DISCOUNT PLANS LTD

THE BEGINNING STORY

Twenty years ago, I required an essential single story rear extension on my first 1930's three-bedroom house the reason? Was to extend our current ground floor kitchen and living room as we had a small house. Back then the internet was relatively new, and people referred back to the local directory the yellow pages or the Thompson where the most popular books find local architects and drafting technicians 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 were giving me! 20% of the build cost! Is what they wanted for drawings! or we need to come out and have a look at the project in mind and charge you for site visits! And surveys. 

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"ARCHITECTS EXTORTIONATE PRICES AND CONFUSING SERVICES"

All was not clear with the pricing and services others were offering, I was going around in circles, and all we were doing was building a small extension like a square box on the back of our house. Why was it so difficult to get the service I wanted?

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 would 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. 

After two weeks the council signed off all

the design works issuing certificates for the

build to take place. 

The idea then came to me to help others

in need of the same service.

DISCOUNT PLANS LTD

architectural design studio

Still producing high specification drawings at the best price since 2005 - London - Surrey - Herts - Essex - Cambridge - Kent

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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.

COMPLETED EXTENSIONS BEFORE AND AFTER EXAMPLES

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. 

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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.

Televised on the BBC

Arams's Story - Change of Use

Homes

UNDER THE HAMMER

PHOTOS OF ARAM'S PROJECT on THE GREAT CAMBRIDGE ROAD - A10

If its a change of use you require for your 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.