Contact Mark McTernan about your home or site
Send me the property or site address and a short description of what you want to change or build. You can start with an idea or a question about drawings, planning or how to begin.
What we discuss in the first conversation
Tell me what you want to change or build and what you need from the space. Explain which existing rooms no longer suit you, or describe the accommodation you want from a new home or conversion.
I'll ask what feels broken about the current layout, whether you've run out of space, or whether this is a project you have been putting off for years.
Include any advice you have already received from a builder or the council. I'll explain what information I need to assess before preparing your quotation.
Design reviews in your home
Before a design review, I send the proposal images for you to look through. You can bring the questions you want us to examine.
At the meeting in your home, I show the developing 3D model on your television. Ask me to show the part of the design you want to discuss. I can explain the effect of a proposed change on the rooms around it. For a loft conversion, we can look at how the stair takes space from the room below and relates to the roof above.
We discuss the changes you want to explore before agreeing the proposal. Early-morning or Saturday meetings are available by arrangement.
Who handles your drawings and application queries?
I develop your drawings and discuss design feedback directly with you. For the application stages you commission, I respond to queries about the submitted drawings and explain any change or decision needed.
If a planning query concerns overlooking, I explain which window or view is involved and discuss how the proposal could respond. For Building Regulations work, I coordinate the structural engineer's information with the architectural drawings and written specifications.
What your quotation covers
Your quotation sets out the work you are commissioning, including the drawing stages, site visits and design reviews. It confirms my fee and payment arrangements for that work.
It also identifies any optional internal modelling or virtual reality services.
Send me your project details
Use the form to send your address, project idea or question, and contact details. An address and a few lines are enough to begin. You can email photographs, sketches or existing drawings to help explain the project.
Clients' experiences of design reviews and advice
Clients describe design options they had not considered, help with planning and explanations of the steps involved.