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for Building Regulations’ approval (or a Building Warrant in Scotland). Building Regs are national legal standards for design and construction that apply to all new builds. The assessment on whether your build will gain approval can either be carried out by your local authority’s building control team, or you can appoint a private approved inspector.

You may also be able to sort your structural warranty through an approved inspector, which may save some costs.

Go out to tender

Much like finding a designer, choosing a builder for your project requires plenty of research on your part. Ask your designer, friends, building control, neighbours and anyone else you know who’s had building work done for recommendations.

Meet and interview as many as you can and ask them to quote on your project based on tender documents that your