We are looking to do a small in fill extension at the back to open up the dining and living area. We are in London.
We are talking to a couple of builders at the moment and also some architects/surveyors etc to help us with the planning stage. One chartered surveyor gave us a quote of around 8k to do the CAD drawings, all planning related drawings and doing the planning for us. On top of that, doing surveys, building controls, structural engineer another 10k (he will arrange them with people he works with)
We were surprised with the quote because we had budgeted more like 5k for total planning process. If non-architect cost this much, would an architect cost the double to do the same type of work?
This surveyor seemed like a good tradesman, he came recommended and we had a chat with him as well.
We will get quotes from architects as well but was wondering if anyone else can share their experience?
I know Resy is probably not expensive, we have seen many planning application using them. But they seem to provide basic services, not sure they will do detailed schedule of works for us to get builder quotes...