EXTENSIONS

Many home owners nowadays struggle with insufficient space for their family within their properties. Moving to another home can be frustrating and not always affordable therefore house extensions are more and more popular. It is a great way to maximise the space and increase the value of the property.
Types of Extension
Single storey side or rear extensions
As its name says this type of extension only takes up to one storey and usually is at the rear or on the side of the property. Single storey rear extensions are the most popular ones as they open up the house and connect it with the garden. People who decide to go with this type usually have a garden in the rear part of their houses and they can afford to lose a little bit of it for the sake of extending their home by few meters. Bi-fold doors, which are often being used for this type of extension, literally bring the outdoors in. The design can vary from flat roof to pitched tiled roof. Even though pitched roof often looks better and lasts longer you need to consider access to heights where maintenance is needed and in this case flat roof might be a better choice, take in account that this is also conditioned by the overall design of the house.
Double or multiple storey extensions
Garage conversions and or garage extensions
Garages nowadays are rarely used for their main purpose – storing cars. It is often a place full of not really needed stuff and the pile just keeps getting bigger. Why not to turn it into the living space and increase the value of the house? Great thing about it is that by converting your garage you can avoid loosing the garden space that would be lost doing rear extension. The main question comes whether the garage is attached or detached from the house. Both can be turned into the living space, although detached garages might need a planning permission. The new spaces created from garages are then often used as home offices, kitchen extensions, and home gyms or kids playrooms.
Loft conversions
As its name says this type of extension adds an extra storey to your home and are the most popular as they increase the number of (usually) bedrooms and enhance the value of the house. People who decide to go with this type usually have a steep pitched roof to allow enough headroom.
Basement conversions
Outbuilding, orangeries and conservatories
This type of extension only takes up to one storey and usually is at the rear or on the side of the property. Single storey rear extensions are the most popular ones as they open up the house and connect it with the garden. People who decide to go with this type usually have a garden in the rear part of their houses and they can afford to lose a little bit of it for the sake of extending their home by few meters. The design can vary from flat roof to pitched roof. Even though pitched roof often looks better and lasts longer you need to consider access to heights where maintenance is needed and in this case flat roof might be a better choice, take in account that this is also conditioned by the overall design of the house.