Sarah

Try this, has a few pointers of the layout. What CAD program are you using?

http://www.thehousedesigners.com/

we are using solid works. we need to get the drawings just so to satisfy our chap.

I would ask your BCO what drawings he wants. He may not just want drawings. He may want soil condition reports, a structural engineer to do or justify the foundation design, calculations for any beams etc etc

I would recommend novice builders allways to go for full Building Regs Approval rather than do it on a Building Notice. With full regs approval you get someone checking what you plan to do before starting. The Building Notice route is really for experienced builders. It allows them to start work sooner but at their own risk. eg At the risk of the BCO turning up later and telling them they have done it all wrong and have to redo what's already been done.

From what I hear most BCO, when faced with a new builder, will want to see a set of drawings anyway - so going down the Building Notice route may not save much time and money.

Hi
when i saud "just so" i did not mean we only needed them for him, i meant they needed to be just so - ie perfect.
S

Hi, I fully agree with CWatters, I have been building for many years and I still always go for full plans, in fact I am unable to quote accurately without because I dont know what the BCO will demand for some situations. I dont see how someone else's plans will help you because situations are always dofferent (unless you copy someone else's house and build it the same) I would suggest you ask around for someone local who can do the drawings for you and show them some sketches of yours to show what you want.

Once upon a time I bought a derelict cottage in the country and planned to do my own plans for the re-build, a neighbour introduced himself as an architect and volunteered to help but when I told him I was going to do my own he advised me an "outsider" would have trouble with the local council. He did the plans for me and when I checked them over found two errors, when I pointed them out he said "cant you find the third problem". He explained that the local BCO always wanted to make changes to peoples plans so the game was to make obvious mistakes that he could rectify. The plans went in, two things were changed (for what i wanted anyway) and the third was ingnored!!!

The moral of the story is ask for advise locally it could save you lots of time and money.

P.S. this actually did happen but I am not saying all BCO's are the same.