House Renovations in Boldon Colliery

It depends on the address. South Tyneside Council is the authority for planning and building control, not Sunderland, which surprises people who think of the area as part of Sunderland. We check the designation before any design work goes far enough to be expensive to change.

By finding the cause first. Failed pointing, a bridged damp proof course, a blocked gutter or raised external ground level cause far more damp than rising damp does, and treating the symptom without fixing the cause simply moves the problem.

Changes are normal on a renovation. We price a variation in writing before carrying it out so the effect on cost and programme is clear at the time rather than at the end.

Yes, and it is worth knowing early. The clue is in the name, and the ground here carries a direct colliery legacy which puts much of the village inside the Coal Authority high risk mapping. Where that applies we say so before you commit, not once the trench is open.

Yes. Skips, permits where the skip goes on the highway and waste removal are included in the written quote rather than added later.

Everything from colliery terraces and inter war housing around the old village through to later estates spreading toward East Boldon and West Boldon. Which of those you have changes the method more than the postcode does, which is why we look before we quote.

Often yes. Structural changes, new or altered drainage, replacement windows, new heating appliances and work that changes the thermal performance of a wall, roof or floor are all notifiable, even when the job feels like decoration from the outside.

It is South Tyneside 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 renovations you will need building regulations approval on the structural and thermal elements.

We do. Jarrow, Hebburn, Sunderland are all within our normal working area for house renovations, as is most of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and south east Northumberland.

A whole house typically runs from several weeks to a few months depending on scope, how much structural work is involved and how quickly material choices are confirmed. We give a written programme rather than a vague estimate.