Price for drawing plans for an extension?

phill99

marvoging wrote: »

Thanks for your interesting question.

When you start searching in Google, make sure you know whether your project needs a full 'Architect' or simply 'architectural services'. There is a difference. And make sure you add your local area or home town name to the search. There is no point in listing service providers in another county! Again there would be a cost implication!

:beer:

Tell us, because I think we are all intrigued: What goes on inside your head to make you want to resurrect 2 year old posts?

marvoging

Because, as you might have noticed (if you read and understood my post) the topic is of interest to me and, in my opinion, is likely to be relevant to others, and current information is more useful than 2 year old information.
As this is a forum that's open to everyone and the topic (discussion thread) is 'live' and no rule has been broken, it seems to me that it's you that has a 'problem' with choosing where, when and what to post.
Maybe you could/should consider 'Forum Etiquette'....
i.e. Your post does not contribute to the subject of the discussion and is apparently no more than a personal attack.
Why, oh why have you spent the time doing that when instead you could have simply ignored it? (rhetorical). Oh, the irony!

System

at the same time marvoging, your posts are very unlikely to be helpful to the op either, this thread was a specific question by a specific poster at a specific time, it's unlikely to have taken them two years to judge which of the quotes to go with.
It is not a general discussion, if someone wishes to ask the question again they would get an up to date response, there's no point in spilling information that is not going to help the person who started this thread

inotectural

A lot of architects overcharge when people just need drawings they charge the rate for a full service, which is based upon a percentage of the extension cost. A typical architect would calculate the extension roughly at £1000 per square metre, then charge say 10%.

We charge £300 for planning drawings as we charge for the time taken to produce them... and there isn't usually a huge amount of difference in the time taken to draw a small single storey extension to a large two storey.

jamtart6

nice to see this thread has reared its head again We paid £300 for our drawings in the end, the guy was a nightmare - we are looking at more extending of the house so will need to find somebody new! Glad I found this again as its got some good info in - thanks old posters

Yulka1974

jamtart6 wrote: »

nice to see this thread has reared its head again We paid £300 for our drawings in the end, the guy was a nightmare - we are looking at more extending of the house so will need to find somebody new! Glad I found this again as its got some good info in - thanks old posters

dealing with my architect was the easiest part of the project. really really nice guy. and did a great job.
i can only wish every one else would be so easy do deal with.
so, any one need an architect (in manchester) - pm me.

bosseyed

Ha, love it when old threads randomly rear their heads

Anyway, to try and throw my hat into the ring - the thing to remember is that planning and building control drawings are two different animals, despite being of the same project - planning drawings can be a lot simpler and tend to detail finishes, external materials, window locations etc etc - lots of visual stuff. Building control plans tend to concern themselves more with how the actual structure will fit together, foundation details, wall thickness, insulation type, any structural elements like steel beams etc and how they will be fixed, yadda yadda.

I've just done some planning drawings for friends for their proposed 2 storey extension which only cover the above ground elements - render colour, window type, material and positioning, roof materials, locations of new RWP and soil stacks and colours etc. When they want the building regs plans drawing up, these will detail the foundation details, the wall construction, general construction details, drainage runs etc. All the technical stuff.

So the point to take from this is that planning drawings should be quicker and hence cheaper to produce as they're considerably less detailed. Building regs plans require a little more thought and more detail.

OP, I draw these sorts of plans for a living, commercial and some residential, so shout if you have any questions or queries about anything and I'll help if I can. The only thing I'd advise is to see examples of previous work done by those who you're getting quotes from. You can judge the level of detail and the quality of the drawing work you're likely to get then.

vman

phill99 wrote: »

And why are you commenting on a post that's over 2 years old?

Why not? I found it useful. Responses don't just benefit the OP, it’s a public forum where everybody can share in the knowledge. Or shall we just delete every thread which is older than a few months?

funnyfanny

Me too, thought the idea was to search forums so people don't keep asking the same questions.

somethingcorporate

funnyfanny wrote: »

Me too, thought the idea was to search forums so people don't keep asking the same questions.

Because sometimes questions on prices may be somewhat irrelevant 6 years on. But I agree, in principle, that sometimes old threads can retain useful information.