AN ON-SITE DESIGN AND BUILD SOLUTION

Shawm is one of a small number of companies providing a complete design and on-site build service, specialising in the delivery of one-off homes for self-builders. Founding partner Richard Pender says: “The Shawm ethos is quite simple: we as designers and builders take collective responsibility. We work together hand in hand from design stage through to delivery to ensure that we realise higher quality, more sustainable buildings. This is exactly how we approached Oak Tree House [pictured] — Tynside’s first certified Passivhaus. We hope too that it produced an altogether more satisfactory process for our clients, John and Anne, to be involved in.”