Eight projects, 2014 to 2026, with the constraints and the costs left in.

A third bedroom and a shower room in a roof that was 150mm too short to stand up in, without eating the landing below.

Loft conversion, one bedroom and a shower room · Copthorne, Shrewsbury

A back door that opened into the middle of the only worktop, a chimney breast that had to stay, and a family of four who ate standing up.

Kitchen and rear return · Belle Vue, Shrewsbury

Undoing a 1980s refit in a Grade II farmhouse: gypsum over lime, a stone effect fireplace, and downlights drilled into a 400 year old beam.

Living room, one room within a Grade II listed house · Near Much Wenlock, Shropshire

Fourteen seats, a reception desk that had to stay where the cabling was, and a practice that could not close for more than two weekends.

Small commercial, waiting room and reception · Ludlow, Shropshire

Forty six square metres for someone moving out of a four bedroom house, where the hall was doing four jobs and none of them well.

Whole flat, 46 square metres · Town centre, Shrewsbury

Thirty four covers, two staff walking eleven kilometres a day between them, and a five week window before the walking season started.

Small commercial, 34 covers · Church Stretton, Shropshire

Teaching eleven pupils a week from the front room was not working. The new room had to be quiet, warm in February, and under 2.5m tall.

Garden room, 18 square metres · A village near Bishop's Castle, Shropshire

Six people who had moved from three separate rooms into one open floor, and had nowhere to take a phone call.

Small commercial, six desks and two shared · Craven Arms, Shropshire