Services — five ways to work with us
Take the whole thing on, or just the part you are stuck on
Each service maps to the RIBA Plan of Work, the industry’s standard set of stages. You do not need to learn them — the stage numbers are there so fees, drawings and responsibilities line up with what a builder or engineer expects.
Full service, start to finish
RIBA stages 0–6Everything from the first survey to handing you the keys: brief, concept design, planning, the technical package a builder can price, tender and monthly site visits. Most extensions and new build homes take this route.
Best when: You want one person responsible for the whole thing.
- Measured survey and written brief
- Two or three design options
- Planning application and council correspondence
- Construction drawings and specification
- Tender to three or four builders
- Site visits and monthly valuations
Design and planning only
RIBA stages 0–3We get you a planning consent and stop there. Useful if you are selling with permission in place, phasing the work over years, or bringing in a design-and-build contractor afterwards.
Best when: You need consent now and will build later.
- Measured survey and written brief
- Concept design options
- Planning drawings and statements
- Council correspondence to determination
Feasibility study
RIBA stage 0–1A short piece of work before you commit: what the property can take, what the planning position looks like, and a realistic cost range. A fixed fee, credited against the full service if you go ahead.
Best when: You are deciding whether to move or improve.
- Site visit and constraints review
- Sketch options at 1:100
- Planning risk assessment
- Budget range and programme
Technical package
RIBA stages 4–5You already have consent, from us or from someone else, and need the drawings a builder can actually work from — with building regulations, structural coordination and a specification that holds the budget.
Best when: You have permission and no buildable drawings.
- Construction drawings and details
- Building regulations submission
- Coordination with a structural engineer
- Specification and schedules
Light commercial
Scoped per projectShopfronts, café and studio fit-outs, small workplace conversions and change of use. Scoped around your opening date and your landlord’s licence-to-alter, because those are usually what sets the programme.
Best when: A lease is signed and the clock is running.
- Change of use and planning strategy
- Fit-out design and layout
- Landlord approvals and licence to alter
- Contractor package and site support
Not sure which of these you need? That is a normal place to start.
Most people begin with a feasibility study and decide from there. Tell us about the property and we will say which route we would take.