House Extensions in Stanley

Yes. We work to the approved plans, book the stage inspections and meet the inspector on site at foundations, damp proof course, drainage and completion.

Not always. A large number of single storey rear extensions fall within permitted development, but the allowances depend on whether the house is detached, semi detached or terraced, how far it projects, the eaves and ridge heights and whether anything has already been added. Building regulations approval is a separate requirement and applies either way.

Everything from colliery terraces through South Moor, Annfield Plain and Craghead through to later estates on the edges of the older village cores. Which of those you have changes the method more than the postcode does, which is why we look before we quote.

Yes, and it is worth knowing early. The mining legacy here is real rather than historical trivia, and much of the Stanley area falls inside a Coal Authority Development High Risk Area where shallow workings and old shafts have to be considered before footings are dug. Where that applies we say so before you commit, not once the trench is open.

It is Durham County Council. People sometimes send paperwork to a neighbouring authority because of the postal address or the historic county, and that costs time rather than money. For house extensions you will need permitted development limits and a full building regulations approval.

We do. Consett, Birtley, Durham are all within our normal working area for house extensions, as is most of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and south east Northumberland.

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.

A straightforward single storey rear extension usually runs to somewhere between eight and twelve weeks on site once groundworks start, depending on size, ground conditions, the roof type and how quickly decisions on finishes come back.

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.

It depends on the address. Most straightforward work on a Stanley terrace is a building regulations job rather than a planning one, but Durham County Council will still want a proper application where the work goes beyond permitted development. We check the designation before any design work goes far enough to be expensive to change.