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Architectural Drawings London vs Architect Your Home
Like-for-like comparison on price, credentials, approval rates, and scope. We list our position and theirs; click through to verify either side.
Like-for-like comparison on price, credentials, approval rates, and scope. We list our position and theirs; click through to verify either side.
| Criterion | Us | Architect Your Home |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed fee | ✓ | — |
| Starting price | £850 | |
| MCIAT chartered | ✓ | — |
| First-time approval rate published | 98% | Not published |
| Free site survey | ✓ | — |
| All 33 London boroughs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Independent of build contractor | ✓ | ✓ |
Our take. Time-bound consultancy. You produce drawings yourself afterwards. If you're comparing on price alone, get a quote from both — we beat most London architects by 30% on like-for-like scope.
Architect Your Home operates as a national residential architecture service. Which suits you depends on whether you want a defined drawing package at a known price or a broader service.
A national service pairing homeowners with an architect for domestic projects, typically starting with a paid design consultation at the property and then quoting for the drawing stages separately.
Where that model is strong: A structured first consultation is genuinely useful if you do not yet know what you want to build, and national coverage means availability outside London.
What to establish before you commit: Ask whether the consultation fee is credited against later stages, whether the fee for the planning drawings is fixed or hourly, and who carries the application through negotiation with the case officer.
Every figure below is on our pricing page and does not change with the size of your build. We do not quote a percentage of build cost, because it gives a designer an interest in a larger build.
| Credential | MCIAT chartered architectural technologist |
|---|---|
| Fee basis | Fixed fee against a defined scope, never a percentage of build cost |
| Essentials package | |
| Loft package | |
| Mansard package | |
| Complete package | |
| Structural calculations | |
| Party wall services | |
| Turnaround | 14–20 working days (Essentials, loft); 20–28 (Complete) |
| Officer-requested amendments | Included |
| Coverage | All 33 London boroughs |
| Positioning | Around 30% below typical London architect rates |
The same ten questions work on either side, and the answers are what actually separate one quote from another.
Statutory fees go to the council, not the designer, and they are set nationally for England. No practice can discount them, so they should appear in every budget identically.
| Householder planning application | £548, 8 weeks |
|---|---|
| Larger home extension prior approval | £249, 6 weeks |
| Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) | £274 |
| Listed building consent | No fee |
| Building control (typical London) | £500–£1,200 |
| Party wall award, agreed surveyor | £900–£1,400 per neighbour |
We publish this comparison because homeowners ask for it. We describe Architect Your Home by its business model rather than asserting its current fees or performance — ask them directly and compare the answers against ours. Statutory figures are the England rates in force in 2026 under the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (England) Regulations.
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