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Extension on a new build?

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  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 34,532 Forumite
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    Personally I would approach the developer for their views. Around here there are currently around 600 houses going up and looking at our council's planning page they are being changed all the time - type of house, adding extensions, moving walls around - you have not got anything to lose by asking.
  • The_Logans
    The_Logans Posts: 247 Forumite
    molerat wrote: »
    Personally I would approach the developer for their views. Around here there are currently around 600 houses going up and looking at our council's planning page they are being changed all the time - type of house, adding extensions, moving walls around - you have not got anything to lose by asking.


    Thanks, they can only say no I suppose!
  • The_Logans
    The_Logans Posts: 247 Forumite
    AdrianC wrote: »
    Hmm. How rural is "very" rural? If there's a development of eight houses, not that rural, I'd suggest. B'sides, in "very rural" areas, school catchments are huge, and traffic is low so long commutes aren't uncommon - and often quicker than in less rural areas.


    I appreciate your input but there's really no point in you telling me things I already know. We have our reasons for wanting to stay within a few miles of where we are already. I surely don't need to justify why we want X house in Y area?
  • The_Logans
    The_Logans Posts: 247 Forumite
    marksoton wrote: »
    You're welcome :)



    A bit of madness never hurt anyone
  • marksoton
    marksoton Posts: 17,516 Forumite
    The_Logans wrote: »
    I appreciate your input but there's really no point in you telling me things I already know. We have our reasons for wanting to stay within a few miles of where we are already. I surely don't need to justify why we want X house in Y area?

    Of course you don't. I think what Adrian is suggesting is you want house Z rather than X in Y area....
    The_Logans wrote: »
    A bit of madness never hurt anyone

    I can't argue with that!
  • sammyjammy
    sammyjammy Posts: 7,949 Forumite
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    Do the houses have enough room on any of the plots for you to build your required extension? I think the builder agreeing to do it on your behalf is a no go unless you want to pay well over the odds. How long could you live in the house before you would become desperate for the extension? Would it come under permitted development?
    "You've been reading SOS when it's just your clock reading 5:05 "
  • The_Logans
    The_Logans Posts: 247 Forumite
    sammyjammy wrote: »
    Do the houses have enough room on any of the plots for you to build your required extension? I think the builder agreeing to do it on your behalf is a no go unless you want to pay well over the odds. How long could you live in the house before you would become desperate for the extension? Would it come under permitted development?

    Yes, one of them has a sizeable garden and the shape of the house could easily accommodate what we'd want. It wouldn't need planning, just building regs (single storey within the limits, not facing the front etc).
  • The_Logans
    The_Logans Posts: 247 Forumite
    marksoton wrote: »
    Of course you don't. I think what Adrian is suggesting is you want house Z rather than X in Y area....


    Perhaps, but if house Z was available I wouldn't be having this conversation, lol!
  • marksoton
    marksoton Posts: 17,516 Forumite
    The_Logans wrote: »
    Perhaps, but if house Z was available I wouldn't be having this conversation, lol!

    True. I think people are just suggesting you'll be paying a premium for new build X and then paying a fair bit to convert it to house Z.
  • gettingtheresometime
    gettingtheresometime Posts: 6,911 Forumite
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    Don't forget it's not just a case of the developers building an extra room....stupid things like foundations will have already been calculated.

    I'm not saying the developer won't do it but it's not just a case of casting up the extra bricks
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