Prepare the work around your home
We agree access, the working area and the sequence of the build before starting, including how the new space connects to the existing house.
House extensions in London
Room to cook together, gather around the table and open the doors to the garden. We build London extensions around the way you want to live, with clear pricing and a project lead who keeps you informed.
5.0/5 · across all review platformsExtensions, lofts and renovations
Which extension
Extends the back of the house into the garden, usually to create one open kitchen, dining and living room with a direct connection to outside.
Terraces and semis with a generous garden where the kitchen is currently cut off from the rest of the house.
Many single-storey rear extensions fall within permitted development. Depth, height and boundary distances decide it; we confirm with your architect before anything is priced.
Steel spans and foundations, glazing specification and solar gain, party wall notices, and keeping the garden usable after the build.
Completed extensions
A brighter kitchen and living space, with a closer connection to the garden.
A narrow side return becomes a kitchen and dining room with space to gather.
A kitchen, dining and living space brought together, with the rest of the house renewed around it.
Scope
We explain your quote in detail, including what is covered and what you still need to choose. Here is a typical starting point. Your own quote will reflect your home and drawings.
Design
Choose your architect and how much you want us to coordinate. We build; your architect prepares the drawings. With managed support, you have less to organise and clear decisions to approve. Your proposal sets out the support, professional appointments and fees.
We introduce a recommended architect to develop the drawings and agreed submissions. If you want managed support, we arrange discussions, bring your priorities to the architect and follow up questions. We contribute construction cost and buildability advice as the design develops.
We are happy to work with your chosen architect, whether drawings are underway or complete. The same managed support is available: we can coordinate discussions and speak on your behalf with your agreement, keeping you informed and bringing decisions back to you. Planning approval is not required before we talk.
From first ideas to moving in
A call, then a visit. We look at the house, the garden, access and what you want the space to do, and give an honest early view on route and budget.
Whether the project is worth pursuing and, if you need one, whether to meet an architect we recommend.
A written summary of the conversation with early budget assumptions and suggested next steps.
Plan your project
Explore the scope and investment for your extension, then discuss the work your home needs. See our London service areas for local project information.
Planning ranges
| Extension type | Indicative construction investment |
|---|---|
| Side return | £35,000 to £60,000 |
| Single-storey rear extension | £50,000 to £95,000 |
| Wraparound extension | £75,000 to £140,000 |
| Kitchen extension with fit-out | £80,000 to £160,000 |
| Double-storey extension | £100,000 to £200,000+ |
These existing planning bands describe different scopes. A published all-in example may include VAT, fees and finishes that a construction-only range excludes. Your itemised quotation confirms the basis, inclusions and allowances.
The build phase is often 12 to 24 weeks. Allow around 6 to 10 months for the wider journey, including design, approvals and preconstruction, depending on the property.
Cost
Your budget goes further when you know where to spend it. The size of the space is only part of the picture. Here are the choices we will help you think through.
Open the extension cost calculatorThe calculator gives an early construction-cost range. It excludes professional fees, VAT, most finishes and contingency, and assumes straightforward access and ground conditions.
Floor area, steel spans, and whether the existing rear wall comes out entirely.
Sliding or bifold doors, rooflights and their size, frame material and performance.
Soil, drains, trees and how close neighbours are. Side returns often mean carrying everything through the house.
Joinery, worktops, flooring and underfloor heating vary more than any structural item.
Rewiring, a new boiler, a downstairs WC or reworking the rest of the ground floor at the same time.

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What we take responsibility for
An extension brings structure, weather protection and your existing home together. Knowing who is managing each stage makes the process easier to follow.
We agree access, the working area and the sequence of the build before starting, including how the new space connects to the existing house.
We manage the building trades and the sequence from groundworks and structure to the roof, glazing and interior finish. Your architect and structural engineer remain responsible for their professional designs.
Your project lead keeps you informed about progress and upcoming decisions. Changes to the agreed work are discussed with their cost and programme implications before approval.
Your quotation sets out the work, exclusions and agreed coordination support. Bring your own architect or choose an independent architect we recommend; their professional appointment remains separate from our construction work.
We complete a snagging review and provide the relevant handover documents. If something needs attention afterwards, raise a ticket in your client portal with the details and photographs. You can follow its status and add updates while we review the issue and coordinate the agreed next steps.
Our workmanship guarantee covers structural work, extensions and loft conversions for 10 years, bathroom and kitchen installations for 2 years, and decoration for 1 year. Item breakages are excluded from our workmanship guarantee and fall under the manufacturers’ own guarantees.
How our aftercare works →“The quality of workmanship is extremely high and they have managed to translate loose ideas put together on PowerPoint by me into reality.”
“I could not recommend them more highly. They submitted a very detailed quote which was competitively priced, and went on to do the work very quickly to a high standard.”
Extension questions
Not always. Many single-storey rear and side-return extensions fall within permitted development, subject to depth, height and boundary rules. Wrap-around and double-storey extensions usually need a planning application. Your architect confirms the route; we build in time for it.
It depends on structure, glazing lead times and what else is happening in the house. We set a programme in the quotation and report against it every week rather than quoting a generic figure here.
It may be possible, depending on the work and safe separation of the site. We agree a temporary kitchen arrangement, dust separation and working hours before the start date, and phase the work so the rest of the house stays usable.
Party wall matters are handled by an independent surveyor appointed for your project. We help you understand the notices, keep neighbours informed of noisy phases, and manage access agreements on site.
Our workmanship guarantee covers structural work, extensions and loft conversions for 10 years, bathroom and kitchen installations for 2 years, and decoration for 1 year. Item breakages are excluded from our workmanship guarantee and fall under the manufacturers’ own guarantees.
Next step
Tell us what you would love the extra space to make possible. We will talk through your ideas, your budget and where to begin. Bring drawings if you have them, or simply tell us what is missing at home.