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An extension is more than a box at the back of your home
An extension is an opportunity to rethink and improve how your home works. It is not simply about adding extra floor space or building a box onto the back of the house.
Good design takes skill. It considers how you live, how spaces connect, natural light, proportions, appearance and how the new space will work with the existing home.
Without a clear design and plan, you are effectively going into a project without knowing exactly what the finished result will be. Important decisions can end up being made as the work progresses, leaving you with less control over the design, layout and overall specification of your project.
A well-considered design gives you a clear vision of what you are trying to achieve before the first block is laid.
Start With a Plan
Building an extension is a significant investment. Before construction begins, it is worth taking the time to properly consider what you want to achieve.
A clear, well-considered design gives you a vision for your project and helps ensure that the finished extension is not simply more space, but a meaningful improvement to the way you live in your home.
Your extension should be designed around your home, your lifestyle and your future plans — not simply worked out as the building progresses.
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Every home and every client is different. A good extension should respond to both.
Whether you need more space for a growing family, a larger kitchen and living area, a home office or simply a better connection between your home and garden, we can help develop a design that works for you.
Our approach considers:
How you currently use your home
How the new space will connect with the existing dwelling
Natural light and orientation
Layout, flow and functionality
The appearance and proportions of the extension
Integration with the existing building
Current Building Regulations and technical requirements
Planning considerations from the outset
Planning Permission
Not every extension requires planning permission. Where planning permission is required, we can take care of the planning drawings and application process, ensuring your proposal is carefully considered in line with sound planning principles and current planning policy.
By considering planning requirements early in the design process, potential issues can be identified before the project progresses too far.
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A good design is only the beginning. Before construction starts, the project needs to be properly developed.
We can prepare detailed tender drawings to help contractors provide a more accurate quotation based on a clearer understanding of the proposed works.
We can also prepare construction drawings to further develop the design and communicate key dimensions, materials and construction details before work begins.
The aim is simple: reduce guesswork, improve cost certainty and avoid important decisions being left until construction is underway.