Most developers talk about scale. Adam Dainow built his reputation starting with London’s smallest, most awkward plots. With a background in architecture, Adam evolved into a planning led developer, transforming tight infill sites and overlooked back gardens into high value homes.

This episode unpacks hard lessons in risk, navigating shifting planning policies, and how confidence in property development is built deliberately through careful scaling, staying in your lane and growing when the foundations are truly strong.

With over 15 years of experience in architecture, Adam Dainow is now the co-founder and director of Caswell & Dainow, one of London’s leading specialists in unlocking small and overlooked residential sites. Together with Charlie Caswell, they built a planning led development model focused on infill plots, backland schemes and constrained urban sites.

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