The paid first step
The Measured Project Survey
A measured survey, existing floor plans, your project reviewed by our in-house team, and a written budget guidance document. £149 including VAT for properties of three bedrooms or fewer, £249 including VAT for four bedrooms or more.
What you receive
- A measured survey of the property, carried out on site by our construction manager, with a full photographic record
- A meeting at the property at the same time, covering the scope of works
- Existing floor plans of the property, drawn up from the measured survey
- A review of the project by our in-house team: architects, structural engineers, surveyors and construction managers
- A thirty minute discovery meeting working through the floor plans and defining the scope of works
- A meeting with our construction director covering budget guidance, project costs and the options
- A written budget guidance document covering the scope of works, provisional costings, timelines and schedules
What it is not
Not a quotation. Not a structural report. Not a full measured building survey for legal or valuation purposes. The floor plans show the property as it stands now. Proposed drawings belong to the design phase.
The sequence
From the visit to the written document, here is the order and the timing you can hold us to.
On the day
The survey visit. We measure the property, record it in full, and meet you there to cover the scope of works.
Within one week of the visit
Your existing floor plans are drawn up, and your project is reviewed by our in-house team.
Within that same week
Your thirty minute discovery meeting, working through the floor plans and defining the scope of works.
Within two weeks of the survey
Your meeting with our construction director, covering budget guidance, project costs and the options.
Within three working days of that meeting
Your written budget guidance document, covering the scope of works, provisional costings, timelines and schedules.
The fee is credited in full
If you go on to design your project with The Plan Hub, the survey fee is credited in full against the design fee. A design fee is typically around £2,000, with the exact scope and figure confirmed in writing after the survey.
Why it is worth paying for
Most people are asked to commit before anyone has properly looked at their home. The Measured Project Survey turns that around. Your property is measured on site, and then four disciplines look at it before a single number is put in front of you: architects, structural engineers, surveyors and construction managers, reading the same project together.
You come away with your existing floor plans and a written budget you can act on, grounded in what your property actually is rather than a guess over the phone. And because the property has already been measured, the design drawings can begin straight away if you decide to go ahead. Nothing is repeated, and nothing is wasted.
The drawings are yours
Your existing floor plans and your budget guidance document belong to you. If you would rather take them to a builder of your own, you can, and that is part of the offer, not a concession. You leave the survey better informed either way.
Questions homeowners ask
What happens on the day of the survey?
Our construction manager comes to the property, measures it in full and takes a complete photographic record. At the same visit you sit down together and cover the scope of works: what you want to do, and what the property allows. Everything measured that day becomes your existing floor plans.
How long does the whole process take?
Your existing floor plans and the in-house team review come within one week of the survey visit, and your discovery meeting sits inside that same week. Your budget and costs meeting follows within two weeks of the survey, and your written budget guidance document arrives within three working days of that meeting.
Is the fee really credited?
Yes. If you go on to use our design service, the whole survey fee is credited against the design fee. You do not pay it twice. If you decide not to proceed, you keep the floor plans and the budget guidance document, and nothing further is owed.
Does this guarantee planning approval?
No, and no honest process can. Planning is decided by the local authority, not by us. What the survey gives you is a clear read of the planning route, the building regulations picture, and the work involved, so you go in with your eyes open rather than a promise nobody can keep.
What if I decide not to go ahead?
That is a normal outcome and it is built into the offer. You keep your existing floor plans and your written budget guidance document, and you are free to take them to a builder of your own. There is no obligation to continue with us.
What does the design fee cover?
The design fee covers the design phase that follows the survey: the proposed drawings for your project and the work to take them forward. It is typically around £2,000, with the exact scope and figure confirmed in writing after the survey, once we both know what your project involves.
Why is there a price for three bedrooms or fewer and another for four or more?
A larger property takes longer to measure and draw, and more of it needs reviewing. The survey is £149 including VAT for a property of three bedrooms or fewer, and £249 including VAT for a property of four bedrooms or more. Both are credited in full against the design fee if you proceed.