What You Need to Know Before Embarking on Your Home Extension Project


Need extra space but don't want to shift your residence? Planning a home extension can be the answer. But like many other people, you might not know where to start when planning your extension. 

Below is an essential guide to help you with planning your house extension. 

Have a Plan for What You Want to Achieve

One of the biggest mistakes that many homeowners make is to plunge into a home extension project without having a clear understanding of what they want to achieve. 

While extending your house allows you to create more space, it also presents an opportunity to improve the beauty, livability and value of the property. With that in mind, you need a custom plan for your home extension.

A professional residential building designer or architect can help you create the perfect house plan for extending your home.

Determine Which Type of Extension Is Right for You

When it comes to home extensions, you can build upwards or outwards or raise and build. The right type of extension for your home will depend on a range of factors, including the amount of space available, the additional structural load that your building can bear, and your personal preference.

Extending outwards is the easiest and most cost-effective way to create extra space in your home, but it isn't a viable option for homes that don't have enough yard space. In a similar vein, it may not be possible to add a second storey to a house whose foundation wasn't engineered to support the weight of an additional floor.

Find Out If You Need Planning Permission

Home extensions are typically major remodelling jobs that require significant structural alterations to the existing building. Before extending your home, sit down with your construction team to determine the types of building work that will be done and figure out whether planning permission is required.

Seeking planning permissions from the relevant local authorities helps to ensure that any renovation plans you may have for your residential property are acceptable by law. Otherwise, you may end up getting into trouble with the law enforcement agencies.

Extending your home is a big project. The secret to ensuring your home extension project goes smoothly is to work with construction professionals every step of the process. These professionals will bring the knowledge and expertise needed to ensure the project is done correctly from start to finish, thus allowing you to get the most out of your investment. 

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Creating Luxury: A Construction and Contracting Blog

Welcome. My name is Claire, and I love luxury. I want the things that surround me to be well made, beautiful and long lasting, and that includes everything from my home, to my clothing, to my furniture. In this blog, I plan to focus on luxury in the home. In particular, I want to write about home design, building, refurbishments and other aspects of home construction and contracting work. I am a graphic designer for a small local magazine. I also do a bit of freelance work on the side. I love reading design books as well as doing crafts and a bit of home improvement work. I hope you enjoy my posts. Thank you for finding my blog!

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