty minutes with this guide could save you twenty thousand pounds — and a great deal of regret.
Ann Vanner
B.A.(hons), M.Arch. M.Sc.
Ann Vanner is an architect, spatial designer and residential planning specialist with over 20 years’ experience helping homeowners make better decisions about their homes. Through Acorn Architects, she works with growing families whose homes feel cramped, awkward or no longer suited to everyday life.
Known for her calm, practical and creative approach, Ann helps homeowners step back before they rush into expensive extensions or building work. Using her ACORN™ Framework, refined through years of experience, she helps families assess what is not working, clarify what they really need, explore their options and reality-check the most sensible way forward.
Ann has seen too many families invest heavily in renovations, only to realise afterwards that the work did not fully solve the real problem. That is why her approach is built around one simple principle: clarity before commitment.
Before you build, get clear.
The home you love is worth getting right. Start with the guide.
