Depending on the type of work being undertaken, most new commissions require a full measured survey of your existing property. This survey would be done at your convenience and gives us a thorough understanding of your existing property including: its size and shape, the materials used in its construction and the proximity of any trees and neighbouring buildings. We would also use this opportunity to photograph your property, both inside and out, to aid us in developing your ideas while away from site. These survey notes will be used to produce detailed CAD drawings of your property. A full copy of these will be sent to you for your records upon completion.

What is CAD?

CAD stands for Computer Aided Design. Gone are the days of drawing boards. Much of your design work will be done on computer using the very latest CAD software. These advanced drawing programmes enable us to accurately draw your designs at actual size and then print them out at any scale. We can even create images of your design in 3D.

Your survey drawings will be used as a basis for preliminary design work. Having already discussed your ideas with you during our consultation visit, the next stage is to produce outline design proposals. Once we have some initial ideas we will call you to arrange a suitable time to show you our ideas. These proposals will illustrate the size and form of your development along with the position of principle rooms and the way in which you might use the space. Only once you are completely satisfied with this stage of the design do we begin looking at things in more detail.