We are also in the very early stages of preparing to renovate. I've contacted someone to draw our plans just out of the local paper in the trade section. We are getting 2 people out to talk to us about what we want to do and will go from there. Once the plans are drawn we'll submit them to council and get some quotes from builders. My DH is a plumber so he knows some very good ones so that helps

Good Luck with it all.