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Planning permission was granted for the second time earlier this year but the design plan may have to be amened for a third time. I do not want to go back to the current architect and sidekick to ask them to amend the plans again. I have lost faith in them. Alas, I seem to have found a team whose main skill is to "just go along with what the client wants no matter how ridiculous her ideas are". I now realise that there has been very little design input from them but as this is my first experience of building an extension I had no idea of what could be achieved and how the best use of space can be accomplished. I have not been able to come up with a perfect plan on my own. So far I have spent a small fortune on the applications for planning permission and still not got it right. At the SEC Home Renovation Show a builder on the Help Desk and an architect at the PAS stand both suggested too much space has been dedicated to the WC/Shower room and advised me to rethink the position of the door so that the WC can be accessed from the kitchenette and office. Yep, I can now visualise how this would be much better. The architect who I spoke to at the SEC show came to visit. His fee would be £2,500 to amend the plans plus a fee on top of his fee for engineer specifications (and possibly an additional amount for VAT). I declined his offer of help! I lack experience and have no idea what the minimum size of a small WC/Shower room should be. The current project team are waiting for me to approve their choice of engineer but I would rather give them a wide bearth and try to get the plans right this time if I actually go ahead with the project. I may have to abandon it for I do not have an unlimited budget and I am still a rookie who will still be clueless when the time comes to deal with the builder. O me miserum.... 188 A1 22.06.pdf