Maxy Architectural Drawings is Joel Smalley, a draughtsman working across the South East. Every survey, drawing, and submission is prepared by the same pair of hands, so the person who measured your building is the person who draws it.
The work is straightforward. Turn an idea, a survey, or a rough sketch into clear, accurate drawings that a planning officer, a building-control inspector, and a builder can all work from without guessing.
Two rooms taken from measured drawings to finished 3D visualisations.
Planning drawings. Existing and proposed plans, elevations, and sections drawn to the standard a local authority expects, with the supporting drawings a householder or full application needs.
Building regulations. Technical drawings and construction detailing for building control, coordinated so the builder on site has the dimensions and specifications to price and build from.
Visualisation. 3D models that show a scheme before it is built, useful for agreeing a design with a client or presenting it for approval.
It starts with a measured survey. Accurate existing drawings are the foundation everything else sits on, so the building is measured properly rather than traced from an old plan.
The proposed scheme is drawn up and reviewed with you, then refined until it is right. Planning and building-regulations drawings are prepared as separate stages so each is fit for the body that reviews it.
Files are issued in the formats the local authority, building control, and the builder each need, with revisions tracked so everyone is working from the current set.
I run Maxy as a solo practice. You deal with me from the first site visit to the final issued drawing, and I keep the number of live projects low so each one gets proper attention.
A good drawing answers the question before it is asked. That is the whole job.
Clear drawings, realistic timescales, and no jargon you did not ask for.
Everything a home project needs on paper, from the first measured survey to the drawings the builder works from.
Existing and proposed plans, elevations, and sections for householder and full planning applications.
Construction drawings and detailing prepared to building-control standard for approval and for the builder.
Design and drawings for rear, side, and wrap extensions and for loft conversions, from first sketch to submission.
Three-dimensional models of a proposed scheme, to agree a design or present it for approval.
Accurate measured surveys of the existing building as the basis for every drawing that follows.
A draughtsman prepares the technical drawings a project needs. For a home project that usually means a measured survey, planning drawings for the local authority, and building-regulations drawings for building control and the builder.
Yes. Both are offered as separate stages. Planning drawings are prepared for the local authority, and building-regulations drawings are prepared for building control and for construction.
Across the South East of England. Measured surveys are carried out on site and drawings are issued digitally.
Yes. Three-dimensional models can be produced to help agree a design or present a scheme for approval, alongside the standard two-dimensional drawings.
Send an enquiry through the form or book a half-hour consultation. The usual first step is a short conversation followed by a measured survey.
Pick a day and a time that suits you for a short call about your project. Choose a slot below to get started.
This is a demonstration booking picker. No appointment is made and nothing is sent.
A few lines about what you are planning is enough to get started. I will come back to you to arrange a survey.