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The site is easy to use and as developer, who has spent hundreds of thousands on drawings this site offers an easy start for home developers. I have gone over some of the reviews and found them to be... See more
Andy Carr top man , very professional, fast , flexible .., great character , wonderful human being! That’s what I call business! Thanks Mate keep up the good work and keep clients satisfied as you s... See more
Loads of different house & bungalow designs on their website. We liked the look of the Pembridge but the interior layout didn't quite suit our needs. I sketched out how we would like it, and Andy saw... See more
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The UK's widest range of British house plans and house designs for self build & property development, all available to view online and download instantly. Includes family homes, bungalows, chalet / dormer bungalows and annexes / garages.
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Suite 1 & 2 Marshall Business Centre, HR4 9NS, Hereford, United Kingdom
- 01432806409
- andy@houseplansdirect.co.uk
- houseplansdirect.co.uk
4.8
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Great service
Andy, helped in every way to help us achieve a design and detailing that was required.
14 May 2025
easy to download and view on line thanks
23 April 2025
Update from previous version
Update from previous version, well worth it. Minor tweaks to the template for your changing projects puts it in the class of does everything on the tin etc.
14 April 2025
Amazing Service
The service afforded to me by Andy and his team was simply outstanding - and everything was completed quickly and efficiently.
I would highly recommend anyone to use Andy.
Lovely chap and star service. Keep up the good work.
16 March 2025
Unprompted review
Great option and a fast service
2 March 2025
excellent customer service
excellent customer service, specification notes seem to cover everything you need for a domestic build
27 February 2025
Building Regulation Notes Review
I needed a set of up to date notes for a building control application and what I got exceeded my expectations, especially with suggested methods of construction. Th option to have ongoing updates is excellent and well worth paying for.
Editing was easy an importing into Autocad was simple.
I would definitely recommend their service.
17 February 2025
Great accurate drawings i actually use…
Great accurate drawings i actually use these to teach my apprentices with…
5 February 2025
Multi choice spec sheet to define your project.
133 pages of every possible specification required, that you can delete the non specific needs of your project. Other aspect just need your personal requirement to be modified, for my project I condensed it down to 44 pages. much easier to delete & amend than write from scratch. £30 is about an hours labour, well worth it as this would have taken days to compile.
10 November 2024
Brilliant…
21 October 2024
Very impressed with Houseplansdirect
Very impressed with Houseplansdirect, web site is excellent and the plans are great, it’s a good way to see plans and what is involved without spending a fortune.
We will use this companies services should our project move forward.
14 August 2024
Excellent services will be used again…
Excellent services will be used again and again. Straightforward and cost-effective. Can't work out how you got a few low ratings, as the value is unmatched anywhere. Thanks John
30 June 2024
Beware.....!!
Taken for a ride
These two guys, Andy and Dave....More like Bill and Ben make promises take your money then change what they said they would to. I even got the term..... discretional used on me. That covered them changing the terms they gave me. After asking me for another £120 on top of my original fee. I declined gave them the reasons it should be free. Yet again told I either pay or our communication will end. Just beware ....he'll give a long and drawn out account for this what I would call nothing more than a ripp off.
I will never use this company......circus.....again.
P.S I'm hoping this can't be deleted and I saved someone the their costs.
Thanks
Terry
29 May 2024
Unprompted review
Reply from Houseplansdirect
As discussed privately via email, Terry, we completely refute your version of events and allegations that we have acted improperly.
For £129, we drew up a bespoke garage design for you. We then amended it three times including reformatting the drawings to different paper sizes to make it more convenient for you to print, resizing the footprint of the garage and moving openings to suit, and changing the roof construction, pitch and ridge height. All of these amendments were carried out at no cost to you, in accordance with our quotation.
You then requested that we redraw the entire set of plans to show cavity walls instead of single-skin (which is standard for a garage). You acknowledged in your email that it was your mistake and that you have never purchased architectural drawings before, but then changed your attitude completely when told that we would have to charge for this work due to the extensive amount of time it would take to completely redraw your plans.
I'm genuinely sorry that it has ended this way but I think your expectations of the service you paid for are unrealistic. I referred you to our T&Cs as you appeared not to have paid any attention to them when accepting our quote. Of course, we have to exercise discretion when working out what additional work we have to charge for, and what we can accommodate within the quoted cost. We are very clear on our website and in all correspondence, our policy on amendments has been in place since 2018 and until now we have never had any disputes.
We take all negative reviews and complaints very seriously, but honestly on this occasion, I'm not sure we could have done any more to keep you happy except continuing to produce endless amendments for free. Obviously that is not viable for us, hence why we state very clearly what we allow for and what we don't when quoting a fixed price.
This is indeed a lengthy response, as you knew it would be, because we are proud of our business and have worked very hard to establish a good reputation in the industry over the last 15 years. We can't always be perfect but we will always try to be fair and act in a professional and courteous manner, and aim to reach a positive outcome wherever possible.
We wish you all the best with your garage project and there are absolutely no hard feelings from our point of view.
Andy Carr
Partner
Houseplansdirect
Very helpful and speed up my projects…
Very helpful and speed up my projects with these input. Highly recommended.
2 May 2024
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