House Extensions Battersea

Labour is the biggest line on almost every Battersea project. Materials for house extensions are relatively predictable, but the days on site at SW11 depend on access, condition and how many trades must follow each other. GS Renovation sequences them to avoid idle time, which is the practical way to control the cost. The Wandsworth quotation shows where the hours go. Ring 07472 424 226 and GS Renovation will describe the sequence planned for your SW11 home. As a rough guide, house extensions in London typically starts from roughly £40,000 for a single-storey rear extension and rises with size and specification (indicative London ranges, MyBuilder and Checkatrade, 2026). Your figure depends on the size, specification and condition of the property, which is why we survey before quoting.

Less than most people expect, because it runs alongside the work. GS Renovation submits the house extensions application, books the Wandsworth Council inspections and attends them at your SW11 property, so the Battersea programme absorbs them. The one thing that does add time is a full plans approval, which we advise on where a late Victorian and Edwardian structure warrants the certainty. Ring 07472 424 226 and GS Renovation will advise which route suits an SW11 home in Battersea.

No, and no contractor should. GS Renovation appoints and coordinates a structural engineer where house extensions at your SW11 property requires a design, then builds to their specification and has it inspected by Wandsworth Council. The calculations are the engineer's professional responsibility. Any builder in Battersea claiming to produce them in-house is worth questioning closely. Ring 07472 424 226 and we will explain how a Wandsworth appointment works. The calculations belong to you and to the Wandsworth record.

Usually, if you are excavating near a neighbour's foundations or building on the line of junction, both common on Battersea plots. Notice is served before work starts and a schedule of condition protects both parties. We prepare the paperwork for your SW11 address.

We can, and we would tell you early if we could not. House extensions in Edwardian bay-fronted houses with generous ceiling heights and long rear gardens occasionally runs into a structure that will not do what the owner hoped, and finding that out at the SW11 survey is far better than on site. GS Renovation is honest about it before a Battersea client commits. The visit is free either way. Wandsworth Council building control is coordinated by GS Renovation on every house extensions project in Wandsworth.

It depends on the property. Many single-storey rear extensions on Battersea terraces qualify as permitted development within size limits, but larger builds, wrap-arounds, or homes in a conservation area usually need planning permission from Wandsworth Council. Either way, building regulations approval is separate and always required. We assess your house and advise on the correct route before we start.

There is none, and it is worth asking even if the job feels too small. House extensions enquiries across Battersea range from a single opening to a whole-house programme, and GS Renovation quotes both on the same basis. The SW11 visit costs nothing and carries no obligation. Email info@gsrenovationltd.co.uk with a description and some photographs. Building control still goes through Wandsworth Council where the work requires it. Small house extensions work at SW11 is quoted the same way.