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Cheers, I think we will definitely be using an architect, just a question of how much we get them to do.
Have found a structural engineer who we really like, so that should help with things like moving walls. Ideally we would love to open up the back of the house, but I suspect removing the lower story of a 500mm stone wall will be quite a engineering undertaking!
Sam_w
@AWu-Tang
Though its good that you are exploring what you want, if you do use an architect they will also have a lot of advice. Also being right there with you talking about what you want rather than over the internet means they will get a much better insight.
Just in respect to your wall issue it's not actually too difficult to remove part of an internal load bearing wall though its obviously an additional cost, you can put in a steel to span an opening. You would want a structural engineer to do the calcs and check whats feasible. An Architect would consider this side of things in terms of your budget, additional time as well as how appropriate it would be in respect to what you want.
TL;DR
Get an Architect and properly discuss what you want to achieve.