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About me
www.lorrainejones.comwww.feetforlife.org
Loft conversion
Kitchen extension
New bathroom
Loft conversion
En-suite shower room
View of Twickenham Rugby stadium
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Design is everything
Meet the team! Peter Stevens Building Services
Steve
Mark
Peter
Craig
Jaime
Plan for the unexpected!
The unexpected……….
steels
pipes
Chimney breast
catnic
Porcelain tiles
•Design is everything
•Be able to visualise it
•Go through the quotes
•Understand what they mean
•Sit down with your architect, structural engineer and builder around the table
Know where first/second fix items going before plastering
Electrics
Plumbing
radiators
Storing materials on site
timing
Work hard on your relationships
Most importantly be Agile
Focus on the finish
Money savers
Negotiate, negotiate, negotiate
Buildstore Tradecard
What I have learnt
• Plan well in advance• Understand the plans to the nth degree• Sit builder, architect and structural
engineer around the table• Manage in an agile way
– Catch up every day
What my builders said
Talk every day
Making it happen……..
• www.planningportal.gov• Buildstore Tradecard• Loft specialists
– Scott McCabe www.sma-lofts.co.uk• Architect
– Carlos Pyres• Structural Engineer – the one who helped!
– John Rawlins• Build team for kitchen extension and bathroom
– PJS Building Services www.peterstevensbuildingservices.co.uk0208 898 3791 / 07747 846503
• Prestige Bathrooms in Perivale – plumbing supplies
