Alfold Gardens — interior design & layouts, Surrey

Alfold Gardens street view of contemporary family homes with dark cladding and landscaping, Surrey — The street — dark cladding, landscape-led, and already award-winning

What we delivered

Interior identity
Spatial planning
Floor plan optimisation
Design concept
Specification
CGIs

The project

Alfold Gardens is a landscape-led development of 56 contemporary family homes on a former seven-acre garden centre site in a historic Surrey village. The masterplanning and architecture had already been recognised with a Homes England award, so the ambition at site level was not in doubt.

Q Developments came to us after the original layouts and interior specification failed to deliver on what the architecture promised. The original design lacked direction — it did not reflect the premium product the development was offering.

Our brief was to bring the interior identity into line: improved layouts with better spatial flow, and a specification that feels contemporary, precise and unapologetically elegant.

Alfold Gardens was our first project with Q Developments, followed by Grand Union Row and the relaunch of their website.

Alfold Gardens exterior detail with dark timber cladding and brick chimney, Surrey — Cladding and chimney — the architecture we had to match

Alfold Gardens exterior detail with landscaping and dark cladding, Surrey — Landscape-led, and planted before it was sold

Layouts redesigned around how families live

The floor plan is the single most consequential decision in any residential scheme. We assessed every house type, with particular attention to the spaces that carry the most weight in a large family home — living areas, kitchens, bathrooms and the primary suite.

Kitchens were enlarged to take dual refrigeration and substantial island layouts, with improved circulation into the living and dining areas. The primary suite was reconceived as a retreat within the home: a generous bedroom, a full walk-in wardrobe, and an ensuite with double basins, a walk-in shower and a freestanding bath.

Alfold Gardens ground floor plan before and after spatial redesign by HDEY — Ground floor — before, and after

Alfold Gardens primary suite floor plan before and after, showing walk-in wardrobe and ensuite, by HDEY — Primary suite — the wardrobe and ensuite resolved

Every room given the weight it deserves

The interior identity was developed to sit with confidence alongside the architecture, grounded in the Surrey landscape and shaped by how families of this profile actually live. Every material and finish was selected to reinforce the quality of the scheme rather than dilute it.

Kitchens were extended into generous islands with integrated bar seating, finished with stone worktops, Belfast sinks and golden handles. Living rooms were given the architectural weight they lacked — panelling, coving and classic fireplaces bring a sense of permanence, while LED lighting recessed into the window reveals adds warmth without competing with the daylight.

Alfold Gardens CGI — kitchen with dark green island, marble backsplash and gold hardware, by HDEY — Concept — dark green island, marble, gold

Alfold Gardens CGI — kitchen with cream island and marble backsplash, by HDEY — The same plan, the lighter scheme

Alfold Gardens CGI — living room with fireplace, window seats and cream furniture, by HDEY — Living room — fireplace, window seats, panelling

Alfold Gardens CGI — primary bedroom with four-poster bed and walk-in wardrobe, by HDEY — Primary bedroom — drawn as a retreat

Completed

Where the original interiors were indistinguishable from standard housebuilder specification, the final design is specific to this development — responsive to the architecture, the setting, and what a buyer at this level expects.