Extensions in Eastern Green
Most extensions are decided long before anyone digs: how deep you can go without a planning application, what is in the ground, and where the daylight will come from once the back wall moves.
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Extensions in Eastern Green, the area around Woodlands Academy. Single-storey rear, side return, wrap-around and two-storey, built from foundations to finished room with proper structural design behind the open spans. We are honest at survey about what the plot and the existing structure will take.
Working in Eastern Green
Eastern Green lies 3.3 miles west of Coventry city centre, in the CV5 postcode district.
Within walking distance you will find Woodlands Academy and Woodfield School, and we work on properties throughout the streets around them.
The nearest areas we also cover are Bannerbrook Park (0.7 miles) and Mount Nod (0.7 miles), so work in Eastern Green sits inside the same run of the city.
- Woodlands Academy
- Woodfield School
- Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
- Spar
- Limbrick Wood Baptist Church
- Eastern Green Recreation Ground
- Previous extensions count against your allowance, so what the house has already had matters.
- Rooflights over the junction are what stop the original back room going dark.
- A drain within three metres of the footprint usually means a build-over agreement with the water authority.
- New brick will not match eighty-year-old brick, so the junction is a design decision.
- A rear extension of 4m detached or 3m semi/terraced is generally permitted development, subject to conditions.
The work itself, in plain terms
What we build around Woodlands Academy and the rest of Eastern Green, and the stages each project goes through.
Single storey rear extensions
The most common project we build: a rear extension, sized where possible to stay within permitted development.
Two storey extensions
Two-storey builds from foundations up, including the bedroom-level disruption planned around realistically.
Side returns & side extensions
Filling the side alley to turn a narrow kitchen into a usable room, with rooflights to keep the middle of the house bright.
Planning & Building Control
Planning and Building Control handled as part of the job, with inspections scheduled rather than chased.
Groundworks & structure
Foundations sized to the actual ground conditions, and structural steel to engineer calculations.
Full fit-out
Complete fit-out including electrics, plumbing, heating, plastering and decoration.
Built around how you own the property
Growing families
Room to grow in the house you already have, costed against what moving would actually take.
Open-plan projects
Rear builds combined with removing the original back wall, which is where the transformation actually comes from.
Investors
Extensions costed against the realistic ceiling value for the street, not for the postcode in general.
The jobs that start with a phone call
- 01
Drains or an inspection chamber running directly under the proposed footprint.
- 02
A finished extension with a step down into it, because the slab level was set before anyone measured the house floor.
- 03
New brickwork that reads as obviously new, because the mortar was never matched to the original.
- 04
An extension that leaves the original back room dark, because all the glazing went in the new rear wall.
- 05
A large tree close to the build on clay soil, which changes the foundation depth and sometimes the design.
- 06
Wiring, an outside light and the alarm sensor all cut off with the wall that came down.
What we check on a property in Eastern Green
Every quote starts with a survey. These are the things we look at on extension work in Eastern Green, and why each one changes the recommendation.
Contingency and what could move the price
We say plainly which parts of the quote are firm and which depend on what we find — usually foundations and the existing structure — so the contingency is a planned figure rather than a shock.
Matching brick and roof tile
We identify the existing materials and check availability of a match. Where no match exists, it is better to design around the difference than to hope nobody notices.
Existing drainage and manholes
We locate drain runs and inspection chambers early. A build-over agreement takes time to obtain, and a manhole found after setting out is an expensive discovery.
The existing structure being opened into
What carries the wall you are opening up, and what sits above it, determines the steel and the propping. We establish this before quoting, not when the plaster comes off.
Access for plant and materials
Whether a digger can reach the back garden, where a skip can stand and how far materials must be barrowed changes both method and price. Restricted access is workable but it has to be priced honestly.
Neighbour considerations
Shared drives, overhanging trees, fence ownership and where a neighbour parks all affect the build. A conversation at survey stage prevents most of the disputes we have seen.
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Extensions in Eastern Green — your questions answered
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Speak to us today0786 5778332Do you work on properties near Woodlands Academy?
Yes. Woodlands Academy is one of the landmarks we use to describe where we work in Eastern Green, and we take on extension jobs throughout the surrounding streets. Access and parking get checked at survey, so the quote fits the property.
Do you only work in Eastern Green, or the surrounding streets too?
Both. Work in Eastern Green usually takes us into Bannerbrook Park (about 0.7 miles away), Mount Nod (about 0.7 miles away), Allesley Green (about 0.7 miles away) and Tile Hill (about 0.9 miles away) as well, and we quote for all of them on the same terms. There is no boundary line that changes the price.
Flat roof or pitched roof on an extension?
Flat is usually the answer on a single-storey rear extension because it keeps the height down under the permitted development limit and allows rooflights easily. Modern flat roofs in EPDM or GRP are long-lived and nothing like the felt roofs that gave flat roofs their reputation. Pitched roofs suit the house better in some cases but they raise the height, which can push the project into needing planning permission.
What is the difference between planning permission and Building Regulations?
They are separate and you can need one, both or neither. Planning is about whether you may build it: size, siting, appearance and impact on neighbours. Building Regulations are about whether it is built safely and properly: structure, insulation, fire, ventilation, drainage. An extension under permitted development still needs Building Regulations approval. People regularly assume planning approval covers both, and it does not.
What are the rules on building near a boundary?
Under permitted development a single-storey extension within two metres of a boundary is limited to three metres at the eaves, and side extensions have their own width limits. Separately, you need to be able to build and maintain the wall, which may require access to a neighbour's land. Building right up to a line is possible but it changes the method and the neighbour conversations, so it is worth deciding early.
How do you handle changes once work has started?
Priced and agreed in writing before they are built. Changes are normal — seeing the space makes people reconsider — but they cost more the later they come, and a change after first fix can mean undoing finished work. We will always tell you what a change costs and what it does to the programme before doing it, not afterwards.
What is a side return extension?
It is the infill of the narrow alley running alongside the back of a house, common on Victorian and Edwardian terraces. The strip is usually only two or three metres wide, so the gain in floor area is modest, but the gain in usable space is large because it squares off an awkward galley kitchen. Rooflights matter here: filling the side return can darken the middle of the house unless light is designed back in.
Get your free extensions quote in Eastern Green
Tell us what you are hoping to add and roughly where on the house. We will come and look at the plot, the drains and the access, and tell you what is realistic before anyone pays for drawings.
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