Homeowners in Surrey who want to add more space to a property can make a bigger return on investment if they choose extending over converting. With a property extension, you physically increase the home’s footprint by using space from the garden for development. Johnson Construction & Building Ltd, located in Dorking, can build extensions as part of a complete package service that covers everything from the design phase to the final handover.
We can extend properties within a wide radius of Dorking to include locations such as Bookham, Cobham, Esher and Reigate to name just a few
Because we bring builders and a full range of trades to site, we can manage a property extension project from the outset and deliver a turnkey solution that helps you to avoid the expense of a house move, gain habitable space to accommodate a growing family and increase your home’s overall market resale value by as much as 15%, especially if the build adds a bedroom.
Single-storey extensions add between 5% and 8% to resale values.
We build property extensions in the following styles:
You can also use our builders to extend kitchens, basements and cellars.
All house extensions begin with an initial consultation and a survey, where we look at the layout of your property and identify space for development. This is also where we put time into you, listening to any ideas you might have and building a clear idea of what you plan to do with the addition. The only limits to what we can achieve is your imagination. It is our role to bring your ideas together with our own to achieve the extension that you have had in mind.
You can use a room addition as:
Our main considerations with property extensions include the size of a build’s footprint, intended use, the type of roof installation needed, and the manual trades the job will require so that we can keep the project in-house. We leave no stone unturned in our continued pursuit of 100% customer satisfaction.
The most common concern that most homeowners in Dorking and all nearby Bookham, Cobham, Esher and Reigate areas have is planning approval. If the design for a property extension stays within certain parameters, such as the amount of land used to build on, the materials chosen, the highest part of the roof upon completion and where the extension faces, you might not need planning permission and work will stay inside permitted development.
Naturally, we will advise you should we think approval is needed and make recommendations to increase the chances of permission being given.
It is impossible to put a timescale on having a property extension built until we have a design in place, but single storey additions will typically run for 8 to 16 weeks. A double storey extension can take up to 12 months to complete, or occasionally a little more, but simpler project specifications usually lead to a shorter timeframe. Estimated timelines include everything from our builders breaking ground to gaining certification from the Building Control Officer.
