House Extensions in Esh Winning

There can be. Durham County Council handles both planning and building control here, and on a colliery terrace the usual question is whether the work stays inside permitted development or needs a full application. Where that is the case, expect Durham County Council to take a closer interest in materials and detailing than it would elsewhere in this part of the county.

Durham County Council covers Esh Winning for planning and for building control, so both sides of the approval sit with one authority. On house extensions the requirement to satisfy is permitted development limits and a full building regulations approval.

In most cases yes. There is normally a short disruptive period when the opening between old and new is formed, and we agree that week with you in advance so you can plan around it.

Foundations are dug and inspected before anything is poured. If the inspector requires a deeper or wider foundation than allowed for, we price the extra work openly and show you the reason rather than absorbing it quietly into the final bill.

We match as closely as the available brick allows and take samples before ordering. On older property an exact match is often impossible, so the usual approach is to choose the closest available brick and use a mortar mix and joint profile that lets the two read together.

Yes. We build to approved drawings routinely and will raise anything that looks impractical to build before work starts rather than halfway through, which is usually cheaper for everyone.

The full range. Esh Winning runs from stone and brick colliery terraces stepping up the valley to small later developments on the flatter ground at the village edge, and the construction type is what actually drives the approach on house extensions.

Yes, Langley Park, Durham, Consett and the surrounding area are all covered for house extensions. Being based in Blaydon-on-Tyne keeps most of the region within a reasonable drive.

Yes. Where an extension crosses or sits near a public sewer we deal with the build over agreement, and existing drainage is diverted or rebuilt as the approved drawings require.

Often, yes. This is core Durham coalfield and a Coal Authority Development High Risk Area covers much of the Deerness Valley, so mining risk is a normal part of the paperwork on anything with new foundations. That is why we look at the plot before pricing rather than quoting from a description over the phone.