Extensions in Exhall
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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We are 4 miles from Exhall, which makes site meetings and the inevitable mid-build decisions straightforward. We build single and two-storey extensions, side returns and wrap-arounds, from foundations through to a finished, decorated room.
Working in Exhall
Exhall lies 4 miles north of Coventry city centre, in the CV7 postcode district.
Within walking distance you will find Gurdwara Dhan Dhan Baba Vadbhag Singh Ji and Gurdwara Dukh Nirwaran Sahib, and we work on properties throughout the streets around them.
The nearest areas we also cover are Longford (0.9 miles) and Little Heath (1.7 miles), so work in Exhall sits inside the same run of the city.
- Gurdwara Dhan Dhan Baba Vadbhag Singh Ji
- Gurdwara Dukh Nirwaran Sahib
- Co-op Food
- Ashcroft School
- Exhall Cedars Infant School
- Fusiliers Rest
- Previous extensions count against your allowance, so what the house has already had matters.
- Removing the existing rear wall on a beam is what turns an extension into one room rather than two.
- Trees on clay near the build change the foundation depth and sometimes the design.
- Hold 10 to 15 per cent contingency back rather than committing all of it to the build.
- New brick will not match eighty-year-old brick, so the junction is a design decision.
The work itself, in plain terms
Extension work across Exhall and nearby Longford, Little Heath and Holbrooks, from the foundations to the finished room.
Single storey rear extensions
Rear extensions from foundations to finished room, with the light to the existing house designed in rather than lost.
Two storey extensions
Two-storey extensions, cheaper per square metre because foundations and roof are shared, though more likely to need planning.
Side returns & side extensions
Side returns and side extensions — modest in area, substantial in how the ground floor actually works.
Planning & Building Control
We establish early whether the project is permitted development or needs an application, and build the approvals into the programme.
Groundworks & structure
Groundworks and structural work, including the trial holes and trees check that set foundation depth honestly.
Full fit-out
First and second fix, plastering, flooring and decoration — handed over as a finished room, not a shell.
Built around how you own the property
Growing families
More usable space without changing schools, neighbours or the commute.
Open-plan projects
Light planned through the whole depth, not just glazed at the far end.
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
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A design drawn to the permitted development limit without checking what a previous owner already added.
- 02
A kitchen-diner planned with no structural allowance for taking the existing rear wall out.
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A large tree close to the build on clay soil, which changes the foundation depth and sometimes the design.
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A quote accepted on price alone, with spoil removal and making good to the existing house both excluded.
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New brickwork that reads as obviously new, because the mortar was never matched to the original.
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An extension started with no contingency, where the first surprise in the ground forced a visible compromise.
What we check on a property in Exhall
Every quote starts with a survey. These are the things we look at on extension work in Exhall, and why each one changes the recommendation.
Permitted development status
We check the measurements against the limits and ask about conservation area or Article 4 status. Knowing which route the project takes shapes the whole programme.
Heating capacity
A bigger house needs more heat. We check whether the existing boiler and emitters can serve the extended property, because discovering otherwise in November is avoidable.
Glazing orientation and overheating
A large glazed elevation facing south behaves very differently from one facing north. We raise shading and glass specification at design stage rather than after the first summer.
Scaffold and working space
Where scaffold can stand, and whether it needs to go on a neighbour's land, is both a practical and a legal question. Better settled before a start date is agreed.
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.
Services to be diverted
Gas meters, soil pipes, external taps, boiler flues and incoming supplies all tend to be exactly where the new wall goes. We identify them early so diversions are planned, not improvised.
Simple, transparent, no pressure
Free inspection & advice
We visit, assess the job properly and explain your options in plain English — no pressure.
Transparent fixed quote
A clear, line-by-line quote with no hidden costs. You decide in your own time.
Expert workmanship
Our qualified, insured team completes the work on time, on budget and to a high standard.
Walkthrough & tidy finish
We clean up fully and don't leave until you're 100% happy.
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Extensions in Exhall — your questions answered
Still have a question? Our local team is happy to help — no pressure, no jargon.
Speak to us today0786 5778332What else is near Exhall that you cover?
Exhall sits next to Longford (about 0.9 miles away), Little Heath (about 1.7 miles away), Holbrooks (about 1.8 miles away) and Bell Green (about 2 miles away). We work across the whole of that cluster, which is part of why we can usually get to a survey quickly — we are often already nearby.
Which part of Exhall do you cover?
All of it — the streets around Gurdwara Dhan Dhan Baba Vadbhag Singh Ji included. Where a property sits matters less to us than what the access is like, which is something we look at on the survey rather than guessing from an address.
Do I need a structural engineer?
Yes, for anything involving a beam, an opening in a load-bearing wall, or unusual foundations — which is nearly every extension. The engineer sizes the steel and specifies the bearings and padstones, and Building Control want to see those calculations. It is a modest cost relative to the build and it is not an area where experience substitutes for arithmetic.
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.
Will an extension add value?
Usually, though rarely pound for pound, and the ceiling is the top of the market for your street. Adding a bedroom or opening up a cramped ground floor tends to do better than simply adding area. Overdeveloping relative to the neighbours is the way to spend money you will not get back. We would rather say that at survey than after you have committed.
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.
Can we stay living in the house during the work?
For most single-storey rear extensions, yes, with real disruption at particular points — principally when the opening is made between old and new, when services are moved, and during any floor work. Where a kitchen is being extended into, a temporary kitchen is worth planning for. We sequence work to keep the house usable and tell you honestly which weeks will be the difficult ones.
Get your free extensions quote in Exhall
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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- Qualified, insured Coventry tradespeople
- Fast response — within 24 hours on urgent jobs