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Extension and house conversions in londonextensions, bathrooms, kitchens, bedrooms, gardens, conservatories, attics, cellarsWelcome to Abbotts Building Contractors Ltd.We are a family run building firm based in Edmonton, North London. Since 1975 we have been providing professional builders services covering domestic and commercial renovations, period refurbishments, building extensions and loft conversions in and around the North London area. In that time we have established an enviable reputation for quality workmanship and our standards continue to grow. We are one of the few local building companies to be Local Authority approved contractors. References are available from independent chartered surveyors. |
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Extensions and conversionsHere at Abbotts, we have been building extensions, loft conversions and major property alterations for over two decades and our dedication to the job has helped us maintain a tradition of quality workmanship which has carried us through to this day. Jobs can range from loft conversions, kitchen extensions, extensive internal re-modelling to conservatories and the building of upper floors, for instance, a new bedroom or bathroom extension over an existing garage. We even carry out entire builds on open plots of land, from the ground up. Points taken into consideration:• The specific character of the building to be extended and the context of the property; Extensions should reflect the existing dwelling and should retain the character, scale, design and materials of the original property, with existing details such as window shape and design and decorative ridge tiles repeated where possible, and similar materials used. • The size and scale of the resulting extension should not over-dominate the existing dwelling. • In order to be in scale, the roof of the proposed extension should not be higher than the existing dwelling, and the pitch, angles and materials should match those of the existing dwelling; sometimes a lower ridge line will allow the extension to remain in scale with the existing. • The extension should leave a minimum of 50 square metres of usable private garden space within the boundary of the site, (30 square metres in the case of small houses accommodating up to 2 people, 10 square metres in the case of flats and maisonettes). Exceptions may be made in the case of older terraced properties where basic facilities such as kitchens or bathrooms are required and cannot be provided within the existing property. • Extensions should not result in the loss of parking spaces if this would result in road safety or congestion problems. In order to reduce on street parking, parking may be acceptable in the front garden to maintain adequate provision, (usually two spaces) but only where sufficient landscaping and garden remains to protect the character of the area and reduce the visual effect of the development. • If there are trees within or adjacent to the property they should be given careful consideration and every effort should be made to retain them. Guidance can be obtained from the Supplementary Planning Guidance note 'Trees in Development' available from the planning department. Building services for all your home or small business projects: loft conversions, dormer windows and construction, fitted kitchens, home and building extensions, house repairs, conservatories, driveways, gardens and patios. Our comprehensive range of professional building services includes development of design ideas, building plans, planning permission to building approval applications to all construction, extension, conversion and installation building work, roof loft home conversion renovation
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• Within settlement limits, an overall limit on the size of extensions would not be appropriate, provided that the extension complied with the Council's guidelines regarding garden size, separation distances, residential amenity, impact on townscape etc. Outside settlementlimits, any extension should be clearly subsidiary to the existing dwelling, and should not normally exceed 30 to 40% of the volume of the original dwelling.