So, you got planning permission for your extension, or your new house, well done. Are you all set to start construction? No, and you are...

The construction industry is one of the first places to experience inflation, we saw this coming well before most regular people in the...

I have been a self employed Architect in the UK since 2009, focusing exclusively on private, domestic clients most of whom want to alter...

If anyone tells you they can guarantee getting planning permission approved in the UK, they are either lying to you or they don’t...

I write this blog about the reality of altering and extending private homes because that’s what I do in my day job. And in my day job,...

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Is your house too small. Do you need more space? Are you thinking about building an extension to solve that problem. Stop, maybe you...

In the UK and Ireland we have a special word to describe the worst kind of building contractors. Cowboys. A few years ago I helped a...

Ive made several videos looking at the cost of building house extensions in the UK. Its a topic that I endlessly discuss with my clients,...