The idea of extending your home has been in your head for some time now. After studying the different options available to you, you may decide to opt for the flat roof extension, a modern and efficient solution with many advantages. You may contact House Extension Services In Leicester.
But you may be wondering where to start? Is the project feasible for you? Let’s see together the details of each of the necessary steps from the first contact request to the final delivery of your new living space!
EACH EXTENSION HAS ITS OWN LIFE PROJECT
Realizing an extension is a really important project, which must be done in a thoughtful way, so that this new space is adapted to your needs and your daily habits. Indeed, in addition to becoming an extension of your house , the extension will become a place of life in its own right in which you will evolve over time.
This new space may then vary depending on the many reasons that lead you to enlarge. Whether it is to prepare for the arrival of a happy event with a larger bedroom , or a new professional adventure that requires you to have an office at home , or even simply the desire to have a dining room larger to accommodate large tables of guests.
With a personalized extension, imagine the space that suits you 100% and that adapts to all your life projects!
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
Certain formalities must be undertaken in order to proceed with the construction of an extension. Depending on the area where you live and depending on the characteristics of your project, it will be a question of a building permit application or simply a preliminary declaration of work, which will be faster. But then, how to tell the difference?
To put it simply, if you are located in an area subject to a local urban plan, then a simple declaration is sufficient if the footprint of your extension is less than 40 m². If, on the contrary, your house is in an area not subject to a local urban plan, then it will be a question of less than 20 m² of footprint, beyond which you will have to file a permit. Similarly, if after the extension of your house, the total floor area is greater than 150 square meters and your extension has a footprint of more than 20 square meters, then an application for a building permit and the use of an architect are required.
MASONRY WORK
Once all the steps have been taken and the requests validated, your project can finally begin! The design office will have defined the plans for your project and in particular those of the masonry.
Indeed, in order to set up your flat roof house extension, it is necessary to create a solid foundation, which will be carried out by a mason.
TAKING MEASUREMENTS
After the realization of the foundations, comes the footage part. This step is very important, since the quantity surveyor will come and take all the measurements of the future extension and its environment to ensure optimal manufacture and installation. It will also be a question of checking the accuracy and the good realization of the masonry.
Once the surveyor’s visit is complete, your extension project will be final, and no changes can be made to it since this will officially launch the start of construction of your new living space.
INSTALLING YOUR EXTENSION
Once the manufacturing part has been completed, your entire extension is delivered to your home to move on to the final and long-awaited step: installation! The assembly of the structure is relatively quick and generally varies from one to two weeks. In general, only two installers are needed to install the extension.
Of course, once the structure is fully erected, other service providers can intervene in terms of the interior layout of the extension, which will have to be dressed and decorated.
Once all these steps have been completed, the final delivery of your extension will take place and it will be time for you to enjoy your new living space with your loved ones.