Project Type
Single-Storey Rear Extension
Duration
14 weeks
Project Value
£92,000
The Challenge
The rear garden boundary was close to the property and the extension's rear wall came within 1m of an adjoining garage structure, requiring a party fence award. The existing kitchen was in a poor state and functionally unusable — planning was required as the proposed extension depth exceeded Permitted Development limits for the conservation area. A large neighbouring lime tree had a TPO designation requiring an arborist's report.
Our Solution
We commissioned an arborist report confirming the extension footprint lay outside the lime tree's root protection area. Planning was obtained in 8 weeks, the party fence award agreed amicably, and a phased construction sequence allowed the kitchen to be demolished and rebuilt without the family being without cooking facilities for more than five days.
Results
- ✓Camden planning approval in 8 weeks
- ✓Party fence award agreed with neighbour — no dispute
- ✓TPO lime tree root system confirmed unaffected
- ✓22m² open-plan kitchen-diner created
- ✓Four-panel bifold doors opening full width to garden
- ✓Large rooflight — 2400×900mm — flooding kitchen with natural light
- ✓Estimated property value uplift: £110,000
Key Features
- ✓Camden planning consent — conservation area
- ✓Full-width four-panel bifold doors to garden
- ✓Structural rooflight over kitchen workspace
- ✓Wet underfloor heating throughout extension
- ✓Bespoke Shaker kitchen with quartz worktops
- ✓Porcelain floor tile running indoor to outdoor
Specification
| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| Extension walls | Brick-and-block cavity construction, 100mm Rockwool cavity fill, matching stock brick |
| Bifold doors | Aluminium four-panel bifold, RAL 7016 Anthracite Grey, low-threshold, double-glazed |
| Rooflight | Glazing Vision Flushglaze walk-on rooflight, 2400×900mm, triple-glazed |
| UFH | Warmup Clypso wet underfloor system in 75mm screed, extension footprint only |
| Kitchen | Bespoke Shaker painted kitchen, Silestone Eternal Calacatta worktops, Neff appliances |
| Flat roof | Alumasc Hydrotech hot melt single-ply, 25-year guarantee, upstand to rooflight |
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