Paul Brotherton of drawing by design assisted me with both my planning and building regulations application, his experience and knowledge of both systems was invaluable.

Paul was able to tell me the best way to achieve what I wanted, whilst staying within the limits of what was possible, even when I kept telling him ..'but they can do it on Grand Designs!' he always remained cool and explained why you can't simply remove walls!

He together with a structural engineer(which he arranged) worked out how I could achieve the look I wanted whilst keeping within the boundaries of what building control would allow. Having Paul 'holding my hand' right from the beginning made something that was potentially very stressful far less scary.