A Mayfair-based architect who threatened to sue a client following a dispute over the specification of windows for a loft conversion has been fined £1,000 after admitting unprofessional conduct.

The Architects Registration Board’s professional conduct committee issued the penalty order to Debbie Flevotomou following a complaint about her service that dated back to 2018.

According to the PCC, a planning application error led to Flevotomou securing consent for the wrong kind of windows for the project – wood rather than aluminium – a situation her client remedied by securing a variation to the planning permission from Lambeth council herself.

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