Extension requiring drawings only

[Mortgagewish]

Long time lurker here guys and finally happy to say after 12 years renting myself and husband and our 3 kids, we bought our rented home!
My husband is currently overseas with the army and is due home in a few weeks and will be starting a kitchen extension on our 3 bed semi.
It will be 17m2 so not too big, we love our garden so not taking from that!
My husband is a qualified mason with the army and plastered for years before joining up so he will be doing most of the work along side family and friends who are all in different trades, I know we are very lucky with this!
My question is how can we get help in getting drawings for an extension that my husband can work off, he wouldn’t have much experience on that side of things being in the army but we just want some guidance without paying huge money to architects and engineers for designs and assistance through out. We will need an engineer involved for knocking a load bearing wall and putting in steel and won’t cut short on that but is there a simple solution that would help us start the project?

We are based in Cork!

Thanks

 

[Micks'r]

Congratulations on the purchase of your house.
This is not my area of expertise and perhaps I'm reading your post incorrectly but it would appear that you might be approaching this a bit naively in that you do not mention who will be advising and signing off on building regulation compliance (other than structural signoff).
If you are unfamiliar with our building / building control regulations then perhaps you should get up to speed before commencing with the project.

 

[noproblem]

Congratulations on the purchase of your house.
This is not my area of expertise and perhaps I'm reading your post incorrectly but it would appear that you might be approaching this a bit naively in that you do not mention who will be advising and signing off on building regulation compliance (other than structural signoff).
If you are unfamiliar with our building / building control regulations then perhaps you should get up to speed before commencing with the project.

Don't know about your advice.
I doubt he needs any planning permission at all for that extension.

 

[Micks'r]

Don't know about your advice.
I doubt he needs any planning permission at all for that extension.

You are correct that the extension may well be planning permission exempt.
However, I'm not referring to planning permission but rather building regulations and building control regulations.

 

[noproblem]

You are correct that the extension may well be planning permission exempt.
However, I'm not referring to planning permission but rather building regulations and building control regulations.

I think the OP has referred that in his question.

 

[Baby boomer]

You are correct that the extension may well be planning permission exempt.
However, I'm not referring to planning permission but rather building regulations and building control regulations.

In the case of an extension that doesn't need planning permission, is there a legal requirement to get somebody to "sign-off" on building control regulations?

 

[Monbretia]

In the case of an extension that doesn't need planning permission, is there a legal requirement to get somebody to "sign-off" on building control regulations?

No but always advisable to get something to cover any major structural stuff for if/when you sell. I did an extension recently which didn't need planning but was taking out a structural wall so I wanted CYA for future purposes. Cost me around €600 for cert from engineer re works and confirming planning not needed, well worth it. I had a good builder and he took lots of photos for engineer plus had several site visits at relevant times, I thought it was very reasonable and had budgeted more for it!

 

[Leo]

It is always advisable with any works of this scale, particularly where alterations are being made to load-bearing walls, that you engage someone who can provide certification that the work is fully compliant. Selling the house will be difficult to impossible without that paperwork. You also need to ensure you get advice on whether the proposed works will mean you must meet the requirements of Part L of the regs.