WHY CHOOSE US FROM ALL THE OTHERS
With over 35 years of PLANNING LAW we will get you the results you are looking for. We get straight to the point and tell you what will pass or fail, We have to be straight with you from the beginning as we understand the process and know the latest SPD, permitted development guidance set out to this years planning policy's written booklets. Call the team today!
THE BEGINNING STORY
20 years ago i was i need of a basic single story rear extension on my first 1930's 3 bedroom house. Reason? was to extension our current ground floor kitchen and living room as we had a small house. Back then the internet was fairly new and people referred back to local directory the yellow pages or the Thompson where the most popular books find local architects and draughtsmen to create drawings for planning and building control approval. I was phoning around from company to company and was shocked at the jargon other architects where giving me! 20% of the build cost! is what they wanted for drawings! or ohh we need to come out and have a look at the project in mind and charge you for site visits! and surveys ect.
"ARCHITECTS EXTORTIONATE PRICES AND CONFUSING SERVICES"
All was not clear with the pricing and services they where offering, i was going around in circles and all we where doing was building a small extension like a square box on the back of our house.
After one month trying endlessly
from others, getting pricing from
£1800 to £3000 for a set of
drawings (that's 20 years ago
pricing too) i thought i will give it
ago myself. My background was
working in a structural engineering
office in baker street where i was
having inside training from senior
collogues on a daily basis which
helped me understand how to put
these drawings together. After two
weeks of working on the drawings
and looking through endless
building regulation booklets, getting
help from the other
workers i had a full set of plans
ready for submission to the council.
The idea then came to me to help
others in need of the same service.
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"ARCHITECTS EXTORTIONATE PRICES AND CONFUSING SERVICES"
I then started DISCOUNT PLANS LTD 5 years later in 2005 making a unique service for everyone in need of technical drawings for extensions and loft conversions. I put a small advert in the Yellow pages with all my services we offered to clients with pricing for all drawings listed, it all kicked off from there. As the times were going on the television was airing loads of programs everyday during the daytime like homes under the hammer and other renovation programs which educated home-owners into what they needed to do to renovate and extend their home. The TV programs were actually on our side recommending us "the technical draughtsmen" instead of using the expensive high street architect which where charging extortionate high prices for drawings for straightforward extensions and loft conversion designs. Next the 2008 recession came in and everybody felt the pinch, we then where seen as the ideal company to use for any kind of design service. the rest is history.
Aram had a lovely story which came true, we helped him with planning permission to change a commercial disused building into a new residential family home for him, all was televised by the BBC.
Aram and other property developers come to us all the time to get results in theses kind of area to maximize the investment value from the property. These property's are popping up all of the time and we will be able to tell you what is feasible as an investment and what can be achieved.
Arams's Story
Homes
UNDER THE HAMMER
PHOTOS OF ARAM'S PROJECT on THE GREAT CAMBRIDGE ROAD - A10
If its a change of use you require for you commercial project we will be able to assist you however complex it is. Call our team and we will give you FREE advise on what is achievable - 07838135957.