Extensions

We’ve designed our home extension process to meet all of the above considerations. Our process involves the following:

Initial Consultative Meeting – Once you’ve decided on the type of home extension you require, we’ll arrange a consultative meeting with our design team. At this meeting, we’ll discuss the project’s feasibility, consider the regulatory constraints, the structural requirements, and the building cost of your project. The combination of these three elements will help you and our team identify the direction to take.

Preliminary Design And Measure – After the initial project brief, our team of designers will return to your property, take photographs and measurements of the house. Our design team will create a 3D computer model to illustrate what the extension might look like using this information. As part of this process, we will take into consideration the functionality, efficiency, aesthetics, and detailing needs. 

Presentation And Agreement – This stage involves creating detailed floor plans and setting out the specifications, renderings and estimating the project cost. After completing these documents, our design team will present them to the client to inspect and approve. 

Our goal is to ensure our design specifications and floor plans meet the vision you have and the ideas we discussed during the project brief. After that, the client will sign an agreement authorising our designers and architects to prepare the building contracts and working drawings.

Site Visit And Developing Working Drawings – At this stage, we’ll bring in additional team members. Our structural engineer, estimator, geo technician, and even managing director will visit your site to make the final measurement in preparation for developing working drawings. If the client needs any minor adjustments made, this is usually the best time to request the changes. Thereafter, we’ll prepare the final documents for your project.

Signing The Contract – After developing the working drawings and specifications, we deliver them along with the contract to the client for approval and signing. The signing of the contract and approval of the final working drawings and specifications allow our team to proceed to the next stage.

Building Permits And Preparatory Works – Our team will apply for a building permit at this stage. We’ll also acquire a Homeowner’s warranty insurance. The project manager overseeing your house extension will meet the homeowner and discuss the work schedules and access to the site. The manager will assign tasks to the relevant trades people, and we’ll also order the building materials.

Construction Work – After all the preparation has been completed, we now get to work. Our team of trades, including plumbers, electricians, carpenters, concrete layers, bricklayers, plasterers, and tilers, work with speed and care to deliver the best results possible. 

Crucially, we make concerted efforts to ensure you can live comfortably in your home whilst we work. During this part of the process, we implement the highest safety standards and ensure we create minimal mess and impact on your house and the environment.

Notice Of Completion – While every project will have its own completion timeframe, the building surveyor will issue a notice of completion upon completion of the extension project. The notice of completion indicates that the extension project has been completed successfully. Additionally, we’ll ensure all your Code of Compliance documentation is in order.