Spring is a great time of year to extend your home - once the chaos of Christmas is over and hopefully the project can be finished in time so that you can enjoy your garden over the summer. However many of our clients don't understand how long things can take before you can actually start building. On average a project take 6 months between starting the design process and starting work on site, that six months is made up of the following: Initial design stage (4 weeks): Our i

The majority of extensions we do require Party Wall Agreements, which is something which a lot of clients don't initially consider or realise. If your new foundations are within three metres of your neighbour's foundations and they are going to be deeper than theirs (usually new foundations are deeper than foundations on older properties) then you are required to serve a Party Wall Notice. There is an option to do this a 'DIY' way using government provided templates, which ca