The bakehouse outbuilding at The Bakehouse, Shalford GU4, a Surrey Build Group project

9 October 2026, 2 minute read

What happens at your Project Kick Start Meeting

Every Surrey Build Group project starts with a Project Kick Start Meeting. Here is what we talk about, what is useful to have ready and what happens next.

Short answer: your Project Kick Start Meeting is where we talk through your plans, explain what is possible for your home and what is realistically likely to be approved, then follow up with a design and a fixed build price. It is the first step of our design and build process.

What we talk about

  • How you live in your home now and what is not working.
  • What you would like to add: bedrooms, a bathroom, a bigger kitchen or a home office.
  • The options that suit your house, such as a loft conversion, an extension or both.
  • What is likely to be approved, including any conservation area or planning history.
  • Your timescale and how you would like the project to run.
The meeting room at our office, The Bakehouse, in Shalford
The meeting room at our office, The Bakehouse, in Shalford.

What is useful to have ready

You do not need drawings to book a meeting. If you have them, existing plans, previous planning decisions, photos of homes you like and a rough idea of your budget all help us give you clearer advice.

What happens next

  1. Design: our in house architects draw your plans with you until the layout works for the way you live.
  2. Planning and engineering: we handle the design, planning and pre build admin, and our structural engineers complete the calculations.
  3. Your build cost locked in: when you appoint us, your agreed build cost is locked in.
  4. Managed build: a dedicated site crew, project manager and project co-ordinator run the build, with daily updates through your client portal.

Book yours

Call us on 0203 603 9777 or send an enquiry to book your Project Kick Start Meeting. You can also read more about our design and build service.

Toilet ensuite, a Surrey Build Group project

Project Kick Start Meeting

Ready to talk about your project?

Book your Project Kick Start Meeting. We will talk through your plans, explain what is possible and follow up with a design and a fixed build price.

  • In house architects and structural engineers
  • Your build cost locked in when you appoint us
  • A dedicated site crew, project manager and project co-ordinator

Prefer to talk? Call 0203 603 9777 or email hello@surreybuild.co.uk.

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