Home Improvements - Why Extending Your Home Has Never Been Easier

New laws in the UK mean there are now morea terraced house or up to 50 cubic metres in a
improvements you are allowed to make to yourdetached home. That is around enough for a double
house without needing planning permission. Thisbedroom and a bathroom.
makes it much easier and cheaper to extend yourThese changing to planning permission laws not only
home and add extra living space.make improving your home easier - planning
In most instances you no longer need to apply forpermission takes an average of 8 weeks to process
planning permission for loft conversions, or for- it is cheaper too. Before, you would have to have
extensions to either to the rear or side if they arepaid a fee of up to £170 just to apply for
under a certain size. Obvious exceptions are if youplanning permission. The plans needed to support
are living in a listed property, where most work willyour case could then cost over £1,000 for a
require permission, or if you want to do a loftlarge extension.
conversion to your upstairs flat.So if you would like to extend your house in some
There are restrictions to what extensions can be builtway but have being putting it off because it seems
without first applying for planning permission. Anylike an expensive and drawn out process bear in mind
extension to the front of the property will need fullthat things have never been easier and things may
permission first. Side extensions can not be widernot be as complicated as you would expect. Building a
than half the width of the existing house and mustloft conversion companies will often give you a
only be a single story with a height of no greaterdetailed quote free of charge, can can advise you if
than 4 metres. When it comes to loft conversions,there are likely to be any restrictions under the latest
you can add up to 40 cubic metres of living space toregulation changes.