We contacted Sevenoaks Plan to help us with major renovations to a new property. David is a pleasant guy, competitively priced and has a lot of local contacts. He coordinated meetings with builders and structural engineers in the early stages and subsequently produced initial drawings for us to submit for planning approval. Up until this point the experience was very good, but unfortunately it soured when we decided not to instruct a building contractor from David's preferred list. David became more distant from this point onwards and it felt as if he had disengaged. Once planning was approved David refused to involve our builder with the building control drawings as he said he didn’t have time and there was no value in doing so. Luckily our builders had a good relationship with the local council, but it ultimately led to wasted time and expense on our part as the drawings needed many changes and lacked a lot of detail. It is a real pity given the experience started positively, but suffice to say, I would only recommend David if you also use his preferred builders. If you want to use your own builder then I would advise against using Sevenoaks Plans.

We appointed Dave to help us with the planning of a large extension project - the service we received was fantastic! Dave listened to what we wanted and made some helpful comments and suggestions - as a result the final drawings were exactly what we had been imagining for the previous 5 years! He also guided us through the tricky processes of planning permission, structural engineering and building control using his network of equally good contacts, as well as taking responsibility for more minor issues such as the build-over permission for our drains! But the nicest part of the whole experience? At all times Dave was very easy to communicate with, prompt at meetings and with deliverables, and professional - we would certainly recommend him!

Very impressed so far. David listened to what I asked for but also offered an alternative (and much better) alternative scheme. Good communication. Courteous and prompt for meetings.

David supplied me with drawings which matched exactly what I wanted and I found him easy to contact. He made a site visit with a builder which was extremely helpful and was able to put me in touch with other specialist professionals when issues arose.