Commissioning Your Bespoke Home.

A practical 24-page guide written by founder Nicholas Bird — drawn from 24 years of high-end building across Buckinghamshire. The document we wish every client had read before they spoke to their first contractor.

• ◆How to set a realistic budget — and the 14% of costs most clients forget.
• ◆Renovation vs rebuild: the financial, planning and performance trade-offs.
• ◆Choosing between traditional contract and design-and-build.
• ◆Realistic timelines from feasibility to handover.
• ◆Reading a tender return: red flags and provisional sums.
• ◆Planning routes in the Chilterns AONB and South Bucks green belt.
• ◆The technical specification questions your contractor should welcome.
• ◆Payment schedules, retention and the snagging process.