Straight answers on what jobs cost, how the work is done and what to look out for, from the team that builds across Lancashire day in, day out.
Self-build in Lancashire doesn't mean going it alone with a cement mixer and a dream.
If you live in Preston and your kitchen feels like it shrinks every year, a single storey extension is usually the most cost-effective way to get more space without moving house or losing a bedroom to a loft conversion.
Many extensions in Chorley go ahead without a full planning application, because they fall under permitted development rights.
Building your own home in Lancashire is more achievable than most people assume, but the projects that go well are the ones where the plot, the planning position and the budget were checked properly before any money changed hands.
A high end extension is not just a bigger kitchen with nicer tiles.
A high end extension is not just a bigger room with a nicer kitchen in it.
An extension is usually the biggest building job a Preston homeowner will ever commission, and the process is more predictable than most people expect once you know the order things happen in.
Most people who ring us about an extension have already spent months scrolling through photos and not much time on the boring bits that decide whether the job runs smoothly.
Most single storey extensions in Lancashire do not actually need planning permission, thanks to permitted development rights.
If you are pricing up an extension in Preston, Chorley, Leyland or anywhere else in Lancashire, you will find plenty of national figures that do not quite fit local reality.
If you are pricing up an extension in Preston, you will find plenty of national cost guides that quote London figures which simply do not apply here.
Most self builds and one-off new homes in Lancashire take between 9 and 15 months on site, but that number on its own is misleading.
Most self builds and one off new homes in Lancashire take between 9 and 15 months on site, but the honest answer starts long before the first digger arrives.
Most single-storey extensions in Preston go ahead without a full planning application, thanks to permitted development rights.
Getting a straight answer on extension costs is harder than it should be.
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