Northstar was originally established in 2007 by Danny Sharpe and Ian Holmes as a specialist consultancy, offering Architecture, Planning and Project Management services exclusively in the elderly care sector. Since that time, we have worked with a number of care home operators to design and build over 3,000 care home beds right across the UK. We have worked work for Private care home operators, Voluntary sector providers, Charitable Trusts and Housing Associations.
Danny Sharpe
Development Director
Danny takes the lead on the Architectural Design and Planning of new opportunities: working with clients from the outset of a project to ensure that their aspirations are achieved.
Danny has 30 years of experience in designing schemes and securing planning consents for clients. In 2022, he was recognised with both the National Care Award and the Pinders Healthcare Design Award for BEST ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN for two of his projects.
Ian Holmes
Projects Director
Ian acts on the client’s behalf Project Managing the construction process from start to finish. Taking the design work, Ian develops a bespoke Specification with the client; draws up a set of Employer’s Requirements and seeks tenders from specialist builders. Ian then stays on the client side of the contractual table, guiding the whole process from Legals, through to Technical Detailing and making sure the builder delivers exactly what the client wants.
Trained in both Project Management and in Technical Architectural detailing, Ian is able to cast an expert eye over the whole construction process. Ian works closely with clients from commencement through to CQC sign off, chairing regular site meetings with all parties to monitor and evaluate construction progress and quality.
Client Feedback
"Northstar has acted for a number of our clients over the past 10 years primarily in the design and build of new care homes and extra care schemes. What continues to stand out for me is the high level of personal director led service, attention to detail, innovation and a real understanding of care home and extra care design."–Craig Woollam, Head of Healthcare
“The key to our relationship with Northstar Projects is trust; trust in client care, trust in the quality of work and trust that innovation is at the core of their work. All these factors continue to give us the confidence to ask them to get involved in our clients’ projects”–Tom Robinson, Partner, Valuation & Advisory - Healthcare
“Northstar offer a specialist consultancy that is effective, innovative, informed and efficient. They deliver solutions that surpass expectations and I would have no hesitation in recommending them.”–Steve Turner, Director
“I have been very impressed with the way Northstar have empathised with our ethos and embraced and developed the brief to produce an exciting design. Their friendly, thoughtful and efficient approach is greatly appreciated.”—Andy Walsh, Director of Property Services
“I have always found Northstar professional, approachable and flexible. They always come up with innovative solutions to overcome any problems.”—Dr Sanjay Kaushal, Managing Director
“Northstar have been a pleasure to work with, they understood the brief, they made useful suggestions to improve upon our vision and delivered two beautiful buildings.”—Vanessa Connolly, Chief Executive
"Northstar have been great to work with. Danny and Ian really took time to understand our brief and have worked with us to come up with creative solutions to deliver our vision for a market leading care home which meets dementia design gold standard and is deliverable within our budget."—Nicky Conway, CEO
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Ian Holmes
Projects Director
07884 435 322
ian@northstar-projects.com
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Danny Sharpe
Development Director
07887 796 966
danny@northstar-projects.com
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