Home Design - Architect Your Home

Throughout the process of your project you will probably need to discuss the progress of works, prices, the design development or any other queries you may have with your architect. This can be done either by email, over the telephone or at a meeting. Similarly you may want your architect to attend a meeting with you and your contractor, structural engineer or other consultant.

Following your initial visit, you may require further drawings, information or clarification on the sketch scheme produced during that visit. Your architect can help you to further develop your outline level design, investigate related issues, produce sketch perspective illustrations, create computer rendered perspective views and walk through movies.

To enable your architect to prepare useful drawings of your proposals, it is necessary to have drawings of the existing building in a CAD (computer aided drawings) format. For some projects precision is vital, for others, less so. Your architect can advise you on what is suitable for your project.

In simple terms, the more information you have on your drawings the more control you will have over your project. Complex buildings need a great deal of detail, whereas simple projects can get by with less. Scheme level drawings provide the backbone of what is needed for most Architect Your Home projects and your architect will be able to advise you on what is required for your particular project.

Statutory consents are the permissions you require in order to carry out the changes you wish to make to your property. Architect Your Home can assist you in completing and submitting the relevant consents for your project, from permitted development applications to planning applications, building regulations applications and other consents such as listed building consents, landlords consent, party wall act notices etc.

The more detail that you have in the way of drawings and information, the more control you will have over your project both in terms of quality and budget. Your architect along with your builder will be able to advise you on the best level of detail for your project where appropriate.

Throughout the whole process from concept to finished project, your architect will be there to help as much or as little as you want. Your architect will be happy to administer the whole contract for you or just attend a few meetings to check on progress. Your architect will be able to help you decide which level of service would be suitable for your project and budget.

Your architect can help you with any part of the building process that you feel would benefit from a professional opinion, all the way down to sourcing furniture and helping you to choose your kitchen taps. Architect Your Home can help you with layout drawings, sourcing of materials and finishes, furniture and fittings as well as kitchen and bathroom design and lighting design.