Deciding seriously to make a new building or extend or convert an existing one is the first step. After that there are two things you should do.
   
  The wish list  
 

What do you want? Make a list, include everything that's relevant, don't hold back. When you have this, try and give the items some sort of priority.

This will help us understand your desires and give us a framework for our early conversations. Don't worry if anything seems crazy, just put it down anyway we'll help you rationalise and prune it back later if we need to, or maybe help you add things you hadn't considered.

  
  The budget  
  Secondly think about money. Again we'll help right from the start to give you some idea of what will be necessary to cover not just the cost of construction but also fees, consents, services connections and the all important contingency sum.