Choosing an architect is an important decision. The time you spend with your architect will not only be lengthy, but will involve in-depth discussion about your home and the way you live in it. For this reason we like to arrange a 1 hour consultation meeting, before taking on any new commission.

What can you expect from this first visit?

• It gives you a chance to meet us and us a chance to meet you.
• It gives us a chance to see the site and assess the feasibility of any design ideas you may have.
• It gives you a chance to discuss your ideas with us and to see if we can offer any solutions that you may not have thought of.
• It allows us to assess the planning implications of your proposals and whether or not the work can be done under permitted development.
• It allows us to advise you on the structural implications of your proposals and at what stage a structural engineer should get involved.
• It allows us to advise you on the current building regulations and what must be done in order to comply.
• It gives us a chance to discuss likely build costs and fees.

When we first visit your site there are many things that we will be looking at while discussing your ideas. While the overall design will be the main topic of discussion, it is our job to be thinking ahead, beyond planning approval, to the practicalities of how things will actually be built.

An appointment letter will be posted to you immediately after this first visit along with our quote.