I have listened to my clients over the years. As a builder for over 27 years running my own company, I listened to their frustrations about not being able to understand 2D plans. And having to make expensive changes during the build. As a technical geek, I have always pushed the boundaries of how plans and designs could be presented to my clients to make the whole design and build experience easier to understand and more enjoyable for everyone concerned. I have done this to the best of my ability and am very proud of how I am changing my industry as an Architectural technologist. The Fees quoted are the most competitive you will find on the market for what services we provide, many unique to our company. I have also made available my trade contacts, suppliers, and manufacturers so you can benefit from the discounts I have arranged on your behalf. With this in mind, I also have built-in services to help you to find a builder at the right price and I am happy to negotiate with your builder, to ensure you pay the right price.
The savings I try and make for my clients will help to pay my fees and often will help to save you thousands more. This is all backed up when you view existing clients’ testimonials and video testimonials on the website.
I hope you enjoy our explanation of our services as much as we did when designing this section of the website and invite you to our FREE 15-minute consultation to find out more.
When reviewing our service range, I personally cannot think of any good reason why you would not consider becoming a client of The Home Extension Advisory Service. I hope you share the same sentiment or at the very least request your own personalise quotation.
Paul Bradley (MD Home Extension Advisory Service)
We would always recommend you book a FREE 15 Minute consultation. We are happy to answer any questions you may have about our industry and are happy to answer any questions you may have. This is not a sales session but an introduction of what we do at the Home Extension Advisory Service. If like most of the homeowners that take us up on this FREE consultation you want to find out how we can help you further we are happy to explain how we can help.
Tell us what you are thinking of building and about your existing property and with a touch of a few buttons we will advise you of the likely building costs in today’s market. This will help you to understand the prices you will likely receive back from builders asked to price for your project and will help you work out your budget at this early stage before you have spent a penny on designs or getting drawings prepared.
We offer our services on a pick-and-mix basis.
Select the number of services that interests you and we will be happy to prepare you a personalised quotation.
We will show you the journey we take our clients on for a typical project:
Mr. & Ms. Crystal contacted us both in early to late retirement. In their early seventies, as they put it…
They came recommended as most of our clients do.
The brief was quite simple.
The rear elevation had a little area they wanted to utilise to get the full
potential of the ground floor space of their property.
By extending this small area, they wanted to achieve an open plan design with a kitchen and diner along with a fully fitted Wet room on the
ground floor.
Both avid gardeners also wondered what we could do with their garden to bring it to life.
This property appraisal and site survey is the foundation for your design and build journey. If you neglect the foundations of your journey, it will inevitably cost you dearly in finances and mental stress.
A. Consultation Call: Through our call, we will cover any potential issues and worries you may have.
B. Together, we will run through your property & project details.
C. Once we understand more of what you are trying to achieve, we can then work out a high-level rough indicative cost for your build.
It is necessary to ensure our design and your budget are in alignment.
D. The next step is to get you booked in with one of our expert surveyors.
E. We will send out one of our surveyor experts to measure and photograph your property using the latest in 3D scanning technology.
F. Using this data, we create an existing set of drawings for your use and you will have access to the Existing Virtual Reality Tour.
G. We review and advise all possible issues that may arise including but not limited to: Party Walls / Floor Risk Assessments / Heritage Sites etc.
H. We record all the necessary information that your structural engineer may require. Having the correct information at the beginning helps to keep costs down and mitigate any potential delays.
I. You are now prepared for your planning drawings to be created and receive a more true indicative cost.
We have over 1000 approved designs that have gone through the entire HEAS journey to completion!
By using our database, we are guaranteed to help save any client costs and mitigate all types of stress involved in this industry right from the beginning.
Don’t worry if you are looking for a design that we cannot match within our portfolio, as we offer a bespoke design service to suit any property type or format.
The camera takes the data and measurements of your home and produces a 3D Virtual Reality walkthrough.
We capture your entire property in one visit.
This helps everybody involved in the process including:
We have an extensive property portfolio full of hundreds of designs.
We find that 80% of our clients find a design within our database search.
This is all we need to do a personalised design, keeping their design costs down to a minimum.
Do not worry if you do not find a design within our database search.
Once we have your property appraisal, we will provide a competitive quotation for a bespoke design.
You will have the opportunity to have a 1 on 1 Zoom Call with our Architects to tailor your project to your needs!
Mr & Ms. Crystal told us they found 2D plans and drawings hard to understand and visualise.
It is no surprise that they were very excited when we brought their property to life with our 3D visualisations showing how their property could look when improved.
Mr & Ms. Crystal loved this featured view. It allowed them to view the essential rooms from any angle.
Proposed 360 View: Utility & Pantry
Proposed 360 View: Open Plan Kitchen Diner
Proposed 360 View: Rear Garden
This 3D virtual tour brought tears to our Mr & Ms. Crystal’s eyes.
They said they never imagined their home could look so creative and beautiful.
They also liked the potential we brought out in their rear garden
The Home Extension Advisory Service shows you the potential of your home.
Using state-of-the-art technology and our experience as ex-builders and keeping up to date with building material prices and new building innovations, we cannot fail to produce the best designs you can see and fully understand.
You will always be 100% sure that the design you sign and approve with the Home Extension Advisory Service is the design you want your builder to build.
Our proven and tested 3D design process reduces grey areas and misunderstandings with your builder, preventing the need for costly physical
changes during the build.
10 x 3D Visualisations
3 x 360° Panoramic Views
1 x Virtual Reality Tour
All 3D Renders (10)
Value £1,250
3 x 360° Panoramic
Value £750
Virtual Reality Tour
Value £995
Total = £2,995
Savings = £1,500
Our combined experience within Building & Design puts us at the forefront of our
industries in respect to knowledge expertise and technology!
Who else in the design and build industry offers to protect you from the very start of your journey and proves it with the backing of over 1000 successful projects?
We are willing to hold your hand at every stage if necessary. At every step helping to deliver your project within budget and proposed timelines.
Foundations are the key to a successful journey in every paradigm of life.
Our Global team manages each and every step pedantically to ensure that our clientele have the smoothest Journey and have a lot of fun on the way!
We make it a philosophy within our teams to ALWAYS be at the forefront of industries ensuring that our clients could not get a better service anywhere else in the UK.
We prepare your existing plan drawings at a 1:100 scale
Based on the agreed brief we prepare your proposed plan drawings at a 1:100 scale
We then purchase your Ordinance and Survey Plan and Block Plan, which we put in as part of the Planning Application
We work out the indicative building cost for your proposed build, the type of price a builder is likely to charge for your design. This is a FREE service we offer our clients. This is to ensure that the design we submit is in alinement with your budget.
We do not charge extra for this service it is something that our clients find very helpful, and as ex-builders we are happy to help.
Once you have approved your Scheme and Drawings, we register as your Planning Agent and submit your planning application via the Electronic Planning Portal.
A planning application or an application for a certificate of lawfulness (if applying using your permitted development rights) usually takes 6-8 weeks. We keep you updated on a weekly basis.
You will need to pay your Local Authority directly for the Planning Admission fee.
– They will contact you directly, usually within a week of the Planning Application submission.
– The invoice will be sent directly to yourself for their fees (currently averaging at £231 – Oct 2020)
YOU MAY HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS REGARDING PLANNING PERMISSON APPROVAL, PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEIGHBOUR CONSULTATION SCHEME FOR LARGER EXTENSIONS. VISIT OUR FAQ’S PAGE, WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE ANSWERS TO THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS. ALTERNATIVELY, CONTACT OUR CUSTOMER SERVICES TEAM ON 0161 464 3939
You will note Building Regulation Drawings are different from Planning Drawings as they include all of the technical details i.e. notes/sections, which are never included in Planning Drawings. These are the drawings which your builder will require in order to give an accurate costing for the build.
The importance of ensuring all of your contractors (including your Planning & Building Regulation drawers) have Professional Indemnity Insurance
Having run my own building company for more than 27 years, I am all too aware of the consequences of consumers working with contractors that do not purchase insurance to protect their customers. Almost all of the horror stories that we have all heard of could have been avoided if the customer had checked their contractor had adequate Liability insurance in place. That includes companies that offer architectural or drawing services. Poor quality Building Regulation drawings can send the builder and customer on to a collision course. Most homeowners do not 100% understand the finer details of the drawings and unknowingly allow their building to build from them. Sadly, many Planning and Building Regulation drawers end their involvement with the project immediately after producing the drawings leaving the client and builder at loggerheads when the builder builds to the specification and the client says it is not what they wanted.
It is for this reason, Home Extension Advisory Service ensures we produce high quality drawings to obtain Planning and/or Building Regulation approval and we stay by your side, offering telephone technical support to you and your builder, until your project has been completed.
Many builders and experienced DIYers who have experience working and visualising from 2D plans ask us to prepare the following package:
Site measure up or they send us a marked up copy of their projects complete with measurements for us to rely on
We produce the
Existing planning drawings
Proposed planning drawings
Supply the OS Maps
Submit the planning application to the local authority
Our builders and experienced DIYers 2D Drawing Package
Produce the Building Regulation drawings
Submit the building regulations to the local authority’s building control or the Approved Inspectors if they are being used in preference
If you feel that you do not require the 3D package and many of the other features and services, we offer.
Contact us and we will be happy to discuss your requirements and send you out a bespoke personalised quotation for the services you require.