OT - Good designer in North London?

[BlueJohn]

I'm revving up to get a ground floor extension done to my terraced house here in Finchley (and hope to get some general refurb work in at the same time). I intend to get a designer to help me out on the extension bit, and preferably some advice on things like brickwork refrub and other general maintenance for the rest of house. I'm not intending to do the work myself, hence this is OT.

I'm thinking a suitable surveyor building surveyor (MRICS) or an architectural technician (MBIAT) might fit the bill, althogh there are some possibly "creative" options, so maybe an architect if I can afford them.

Can anyone reccommend a decent person? I intend to check references, etc. but would rather not kiss a bunch of frogs via the Yellow Pages.

Thanks for any help.

John

PS: I've had a look on homepro.com but there's not much there about this.

[rrh]

Can't give you a personal recommendation but my neighbours recommended their architect (sic) when I said I was thinking of having a custom-built garage added to my house. Their architect planned and oversaw a major house refurb/internal redesign/renovation/extension for them in 2003-04 (it took the best part of a year to complete the work). We are just south of East Finchley. If you are interested I will email the contact.

[BlueJohn]

Thanks - if you can email me the contact that would be nice. The above address is just my newsgroup address, but it'll do.