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DRD

DRD

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I am considering a basic extension for my pinball machines.

Just a rectangle bolted to the side of my house, about 8m by 5m. Two windows either side. One external door. An internal partition wall to create a bike room. Entry to it from the house would be via a doorway cut in my existing wall. Will need planning permission as conservation area so the council will need to approve bricks, tiles, windows, drainpipes - but i have been through all this before so know the score.

Single storey but with converted loft with velux windows. So basic stuff really.

What should fees be pls for a geezer to draw it and put through planning please ?

Thank you
 
As far as I know the 'professional standard' per their 'blue book' (http://www.ribabookshops.com/item/architects-pocket-book-4th-edition/73833/) is to charge a percentage of the total contract - we were quoted 10% which just covered drawings and planning submissions, which I thought was pretty excessive bearing in mind we were planning on spending £40k. They will estimate the contract cost on a per metre square basis, e.g. £1.1-1.5k per metre square.

I think you can get it a lot cheaper, and as a fixed fee, if you can find a fully qualified architect who has retired and is just doing bits and bobs, or an architectural technician who is not yet fully qualified, or probably even a fully qualified architect who is not part of an architectural practice.
 
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By basic i mean it is just a box. Does not need any grand designs type stuff. No fancy lintels or engineering. Placement and style of windows etc is all rêally obvious. I could probably measure and draw the thing myself
 
I need to get an idea of costs really. My house is not listed or anything. I lîve in an economically deprived part of the country (has never recovered since the coal mines closed). Over the road there are 1980s bungalows. But unfortunately due to the so called conservation area i would be forced by the council into buying various expensive things

  • Reclaimed bricks or bricks that look old
  • Clay pan tiles, the non interlocking ones
  • Cast iron, or plastic lookalike cast iron pipes
  • Wooden sliding windows
  • Will need corbelling at the top
  • Quite possible a fake chimney at the end
Conservation seems to mean that you need state consent to remove a concrete garage, but you can build as many houses as possible on every square inch of green space

So the alternative is an insulated pinball shed
 
We wanted a side extension but 2 story to make a bigger kitchen and larger en-suite bedroom above but that would involve removing part of the gable end, and as the bedroom has a partial sloped roof that would need heightened also.The footprint would only be 3m x 5m. I thought it might be around 18k but doing the sums per sq meter it might be 35k! that seems a lot for the sizes to me?

Ronnie
 
@Monkeyboypaul

I am North of Newark, but South of Doncaster on the A1. I just did a theaa.com journey planner from riccall to me and it is 1h 5 mins

I built a garage and outbuildings here 4 years ago. At the time we also got planning for a more ambitious extension than this one, but we shelved it as we wanted to get used to living here so we could better figure out what we needed. So we ate pretty clued up on what is what
 
Monkeyboypaul said:
I'll could ask my architect, also known as "mummy" in our house. Whereabouts are you again?
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you probably won't get a better offer than this, Dave. a pinwife architect who could possibly charge mates' rates would probably get repeat business from all the rest of us down the track. this community has professional signwriters, professional electricians, software and hardware designers and manufacturers..... the list goes on. keep it in the community is my advice. we can all be like the masons and roll up a trouser leg as we all bill each other in a huge circle of expense reclaims.

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Sound words Dan.

I will probably need a second piece of work this year too. I inherited a ww2 water tower that is in a terrible location and is virtually derelict. I am looking to convert it into a one bed flat under permitted development as it is technically a storage building. The council is informally making warm noises about my chances on this one. I would love to use this as my pinball shed, but it is a few miles away

Folk get all excited about grand designs stuff. But this is in the affordable housing bracket and resi is the only thing it is fit for
 
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It is a shame that I can't move it. Floors are about 5m by 5m. location, Location, Loçation unfortunately
 
I'm always amazed at how cheap the projects in Grand Designs come in at compared to buying an existing place. There's been some amazing places on the show.

Good luck with the project
 
How much (ballpark figure) would something like what the OP wants cost to build ? I have never had any building work done so have no idea.
 
cooldan said:
you probably won't get a better offer than this, Dave. a pinwife architect who could possibly charge mates' rates would probably get repeat business from all the rest of us down the track. this community has professional signwriters, professional electricians, software and hardware designers and manufacturers..... the list goes on. keep it in the community is my advice. we can all be like the masons and roll up a trouser leg as we all bill each other in a huge circle of expense reclaims.

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If anybody requires a discount on a prosthetic limb, just give me a shout. :)
 
DRD said:
@Monkeyboypaul

I am North of Newark, but South of Doncaster on the A1. I just did a theaa.com journey planner from riccall to me and it is 1h 5 mins

I built a garage and outbuildings here 4 years ago. At the time we also got planning for a more ambitious extension than this one, but we shelved it as we wanted to get used to living here so we could better figure out what we needed. So we ate pretty clued up on what is what
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Hello, sorry I'd completely missed this one... Have PM'd you.
 
DRD said:
At the time we also got planning for a more ambitious extension than this one, but we shelved it as we wanted to get used to living here so we could better figure out what we needed.
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Might this still be valid ? It might be possible to build in that already agreed foot print...
 
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Thanks Peter. I think this will fall into the dreaded 'grey area'. But i will certainly make enquiries
 
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