Team
At SNUG we have a great team committed to delivering our projects to the highest standards.
Our collective experience covers the many aspects of making a home: from self-build and community support, to masterplanning and design, materials, energy efficiency, procurement, finance, project management to training and construction….not to mention permaculture, theatre and overseas development.
Alex Dutton
Design & Technical
Alex is a chartered architect with over twenty years experience with award winning practices, spanning masterplanning to onsite delivery of projects.
Growing up in the Netherlands gave him an understanding of the universal benefits of good housing and he is committed to raising the design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods in the UK.
Alex’s interest is in enabling people to access better quality and truly sustainable homes, working within a co-design process where residents and communities can shape their homes and surroundings…and all have a space to properly store bikes!
Anna Hope
Training & Community
Anna brings over 20 years' experience of self build and community-led housing. Starting out with building her own timber eco home in the early 2000's as part of a community project, she went on to develop a successful consultancy before co-founding SNUG Homes in 2018.
Her experience includes a Churchill Fellowship in 2018/19, which took her to Europe, Australia and New Zealand to research alternative models of housing delivery.
She is currently studying for a PhD in community-led housing at the University of the West of England.
Dominique Bull
Construction & Training
Dominique became a key member of the construction team for our first SNUG.
Dominique developed a passion for empowering people through construction when working on production teams for large-scale immersive theatre and festivals.
They were inspired by the sense of community that is created around these events, and seek to bring this forward into the creation of sustainable homes.
Their interest is to demystify self-build through creating opportunities for people to gain hands-on experience.
dominique@snughomes.co.uk
Jenny Ford
Materials & Procurement
Jenny has been an integral part of the design team since 2018, working in a range of areas including product analysis, technical design and production drawings, alongside the implementation of construction, procurement and operating processes.
Jenny is a systems thinker and passionate about promoting better resource awareness. She founded consultancy Materials in Mind in 2018, working to connect SME construction businesses with environmentally sustainable products and resilient practices that bring economic, social and environmental value, contributing to a more circular economy.
jenny@snughomes.co.uk
Jackson Moulding
Design & Construction
Jackson has worked in the field of community-led housing over the last 20 years. His background has focused on environmental sustainability, practical design, energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Having built his own house, and led the self-finish of two large housing projects, he continues to provide training in construction skills. He was a founding member of the National Custom and Self Build Association, and the Bristol CLT, is a fellow of the School For Social Entrepreneurs, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce and a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust fellow.
Michelle Asher
Finance & HR
Michelle oversees finance, human resources and manages our relationships with strategic partners.
With a background in empowering community projects, finance, project management and permaculture, her first engagement with housing was as a community-led housing enabler, project managing the delivery of 50-home self-finish scheme in Bristol.
Michelle’s transatlantic positivity is an important weapon to help ward off any blues that may emerge from time to time!
Nicky Hategekima
Project Support
Nicky looks after the day to day office and project finances, new enquiries and wellbeing of the team.
Nicky joined the SNUG Homes team as it began its first build. She is passionate about community and working together and loves the emphasis placed on learning and inclusion when building a SNUG.
Nicky's background is in rural livelihoods and development, primarily overseas, but while Bristol based has become part of the team learning new skills supporting our exciting new projects.
Tim Chapman
Cost & Project Management
Tim is our project guru, knowledgable of all things that a project needs to run smoothly.
A qualified project manager and cost consultant with 20 years of experience working in the construction industry, Tim has worked across a wide range of sectors including residential, retail, leisure and civil engineering projects.
His work focuses is on collaboration and relationship building to make a difference to the well-being of people and communities. He is currently developing our processes to improve the efficiency and affordability of our build process.