extension

Hi all, Long time lurker on these forums here hoping for some advice. We've just bought a detached house which has one side of the house facing the street. What we want to do is build a double storey extension on this side (there is 4m there) and also to the front to increase the size of the...

Hi all, I have a wall that is above a flat roof extension, the flat roof is felted and gravelled, I have to remove some very poor mortaring from the brickwork, the mortar will eventually need removing as it is a different colour to the rest of the mortar but for now all I have to do is remove...

Hi, Me and my partner are in the process of buying a property which needs a bit of modernising. We would really like to knock the tiny kitchen through in to the dining room, and add a 2m long x 5.5m wide single story extension on to this room, otherwise it is too small. However we’ve got no idea...

Hello, Q1. I have just purchased a 2 bed middle property (images below) very rural with two neighbours with the intention of renovating. I’m just in the process of drawing up some plans for an extension. Currently the house has a small extension for the bathroom (next to the kitchen) I want to...

Hi, First off, I have no idea what I'm doing, so I'm coming to you poor fellows for advice. I'm only really a DIY person when it comes to inside and smaller jobs like replacing taps, plug sockets, painting, small bit of plastering skirting boards etc. I moved into a house with an extension...

HI All Looking for some advice. The neighbour has built a single storey extension and now there is a gap of approx a foot between the 2 external walls. Ours is brickwork - hers is I think is breeze block rendered with a coating of black stuff about a foot high from the floor. My question is...

Hi All I am looking to buy a semi-detached property which currently has a rear ground floor extension (extension also goes slightly down one side of the house) and as the roof needs re-felting etc. I would like to know/clarify whether changing this roof to a pitched roof would require Planning...

Hi I currently have a small extension which is accessed via an opening in the side of the house with a span of 2.4m. I will be taking this small extension down and building a bigger extension in its place. I am going to stud and board the opening although i'm not sure how to protect the...

Hi All, I have just bought an old 2 story singleskin (no cavity) mid-terraced house that has suspended wooden floors throughout. Ive been hacking away at the ungodly amount of renovations that need doing and come across one that has me stumped... A more recent extension has been built running...

Hi all, I'm looking to buy a new property and it hinges, to a fair degree, on the ability to create a little more living space. I've attached 4 images to this post. basement-floorplan-options.jpg: What I'd like to achieve. option is 1) is a fallback, Option 2) is preferred, and option 3)...

I'm planning a two storey side extension and I'm wondering about the "1m from boundary" guideline which seems to be mentioned, when discussing planning permission. I appreciate no neighbour wants an extension butting up against their property. In my case though, I'm on a corner plot where...

In the planning stages of a two storey side extension, where it will sit on slightly lower ground (400-900mm) than the main house (live on a hill). I understand that local authorities sometimes prefer extensions to be subservient to the main house but I've been told by an officer (at a...

Hello all, I need some advice and clarification on a single story rear extension I want to build. Firstly, I'm pretty sure I would need Planning Permission based on my current drawings due to a sloping garden causing the height of the extension to exceed 4 meters. Also I have a low pitch due...

Hi I am building a small single storey lean two extension. My query relates to the eaves wall plate. I understand this is to be bedded on mortar on the inner skin of blockwork. Should the plate be cut to fit up to the inside of the return/gable blockwork, or should it pass through the gable...

We had a single story extension in 2011 which is on the rear to the side of our house but where it joins our house it covers approx 300mm of the rear of our house. (Full planning required) Could we now extend the rear of our property within the 8m under permitted development or would we require...

First post...and sorry it is so long ; your advice is very much appreciated! Background: We live in a London suburb, semi detached house with an existing 3m rear extension (3.3m at eaves, a flat roof, built ~8 years ago). We originally applied via full planning for a loft, 1st floor rear/side...

We have a steel-framed, lean-to extension with a Metrotile (lightweight steel framed) roof. The extension is about 3 years old. There is a damp patch above our UPVC patio doors in the extension. It's been gradually building over months and months, no obvious drip/leak as such. I've had a...

hi Planning on removing a conservatory and replacing with a single storey extension pitch roof, looking at the picture below can anyone see a problem leaving the existing soil pipe in position (manhole is in the garage ) Boiler flue is the biggest problem I can see Also planning on getting to...

Some of the houses on our street were all built by the same developer and thus had the same lean-to we currently have as seen in the picture below (originally used as the outside toilet). I've thought for a while about extending it to house more utilities but I'm not sure if this is something...

Hi I have had plans for a two storey side extension accepted which was great until i saw two conditions appear. The conditions are: Condition 4 - No development shall take place unless and until details of the full detailed drainage and sustainable urban drainage design including all relevant...