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What you get
Single or double storey, rear, side return or wrap around. Usually because the kitchen at the back is too small and too dark.
OUR SERVICES
House extensions in Oldham and Greater Manchester
Single and double storey, rear and side return extensions. More room for the way you live.
WHAT IT INVOLVES
What a house extension actually involves
Single and double storey, rear and side return extensions. More room for the way you live.
The week to plan around
Not the digging. It is when the back of the house comes out and the new opening is formed into the existing rooms.
What moves the price
Rarely the size. Access, what the ground is like once the trench is open, where the drains run, and whether that wall is holding the house up.
IN THE QUOTE
What is in the quote
Foundations, drainage and everything below ground, priced as its own item- Brickwork or blockwork to match what is already on the house as closely as it can be matched
- The structural opening into the existing house, with the beam sized for what is above it
- Roof, rainwater goods and the junction where new meets old
- First and second fix, plastering and making good on both sides of the opening
- What is NOT included, listed, so there is no argument about it later
Most of what you are paying for is invisible at handover: what is under the slab, how the beam is carried, how the new roof meets the old wall.
HOW WE DO IT
How an extension job actually goes
Four steps, start to finish, so you know what happens and when.
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01
Tell us what you want the space to do
Ring or send the form with a photo of the back of the house. Whether it is a kitchen diner, another bedroom or just more room, that is what decides the shape of the thing.
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A visit to see what the house allows
Access down the side, where the drains run, what the ground is like and how the roof will tie in. These are what make one extension cheaper than another on a street that looks the same.
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A written quote, itemised by stage
Groundworks, shell, roof, windows, first fix, plaster, second fix. What is in, what is not, and anything that could move the price once the ground is open.
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The build, in the order it has to happen
Foundations and drains, then the shell and the roof so it is weathertight, then the inside. You get told what is happening in the week ahead rather than finding out from the skip.
THREE WAYS TO START
Talk to us about your extension
Whichever is easiest. You get the same answer from all three.
Or send it in a minute
Three boxes and a photo if you have one.
PAST WORK
Recent work
Finished jobs, photographed on site.
Call us for your extension quote
A written quote, itemised, with no obligation.
USEFUL TO KNOW
Extension questions
Do I need planning permission for an extension?
That is the council's answer and not a builder's, and anybody who tells you otherwise on a website is guessing about your house. Plenty of single storey rear extensions fall under permitted development and plenty do not, and it turns on height, depth, boundary distance and whether you are in a conservation area. At the quote you get a straight view on which side yours looks like it falls, so you can go and ask the right question.
How long does an extension take?
A modest single storey rear extension is usually measured in weeks rather than months, and a double storey is longer. The honest answer is that it depends on the groundworks, how much of the existing house is being opened up and how quickly decisions get made once the shell is up. You get a timescale in writing with the quote.
Can we stay in the house while it is built?
Almost always, yes, and most people do. There will be a stretch where the kitchen is out of action and a week or so where the back of the house is open and noisy. Knowing which weeks those are in advance is the difference between an inconvenience and a nightmare.
Will the new brickwork match?
As closely as brick can be matched, which is closer than people expect on a modern house and harder on an older one, because the brick you need may not be made any more. Where an exact match is not possible you are told before it is ordered, not after it is laid.
Often booked alongside
Loft conversionsGET A PRICE
Tell us about your job
Three boxes and a photo if you have one. We price it in writing, with no obligation.
Where we work from
Based in Oldham, covering Greater Manchester.
07542 569 403
office@akjohnbuilders.co.uk
Oldham, Greater Manchester