"parish" parish_AT_ntlworld.com wrote in message
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Mark G wrote:
Hi all,

Not sure if this is OT or not! I'm planning a single-story, single-room
extension (10ftx20ft approx) on the back of my house & am after an
architect
(or similar) to draw up some plans for planning permission & building
regs
purposes. There seem to be quite a few in the area (Swindon, Wilts), &
a
relative has recently had a bad experience with their architect so I'm
hoping someone local might be able to recommend someone good (& not too
expensive!)

I would avoid architects like the plague, all the buildings I've been
assosiated with which jave been designed by architects have been unusable
for their purpose and have had to be drastically altered to be able to use.

You should approach a good buiding company and make use of their engineers,
why will have much more practical experience of the use and assembly of
buildings.

I have only to point you to the Millenium Bridge as an example of the
stupidity of architects!

Alan
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Reply to alan(at)windsor-berks(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk


TIA for any help,


A bit late replying, but I've been on holiday.

Just used one from Wootton Bassett for exactly the same thing.

Chris Merritt

01793 852248

Turns out (after talking to my builder) that he's a NHBC Inspector who
does plans as a "sideline".

He charged me £275 for which he did the plans *and* applied for the
Planning Permission and Building Control Approval for me (obviously I
had to pay the fees for those ;-) ). Everything went through without
problems (to be expected I guess since he's an NHBC Inspector) and the
plans are very detailed.

I can recommend a good builder in Swindon if you want.

Regards,

Parish


Mark.