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This recent development consists of two large detached houses in a leafy part of the London suburb of Hampton.

On the site of a former 1950s chalet bungalow of no particular merit, and surrounded by 150 year old Beech trees, Quad have created two houses firmly in the modernist tradition but updated with key, typically Quad, detailing. Of particular note is the innovative framed sliding timber window assemblies and external louvres to the first floor bedroom windows that can be seen peeping over the mature privet and laurel hedging that bounds the plots. In fact, the presence of the two houses on the street is surprisingly modest given their size, and the white rendered walls provide a dramatic contrast to the greenery afforded by the trees and hedging.

The local planning authority, Richmond Upon Thames, were supportive of the scheme throughout the planning process and its support has been rewarded with a small housing development of the highest design quality and standard of finish.