Extensions in Stoke Aldermoor
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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Home extensions in Stoke Aldermoor and neighbouring Lower Stoke, Willenhall and Ball Hill. We handle groundworks, foundations, structure and steelwork, roofing, glazing and fit-out, working alongside your architect and Building Control. Free site survey, written quote, and a programme that includes the approval stages rather than just the build.
Working in Stoke Aldermoor
Stoke Aldermoor lies 1.6 miles south-east of Coventry city centre, in the CV3 postcode district.
Within walking distance you will find Aldermoor Farm Primary School and St Catherine's Church, and we work on properties throughout the streets around them.
The nearest areas we also cover are Lower Stoke (0.9 miles) and Willenhall (0.9 miles), so work in Stoke Aldermoor sits inside the same run of the city.
- Aldermoor Farm Primary School
- St Catherine's Church
- Ernesford Grange
- Amelia Crescent green
- Park View School
- Stoke Green
- A quote with no written specification cannot be compared with another one.
- On a semi or terrace, party wall notice is the norm rather than the exception.
- Previous extensions count against your allowance, so what the house has already had matters.
- A rear extension of 4m detached or 3m semi/terraced is generally permitted development, subject to conditions.
- Peg the footprint out on the ground before you commit to a depth — it changes minds.
The work itself, in plain terms
The extension work we carry out on Stoke Aldermoor properties, from groundworks and structure to glazing and full fit-out.
Single storey rear extensions
The most common project we build: a rear extension, sized where possible to stay within permitted development.
Two storey extensions
Adding space on both floors — more efficient per metre, and more involved on approvals and party wall notices.
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
Kitchen, dining and living treated as one space from the first drawing rather than divided later.
Investors
Full paperwork at the end, because the certificates are what protect the value.
The jobs that start with a phone call
- 01
A large tree close to the build on clay soil, which changes the foundation depth and sometimes the design.
- 02
A build-over agreement discovered at trench stage rather than at design stage.
- 03
Drains or an inspection chamber running directly under the proposed footprint.
- 04
Sockets in the wrong places, because the kitchen layout was decided after first fix.
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A finished extension with a step down into it, because the slab level was set before anyone measured the house floor.
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A kitchen-diner planned with no structural allowance for taking the existing rear wall out.
What we check on a property in Stoke Aldermoor
Every quote starts with a survey. These are the things we look at on extension work in Stoke Aldermoor, and why each one changes the recommendation.
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.
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.
Levels, inside and out
The relationship between the existing floor, the new floor and external ground level affects damp detailing, thresholds and step-free access. It is much easier to resolve on paper.
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.
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.
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.
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 Stoke Aldermoor — your questions answered
Still have a question? Our local team is happy to help — no pressure, no jargon.
Speak to us today0786 5778332Do you work on properties near Aldermoor Farm Primary School?
Yes. Aldermoor Farm Primary School is one of the landmarks we use to describe where we work in Stoke Aldermoor, and we take on extension jobs throughout the surrounding streets. Access and parking get checked at survey, so the quote fits the property.
Is Stoke Aldermoor inside your normal service area?
Yes, and so is everything immediately around it: Lower Stoke (about 0.9 miles away), Willenhall (about 0.9 miles away), Ball Hill (about 1 mile away) and Cheylesmore (about 1.3 miles away). We cover the whole of Coventry, so there is no travel charge for any of them and no minimum job value.
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.
What are the most common mistakes people make?
Three come up repeatedly. Designing for floor area rather than for light, so the middle of the house ends up dark. Leaving the kitchen and electrical layout until the shell is up, which means compromises in positions that were free to decide earlier. And setting a budget with no contingency — ground conditions and existing-structure surprises are normal, not exceptional, and ten to fifteen per cent held back prevents a stalled project.
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.
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 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 Stoke Aldermoor
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