No, estate agent’s plans are fine to work with, or potentially we can see if there are historical plans online or if other similar houses have recently submitted planning applications. It depends on the house, but usually we can get something to work with, and if we can’t we’ll be sure to let you know at the outset.

Not at all. We often look at feasibility studies for people who are looking to buy a new house, to help them in their decision. The report will only be shared with you, it is entirely private. We don’t visit the property and so there are no intrusive visits that may be hard to arrange. So if you aren’t the owner it doesn’t matter, the actual owner will not be informed and the report will be kept private at all times.

Unfortunately not. We’d love to be able to, but the reality is that only a complete design can be costed and the ideas sketched out in a feasibility study are not specific or detailed enough to fully cost. That said, we can put estimates together and these, though rough, can be a very useful guide.

Yes, all projects need a feasibility study and topically this is built into our Concept Design stage. So by setting this part of the work as a standalone stage, the workload for Concept Design stage is inherently lessened, meaning a lower fee for that stage.