GUIDES
START WITH THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. THESE GUIDES GIVE YOU THEM.
Before you talk to anyone including me it helps to understand the decisions ahead. These two free guides lay out what really matters, so you arrive informed instead of overwhelmed.
The New House Guide
The planning landscape: How rural planning works differently in Northern Ireland and Donegal.
Which route your site might fit: Farm dwellings, replacement dwellings, infill and other countryside routes.
Access and sightlines: Why a perfectly good-looking site can fail because the road access does not work.
Wastewater and ground conditions: Why percolation and drainage can decide whether a rural site is viable.
The checks worth doing before design: Surveys, constraints, designations and the things that need established early.
The real project budget: Why the build cost is only part of the money you need to plan for.
The Extension Guide
Planning and permission: The difference between permitted development in Northern Ireland and exempted development in the Republic.
What the existing house is hiding: Structure, levels, drainage and the things that can change the project once work starts.
Neighbours and boundaries: Why issues around the edge of the site are better handled early.
Building control: Why "I don't need planning" does not mean "I don't need approval."
Budget: The things that drive extension cost beyond simple floor area.
The mistakes worth avoiding: The recurring decisions that turn relatively straightforward projects into painful ones
WHEN YOU’RE READY TO TALK
THE GUIDES TELL YOU WHAT TO THINK ABOUT. A PROJECT CLARITY REVIEW TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHERE YOUR PROJECT STANDS.
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