Making good use of the Attic Space in your Property Your Choice of the Type of Extension to Create that extra Space. Choice 1 - An attic Conversion. This blog is part 1 on the options available to extend your house. Firstly I am assuming you have space in your roof to form rooms. Your roof needs to be a pitched (sloping) roof, not a flat roof....

Internal Refurbishment Giving Spacious Rooms Now that the kids are back at school it is time to consider that house refurbishment you have been promising yourself. If you move quickly there is still time to get this work done before Xmas. With our help at Homeplan Designs, in getting your design and drawings produced, we can still introduce you...

A New Ground Floor Orangery and Kitchen Extension Now, dare I say it! Brexit is on the horizon! Let’s get extending and making use of extra room and adding value to our homes! It’s far less expensive than moving and if you are happy and settled in your home - why move? You could have a beautiful extension onto your kitchen with bi- fold doors -...

What can stop an Extension being Permitted Development- based on Planning Directive of Oct. 1st 2008. Permitted development is NOT requiring Planning Permission ie you can build your extension using plans and specifications that meet the current building Regulations. There is a checklist which I go through when looking at a project for some...

A discussion on the cost effective way of getting that extra room on your house There are many reasons why we at Homeplan Designs are called in to create extra rooms for a client. This is often necessitated by the birth of a child, or an elderly parent moving in, and people are more interested now than they were a year ago. In forming a new...

Permitted Development Rights for Larger Rear Ground Floor Extensions Here at Homeplan Designs we had been patiently waiting to see what was going to happen to the large rear extension rules that where introduced 6 years ago. We can now confirm that they have now been extended indefinitely - instead of being in 3 yearly additions. Initially they...

Extension to form Granny Flat In the current monetary climate it can be difficult for your son or daughter to buy their own house. Not only is the deposit beyond their means, getting the required mortgage can be difficult. More and more of my clients are opting for building a ‘granny’ flat annex. This allows the suite of rooms for a young family...

An attic conversion is the way to create that extra bedroom or bedroomsDo you need extra an bedroom or bedrooms for your growing family? Well, the easiest way to create this is to build an attic conversion in your roof space. This new attic room can have a dormer window to increase the usable space that has head height. In fact by introducing a...