It's my experience of reviewing their plans and thinking "OMG, this bloke definatly does not know how to build".Is that your experience of one trainee office junior who did some plans
yes, but a builder could come and look at the house and know what was possible before I do anything, like which walls are load bearing etc. I have to start with someone. 
No a builder would love to come and tell you what he would like to do and how much he would like to do it for.yes, but a builder could come and look at the house and know what was possible before I do anything, like which walls are load bearing etc. I have to start with someone.
well he will have more ideas than me then. No point me going to get drawings if I don't even have an idea of how it is going to look
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Leofric
- but architectural people will have ideas on what you could do
They don't start producing drawings unless you instruct them. Unless you have a friend who is a builder to advise you ,you would normally start with somebody on the architectural side.( I am not going into the differences between architects, architectural technician/technologists, building surveyors )
Alas, a moot point now as the vendors turned us down in favour of a buyer with the cash right there. Never mind.