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We're doing a hybrid of TTA & Resi, think I'm pissing Resi off a bit but getting the best from each system.
Had one meeting but we're getting Ewald to develop design sketches and layouts and using his drafting / architectural technician to produce the drawings for planning, building control and builder.
Resi's measured survey & existing drawings are about half the price of any other quotes we got. They've told me I can use their Connect service to find a builder even if I provide my own drawings.
Slight dredge - how's this approach gone/going @dbr?
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Timely dredge.
We had one meeting with Ewald from TTA, then commissioned him to do some thinking and sketching. In the meantime we got Resi to do a measured survey, which was about half the price or anywhere else. After a bit of digging, although they price for the whole design journey product, you can just do the survey. This also means you're a Resi customer so can access their database of contractors.
We took TTA sketches and survey to an architect who works at Bradley Van Der Straeten (TTA main practice) who was recommended by TTA to do the final drawings.
Worked out slightly cheaper than all Resi. I may be fooling myself but I feel like we are getting a less production line type service, and the input of a Don't Move Improve winning practice on the project. My wife and I both have a design background so have a lot of ideas of our own.
This is for a single storey rear extension with a bit of internal rearrangement. The initial consultation with TTA was a sunk cost (gift from parents) so it's in both columns. The discounted survey with Resi is a referral and only activated if we did the whole project with them.
Bottom line really, is that you can get a measured survey and drawings from Resi for £550, which is half what most people charge.
dbr
Actual TTA. Only had one meeting but we're getting Ewald to develop design sketches and layouts and using his drafting / architectural technician to produce the drawings for planning, building control and builder.
Resi's measured survey & existing drawings are about half the price of any other quotes we got. They've told me I can use their Connect service to find a builder even if I provide my own drawings.