About Us - What Happens Now?

Once you are satisfied that Access is the company for you, contact us using any option on our contacts page and we will be too happy to go over anything you think we might not have covered. At this point you can arrange for one of our consultants to visit you free of charge to discuss all the possibilities available and discuss any questions further.

From here we will take all the information we need and you will receive a free no obligation quote approximately 1 week later.

Once you have received your quotation and you are happy that we have covered all your requirements, sign and return your proposal acceptance form in the stamped addressed envelope.

Once we have received your form one of our admin staff will contact you to arrange a full structural survey of your property. During this time we take the opportunity to answer any queries you may have regarding the service or your loft conversion. This time will also be spent discussing time schedules and start dates. A deposit of £625 will be required at this stage to administer Building Regulations and Architects fees.

On completion of the survey we will have one of our Architects draw up your plans. They will then be sent to you for your approval. If Planning Permission is required we will submitted them to the Local Authority for determination under the Section 63 of the Town and Country Planning Act General Development 1990 (Approx 4-8 weeks should be allocated for a decision. This time scale varies depending on the Local Authority). This process is only necessary if the construction requires planning permission.

Once planning has been approved we will then prepare Building and Fire Regulation plans and submit to your Local Authority Building Control department for design appraisal and structural calculations to justify the proposed design to the Structural Engineers department for checking and approval.

Upon approval, we will then serve the necessary Statutory Commencement Notice upon the Local Authority Building Control Department in accordance with the Regulation 14 of the Building Regulation 1985 (amended 1994).

We will then obtain the following permits from your Local Authority prior to the works commencing.

a) Skips & material use and storage on the highway (Local Authority Highways Section)
b) Waste disposal containers (New Roads and Street Works Act 1991)

Once we have all the necessary paper work you will be contacted to confirm the start date upon which one of our teams will arrive to begin work.

PLEASE NOTE: During our process you will be contacted at every relevant stage to keep you up to date with the progress.