Extending an extension

Amobhopal

I brought a house which had an already extended single story at the back of the house which knocked the back room into the kitchen. This made gave us a decent sized open plan kitchen. We've now had some kids and we need some extra space, I was thinking of moving but that's not an option. The neighbors have done an extension last year and their extension went about 3 metres further than ours which obviously got me thinking that we could do with that extra space as well.

I've had a look online too see if anyone had extended an existing extension with no luck. Our extension has a pitched roof and to keep costs down I was looking at having a flat roof. I was wondering if anyone had done something similar and had any advice.

AndyMc.....

Where did you bring the house?

FreeBear

My neighbour has recently extended his extension and done a bucket load of other work at the same time. Pretty sure he had to apply for planning permission... If your extension goes beyond four metres from the original house, then I believe this would fall outside permitted development and you'd need planning permission.

If you can, I'd recommend going with a pitched roof as it will last a lot longer than a flat roof. Insurance companies don't like flat roofs, so what you save now on building costs would be spent on higher premiums (depending on area) and ongoing maintenance.