@fredtc we got a bunch of recommendations from our architect and then contacted another 5+ firms - we found a lot were reluctant to spend the time quoting for something that didn’t have planning permission which was annoying. However we managed to squeeze 3 very approximate quotes which were pretty inaccurate once the plans had gone through planning, changed and all the rest.
All this is to say we found it very hard to get builders interested in a job that wasn’t approved so be prepared for that.
@fredtc we got a bunch of recommendations from our architect and then contacted another 5+ firms - we found a lot were reluctant to spend the time quoting for something that didn’t have planning permission which was annoying. However we managed to squeeze 3 very approximate quotes which were pretty inaccurate once the plans had gone through planning, changed and all the rest.
All this is to say we found it very hard to get builders interested in a job that wasn’t approved so be prepared for that.