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I might have missed it, what are you planning to do?
We did our project without an architect, worked out what we wanted, paid someone cheap to draw up the plans, we just made sure we had a builder who was comfortable giving us honest feedback and saying "have you thought about this..." as well as being open to small changes as the project progresses.
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Did you buy your new place alread?!
Roughly what sort of thing do you want doing and in what part of London? My mate has a building company that does a lot of high end work I can pm you his details if you want. He's done plenty of London rear and loft extensions to the sort of spec you posted.
As to architects; if you need planning then it's worth getting one. But you don't necessary need a fancy one with offices in Spitlefields. There are plenty who'll just draw plans as instructed and submit.
So... Architects I spoke to were not interested in projects sub 200k.... how crazy is it to try and just do it myself?