House Extensions in Stratford-upon-Avon

Extensions on Stratford-upon-Avon housing

The estates at Bishopton, Tiddington and the newer developments around Stratford-upon-Avon were built with decent gardens, and the rear kitchen extension is the most common request we get here: a single storey across the back, large glazed doors onto the garden, a steel to open up the original kitchen wall. Many of these fall within permitted development, subject to the size limits, and the build is conventional brick and block on foundations set by a trial hole. Our quote includes the building control fees and inspections through Stratford-on-Avon District Council.

In Old Town and the conservation area the same extension needs a planning application, matched materials and a design that defers to the original house, and on a listed building it needs listed building consent as well. It is a longer road and a more expensive one, and we will say so at the survey rather than after the drawings are done. Because one project lead runs every trade, a job that turns up an old drain, a well or a change of foundation depth carries on rather than stopping while a new contractor is found.

What we are asked for here

• Rear kitchen extensions with structural steel on the estates
• Side and double storey extensions where the plot allows
• Consent-led extensions in Old Town and the conservation area
• Building control, drainage and party wall handled under one contract