Extending a new build

geesh

Hi,

Sorry if this has been asked or posted before, I did a quick search but couldn't find anything that covered my query.

My wife and I are expecting our second child. We live in a 3 bed detached property, which we bought from new build in 2006. We have thought about moving to a 4 bed house, but there is nothing that we have seen in our area, as we would like to stay where we are, that we can offered. Also due to teh current market our we would be in negative equity.

So we have decided to extend. It's quite a big job, I think anyway! As we are doing a two storey double front extension. Our house has the front in the middle of the house with the lounge on one side and the kitchen and dining room on the other. So we are extending forwards the lounge, porch and dining rooms, as well as the bedrooms above them, this gives us space big enough for a room above where the porch currently is.

We have applied for and been granted planning permission. However, I have heard a rumor that because the house is a new build we would need to apply to the original developers for permission to extend, adn they could charge us £150 for doing so.

Does anyone know if this is true?

Look forward to your replies.

Thanks
Geesh

tifo

geesh wrote: »

However, I have heard a rumor that because the house is a new build we would need to apply to the original developers for permission to extend, adn they could charge us £150 for doing so.

Does anyone know if this is true?

This doesn't seem right.

Many new build transfers have clauses in for not being able to extend/build for around 5 years, but after that it's got nothing to do with the developer.

The £150 fee is for the planning application to the council. Again nothing to do with the developer.

brit1234

The obvious danger is that your extension will be better quality than all the new builds on the estate and produce resident envy.

Go for it.

Richard_Webster

When you bought your solicitors should have explained in the written report about the papers that they sent you whether you needed the builder's consent for extensions - usually you do - but as has been suggested sometimes this is only for the first 5 yaers after the house has been built.

The fee payable to the builder is whatever they fancy charging.

Oxid8uk

A friend of mine looked to extend their new-build and contacted the house builder before getting planning. They were told by the house builder that they needed their permission and that they would also be charged a fee - I think they quoted £1500 per additional bedroom!! The house builder also said that this would be the case for 80 years after the estate was finished!!

lincroft1710

Unusual in that you are being allowed to extend to the front of the existing building, or will it just be as far as the porch currently extends. The cost is probably going to be pretty high. With all the upheaval and dust, I do not envy you.

F_T_Buyer

It's called covenants, and something you would have agreed to when you bought the house. Have a look in your house buying pack, however it is quite typical that they will charge.