HOUSE EXTENSIONS
In order to increase the amount of light in their North London house, one may want to construct a bigger kitchen. Our extension specialists create kitchen additions to the back of the property using the best materials. The Velux roof windows can made the inside of the house appear lighter.
Wrap-around modifications forms a L shape using the back and the side of the home. The local government’s planning approval is always required.
A double-storey addition is a practical choice if you need to expand your home by more than one room because you can use the same foundations and roof for both floors.
A spacious kitchen with a dining area and simple access to the yard might be made with this kind of addition. On the second half, add a guest bedroom, a big family bathroom, an office or even a home gym.
On the side or the back of the house, double-story house extensions are possible. While an addition built onto the side of the house will typically need to have a pitched roof similar to the existing one with the roofline being preferably slightly lower, a rear double-storey extension can have either a flat or a pitched roof.
If your property slopes, you could construct a semi-basement with a portion of the space below the surface. Half basements may typically be easily lit and ventilated since windows and, in certain situations, bi-fold or sliding glass doors, can be added.
You might be able to include a basement extension into the design of a side or rear house addition so that it will be a two-story addition but only rise one storey above the ground level.
For buildings where a standard double-storey expansion is not feasible due to design constraints or planning restrictions, this would be advantageous.
You may add a new extension on top of an attached garage or an older single-story addition to your home. In other words, the name comes from the fact that you are ‘building over’ the current structure.
A few older garages feature single-skin brickwork that cannot support the weight of a building atop them. If so, additional structural work would be necessary to reinforce the old walls before a new addition could be constructed on top of the garage.
If you want to add a second bedroom, office, study, or children’s playroom, this kind of extension project is ideal.
If your attic has enough floor-to-ceiling height, you might easily turn it into a second room by installing a few Velux or other high-quality windows on the roof, resulting in a roof light loft conversion.
If your attic isn’t high enough, you might still add a room by creating as much head room as possible by building a dormer loft conversion or a mansard addition.
You may need to build a hip to gable addition first if your property has a hipped roof, which is a roof with three or four sloped sides rather than simply two.
