I hope the OP pays for an architect (designer) next time and thinks twice before using a plasterer as a project manager.
Garage Conversion - problems
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Yes a good point, I admit I have made mistakes but still a qualified builder recommended by several people in the village should not make such basic errors and should be up to date with latest building regulations, I was not to know he was incompetent. Enough people had said that for such a small job an architect was not really required
Probably not. But then you would need an experienced builder you can trust. There is more to having a drawing than just a composition of instructions.
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I get this this loads of times. "Do I need plans for my garage conversion?". And the answer is invariably "No ....... but .... you need a builder who knows what to do". And its a very big "but".
It's a very simple answer to give, but thinking about it, all builders know what to do don't they? Surely no builder is going to tell a client that he does not know how to convert a garage.
Then comes the "how do I find a good builder who knows what to do" question. And the normal reply is recommendations, references, contracts, monitor the work, watch payments, employ a supervising agent etc.
It occurred to me that if the people I have done building jobs for over the years, had followed the advice I give in my professional role, then I probably would not have got any of the jobs!
People are very trusting when it comes to building work. I have got, and still get jobs on the basis of a mobile number (passed from a friend of the potential customer), a quick conversation, and a verbal estimate. Nothing else. No checks, no contracts. Nothing.
So the OP does have my sympathy. He has not done anything different to what thousands of people do. He was just unlucky.
It's a very simple answer to give, but thinking about it, all builders know what to do don't they? Surely no builder is going to tell a client that he does not know how to convert a garage.
Then comes the "how do I find a good builder who knows what to do" question. And the normal reply is recommendations, references, contracts, monitor the work, watch payments, employ a supervising agent etc.
It occurred to me that if the people I have done building jobs for over the years, had followed the advice I give in my professional role, then I probably would not have got any of the jobs!
People are very trusting when it comes to building work. I have got, and still get jobs on the basis of a mobile number (passed from a friend of the potential customer), a quick conversation, and a verbal estimate. Nothing else. No checks, no contracts. Nothing.
So the OP does have my sympathy. He has not done anything different to what thousands of people do. He was just unlucky.
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