FAQs
FAQs
Have any questions about our services or process please see our FAQs below, if there are any questions you have that aren’t in our FAQs please contact us!
The initial step is to employ an Architect to produce your drawings. We work with several local architects and can recommend on request. Once these drawings have been agreed they will then need to be submitted to your Council’s Planning Department. A qualified Architect will be able to provide you with an approximate budget at this stage based on square meterage of the build. Please note that this is an approximate budget and will go up depending on the finishes required.
The initial Planning process generally takes around 6 – 8 weeks. After this, subject to planning approval, Building Regulations/Structural Engineers drawings will then need to be drawn up by the Architect and approved. This further process will generally take between 6 – 8 weeks.
Once planning and building regulations/structural engineer drawings have all been approved then it is time to call PMD!
PMD will use the approved drawings from the Architect to provide you with a full and detailed quote from construction to completion.
As PMD provide a totally transparent, fully itemised quote and must liaise with various sub-contractors, the quote will take approximately 4 weeks to prepare. Please be wary of any builder whose quotes are only a page long, we can guarantee that this will leave room for many grey areas that could end up costing you greatly at a later date.
Once the quote has been agreed, a pre-contract meeting will be held to fine tune the quote and discuss any requirements, additions, or omissions you may have. Once this is agreed, a JCT Home Owners contract is drawn up and an agreed start date is finalised. Please see the following link for more information on the peace of mind a JCT Home Owners Contract will give you. https://corporate.jctltd.co.uk/products/about-our-contracts/
Communication is a BIG part of the process and key to the project’s success. This takes place via email, telephone, and weekly face to face meetings. Due to client demand we also run a WhatsApp group running alongside the project for ease and instant communication with clients.
Yes and Yes! Please have a look at our testimonials page here and ask about recent projects to visit.
Yes, we are fully insured and details are available on request.
