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STAGE ZERO : REVIEW - FIXED FEE - TWO-WEEK TURNAROUND
Know exactly what your home could become. Before you commit to anything.
A fixed-price feasibility review of your property and your brief: what is achievable, what planning will allow, and what it will realistically cost. Yours in two weeks, as a detailed written report.
THE PROBLEM
The most expensive mistakes happen before anyone starts drawing.
Most homeowners begin with three builder quotes that do not match, conflicting advice, and no idea whether planning will allow what they want. Low quotes quietly exclude things that are not optional: structural engineering, building regulations, party wall surveyors, contingency. Then the unforeseen extras arrive mid-build, when it is too late to say no.
The problem isn't a lack of information. It's that none of it is about your house, your street, and your budget.
THE REVIEW
One report. Every answer you need to decide.
Stage Zero: Review is a design-led feasibility study of your property, produced before you commit to a full design appointment. We research your local planning context, including what your council has actually approved on your street, sketch the realistic options for your home, and set out indicative costs for each, benchmarked against your property's ceiling value so you don't over-invest.
Design options, drawn
Sketch floor plans of the realistic options for your actual house
Planning position
Your council, your street's approved precedent, and a risk rating for every option
Honest numbers
Indicative costs room by room, grants you may qualify for, and your home's realistic value ceiling
How it works
Step 3
Your report within two weeks
A detailed written report, plus a call to walk you through it and answer your questions.
Step 1
Book online
Choose your version and pay securely. We will send a short questionnaire about your home and your goals.
Step 2
We investigate
Planning research, design options, cost analysis. The site-visit version includes a full measured survey.
Prefer to talk it through first?
Most people do. Book a free thirty minute call with Robert before you commit to anything.
Bring your questions and leave with a straight answer on whether a Stage Zero review makes sense for your house.
Two versions. One fixed price each.
No hourly rates, no open-ended fees, no surprises.
MOST POPULAR
SITE VISIT REVIEW
£600
Everything in the Desktop Review, plus we visit your home and carry out a full measured survey, so the options are drawn from accurate dimensions.
- Everything in the Desktop Review
- Home visit and walkthrough of your brief
- Full measured survey included
- Report based on surveyed dimensions
Credited in full if you proceed. Move ahead with us to Stage One and your entire Stage Zero fee comes off that cost. Don't proceed, and the report is yours to keep, to brief any designer or builder you choose.
Questions, answered
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
★★★★★
'Robert was transparent and professional from the start. He clearly set out the services and the value he was bringing to our project.'
MATT WATSON
★★★★★
'Other architects said we would never get planning permission, but Robert put together a compelling pack and our application got accepted.'
ANIL MADHAVAN
★★★★★
'Very professional, punctual, great attention to detail. He takes the stress out of projects and is a pleasure to work with.'
SIMON HERBERT
★★★★★