We have had a response from our first recommendation and unfortunately we may have been reaching too high too quickly.This developer is probably the best one in the game and is commited to his own projects at this time.Of course he is always welcome to drop by anytime around these parts and it would be a privelege to say the least.
He has however taken his time to give a generous response that contained many valuable points regarding our best approach and been realistic about our situation which we will analyse and take what we can from it to steer our efforts in the right direction.
Thanks for the recommendation of course and to be honest I wasn't expecting a response even when I looked him up and saw who he was and how busy he was at this time so once again big thanks to him also.
No retreat people.. we march onwards